tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post2909745180852192434..comments2024-03-28T23:20:44.724-07:00Comments on Assembly Quest: Grace, Faith, and Glory, Part 3clumsy oxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-53642526742424283032017-03-18T08:16:30.271-07:002017-03-18T08:16:30.271-07:00Excellent excerpt, Susan. Thank you.Excellent excerpt, Susan. Thank you.HandWrittenWordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297262231718600348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-48684087813990061862017-03-18T05:28:12.787-07:002017-03-18T05:28:12.787-07:00Yes,Rodger, so thankful!
Christ alone answers to ...Yes,Rodger, so thankful!<br /><br />Christ alone answers to the thoughts of God, and the more constantly we are found delighting in Him, in occupation with all that He Himself is, as revealed in the Word, the more we shall silently grow, under the blessed activities of the Holy Spirit, in His likeness. Such, moreover, is the grace of our God, that He will help us to this end in every possible waySusannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-34876510865560513082017-03-17T13:03:21.833-07:002017-03-17T13:03:21.833-07:00"The Holy Ghost is the power that acts in me:..."The Holy Ghost is the power that acts in me: the power and presence of the Holy Ghost is everything to me, assuming that I have life. I am led by Him, the love of God is shed abroad in my heart by Him, He is the earnest of the inheritance: the consciousness and power of all our relationships is by the Holy Ghost; so that our bodies are His temples. Life is equally important; for if we had Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410710374086733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-78343577953240198202017-03-17T04:50:35.541-07:002017-03-17T04:50:35.541-07:00What a transformation takes place when we submit t...What a transformation takes place when we submit to the Spirit's leading.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-14862780126178240342017-03-16T10:56:11.901-07:002017-03-16T10:56:11.901-07:00We should not forget to consider the phrase, '...We should not forget to consider the phrase, 'even as by the Lord, the Spirit'. If we submit to the Spirit's leading we will be automatically kept from the seductive and harmful influences in the world and be directed to Christ in glory. It was because they did not listen to the voice of the Spirit that the 7 churches in Asia had so many difficulties. Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-40941001376227473952017-03-16T08:43:23.554-07:002017-03-16T08:43:23.554-07:00Thank you for that helpful extract, Susan. I think...Thank you for that helpful extract, Susan. I think we have something of similar kind in Colossians 3:10: "And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him." (Cp. 1:15).Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410710374086733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-51080401903974843442017-03-16T07:20:08.345-07:002017-03-16T07:20:08.345-07:00In support of the many insightful comments here, I...In support of the many insightful comments here, I can only humbly reiterate what was stated above:<br /><br />I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the HandWrittenWordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297262231718600348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-12840092419178892562017-03-16T05:09:20.790-07:002017-03-16T05:09:20.790-07:00Robert said "This is not an easy verse to und...Robert said "This is not an easy verse to understand but it helped me greatly when I discovered that we do not need the mirror!" Thank you for helping me see that too. <br /><br />2 Corinthians 3:18.<br /><br />Etymology, while it may sometimes assist, is worse than useless when relied upon for the interpretation of the word of God. It forgets that it has to do with the formation of aSusannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-63736157859570102172017-03-16T02:36:27.751-07:002017-03-16T02:36:27.751-07:00"The soul at perfect liberty with God looks p..."The soul at perfect liberty with God looks peacefully and happily at the glory of God as seen in the face of Jesus Christ; and because it sees that glory and knows its expression, it walks before God in holy confidence. Instead of being happy and at liberty with Satan in Satan's world, the Christian dreads Satan because he knows himself. At ease in the presence of God, he there drinks Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-31235095625226627702017-03-15T13:26:18.358-07:002017-03-15T13:26:18.358-07:00Thanks for that, Rodger - " He teaches us tha...Thanks for that, Rodger - " He teaches us that it is by the revelation of a heavenly glory in the pattern-man, that His image is formed in us — whatever the means; that it is in making us heavenly that we cease to be earthly and carnal." <br />"whatever the means"<br /><br />"As one of old has said, "He often dims the brightness of this scene that we may behold the Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-43182212542305998922017-03-15T11:16:47.672-07:002017-03-15T11:16:47.672-07:00Your comment brought this back to mind, Mark:
&qu...Your comment brought this back to mind, Mark:<br /><br />"The only question is, in what condition of His manhood is He the pattern-man? Now, the foolishness of God is wiser than man; and He teaches us that it is by the revelation of a heavenly glory in the pattern-man, that His image is formed in us — whatever the means; that it is in making us heavenly that we cease to be earthly and carnalRodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410710374086733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-1667101126212175662017-03-15T05:34:08.720-07:002017-03-15T05:34:08.720-07:00J.N. Darby
When my heart is filled with Christ, ...J.N. Darby <br /><br />When my heart is filled with Christ, I have no heart or eye for the trash of the world.<br /><br />If Christ is dwelling in your heart by faith, the question will not be, “What harm is there in this or that?” Rather, “Am I doing this for Christ? Can Christ go along with me in this?<br /><br />If you are in communion with Him, you will readily detect what is not of him.<br /Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-81560442309113159372017-03-15T04:50:16.833-07:002017-03-15T04:50:16.833-07:00Our characters will show what we are looking at......Our characters will show what we are looking at...Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-54870262157751598282017-03-15T02:50:50.268-07:002017-03-15T02:50:50.268-07:00"If I look at Christ here on the earth, I see..."If I look at Christ here on the earth, I see Him in weakness and shame and rejection, but in the deepest grace withal, and nowhere so much as on the cross; we cannot do without it, we would not if we could (indeed Christ everywhere is unspeakably precious and absolutely necessary for us); yet for the Christian the place of strength is to look at Christ risen and glorified. No doubt this Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-55589278555934455652017-03-14T18:35:48.817-07:002017-03-14T18:35:48.817-07:00Thanks for sharing the GVW quote.
Several years ...Thanks for sharing the GVW quote. <br /><br />Several years ago a brother told me that the big problem today is people wanting to know Christ "after the flesh".<br /><br />I think this quote really gets to the heart of it.clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-73782540229955118982017-03-14T14:52:35.619-07:002017-03-14T14:52:35.619-07:00"There is a marked distinction between God..."There is a marked distinction between God's actings in old times and since the day of Pentecost. He had revealed Himself to man in man's circumstances till that day; since then He has been requiring man to come into His circumstances. The whole testimony of God now is to what Christ is in heaven; and we see the most amazing crowd of blessed things connected with Him there."<br Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969410710374086733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-16677648202249227592017-03-13T17:29:27.975-07:002017-03-13T17:29:27.975-07:00I definitely have been benefiting from the break!
...I definitely have been benefiting from the break!<br /><br />Thank you!clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-13111691182402905772017-03-13T14:51:49.668-07:002017-03-13T14:51:49.668-07:00Yes there are many distractions in this world! Be...Yes there are many distractions in this world! Beholding and being transformed into His image from glory to glory is a gradual process. Until we are with the Lord face to face it will only be partial - then it will be perfect!<br /><br />Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-23026314046322301002017-03-13T13:31:47.871-07:002017-03-13T13:31:47.871-07:00Thank you both. I have enjoyed these 3 weeks and I...Thank you both. I have enjoyed these 3 weeks and I hope that Mark is benefiting from the break.<br /><br />Handwritten - <br />'Those of us privileged to be His saints, members of His body: Not merely reflected glory, but glory from within -- CHRIST IN US! The hope of glory! The hope not only to see His glory, which we will, but to show forth His glory from within ourselves. Which we do, Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-62256172375014318552017-03-13T08:36:37.470-07:002017-03-13T08:36:37.470-07:00Yes, Robert, your ministry is greatly appreciated....Yes, Robert, your ministry is greatly appreciated.<br />The veil is gone!<br />Beholding the Lord Jesus in glory we are changed into the same image from glory to glory!<br />Glory be to God!<br /><br />Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-49180535314238539892017-03-13T08:17:26.707-07:002017-03-13T08:17:26.707-07:00"Transformation and reconciliation! No wonder..."Transformation and reconciliation! No wonder he felt his need of mercy in order not to faint." Indeed! Thank you for freely sharing your ministry, Robert. I am truly blessed in reading it.<br /><br />But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face... (Deuteronomy 34:10)<br /><br />Moses: Reflected glory, glory that faded.<br /><HandWrittenWordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297262231718600348noreply@blogger.com