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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Monday, March 27, 2017
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I realize this will be an unusual departure from our regular way of sharing Scripture thoughts, but the truth in the following incomplete quote was so amazing, I just had to share it. Please indulge me and you’ll see why:
“In all these revelations of the divine presence the glory of God was manifested through Christ. Not alone at the Saviour’s advent, but through all the ages after the Fall and the promise of redemption, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself.” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Christ was the foundation and center of the sacrificial system in both the patriarchal and the Jewish age. Since the sin of our first parents there has been no direct communication between God and man. The Father has given the world into the hands of Christ, that through His mediatorial work He may redeem man and vindicate the authority and holiness of the law of God. All the communion between heaven and the fallen race has been through Christ. It was the Son of God that gave to our first parents the promise of redemption. It was He who revealed Himself to the patriarchs. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses understood the gospel. They looked for salvation through man’s Substitute and Surety. These holy men of old held communion with the Saviour who was to come to our world in human flesh; and some of them talked with Christ and heavenly angels face to face.”[1]
In light of this quote, I would like to emphasize one thing I have not heard anyone underscore before. The writer said “Since the sin of our first parents there has been no direct communication between God and man.” It would appear, then, that Adam and Eve had direct contact with the Father before they lost their way. This is amazing! This is one of the many reasons the plan of salvation is so sweet. Our Father loves us so much that He gave Jesus, His best Representative and equal to bring us back into direct communion with Him. Now I get it from a new perspective! One day we will see our Father’s face, whose name will be written in our foreheads (Revelation 14:1-5; Revelation 22:1-4). How sweet it is, then, that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself...” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Be reconciled to your Father today. Thank Him for Jesus Christ and the divine Agency of the Holy Spirit who both make this possible.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
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[1] Ellen Gould White, The Story of Patriarchs and Prophets as Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old, vol. 1, Conflict of the Ages Series (Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1890), 366.
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Monday, March 27, 2017
Audio Link:
I realize this will be an unusual departure from our regular way of sharing Scripture thoughts, but the truth in the following incomplete quote was so amazing, I just had to share it. Please indulge me and you’ll see why:
“In all these revelations of the divine presence the glory of God was manifested through Christ. Not alone at the Saviour’s advent, but through all the ages after the Fall and the promise of redemption, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself.” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Christ was the foundation and center of the sacrificial system in both the patriarchal and the Jewish age. Since the sin of our first parents there has been no direct communication between God and man. The Father has given the world into the hands of Christ, that through His mediatorial work He may redeem man and vindicate the authority and holiness of the law of God. All the communion between heaven and the fallen race has been through Christ. It was the Son of God that gave to our first parents the promise of redemption. It was He who revealed Himself to the patriarchs. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses understood the gospel. They looked for salvation through man’s Substitute and Surety. These holy men of old held communion with the Saviour who was to come to our world in human flesh; and some of them talked with Christ and heavenly angels face to face.”[1]
In light of this quote, I would like to emphasize one thing I have not heard anyone underscore before. The writer said “Since the sin of our first parents there has been no direct communication between God and man.” It would appear, then, that Adam and Eve had direct contact with the Father before they lost their way. This is amazing! This is one of the many reasons the plan of salvation is so sweet. Our Father loves us so much that He gave Jesus, His best Representative and equal to bring us back into direct communion with Him. Now I get it from a new perspective! One day we will see our Father’s face, whose name will be written in our foreheads (Revelation 14:1-5; Revelation 22:1-4). How sweet it is, then, that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself...” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Be reconciled to your Father today. Thank Him for Jesus Christ and the divine Agency of the Holy Spirit who both make this possible.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
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[1] Ellen Gould White, The Story of Patriarchs and Prophets as Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old, vol. 1, Conflict of the Ages Series (Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1890), 366.
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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Monday, March 27, 2017
Audio Link:
I realize this will be an unusual departure from our regular way of sharing Scripture thoughts, but the truth in the following incomplete quote was so amazing, I just had to share it. Please indulge me and you’ll see why:
“In all these revelations of the divine presence the glory of God was manifested through Christ. Not alone at the Saviour’s advent, but through all the ages after the Fall and the promise of redemption, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself.” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Christ was the foundation and center of the sacrificial system in both the patriarchal and the Jewish age. Since the sin of our first parents there has been no direct communication between God and man. The Father has given the world into the hands of Christ, that through His mediatorial work He may redeem man and vindicate the authority and holiness of the law of God. All the communion between heaven and the fallen race has been through Christ. It was the Son of God that gave to our first parents the promise of redemption. It was He who revealed Himself to the patriarchs. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses understood the gospel. They looked for salvation through man’s Substitute and Surety. These holy men of old held communion with the Saviour who was to come to our world in human flesh; and some of them talked with Christ and heavenly angels face to face.”[1]
In light of this quote, I would like to emphasize one thing I have not heard anyone underscore before. The writer said “Since the sin of our first parents there has been no direct communication between God and man.” It would appear, then, that Adam and Eve had direct contact with the Father before they lost their way. This is amazing! This is one of the many reasons the plan of salvation is so sweet. Our Father loves us so much that He gave Jesus, His best Representative and equal to bring us back into direct communion with Him. Now I get it from a new perspective! One day we will see our Father’s face, whose name will be written in our foreheads (Revelation 14:1-5; Revelation 22:1-4). How sweet it is, then, that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself...” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Be reconciled to your Father today. Thank Him for Jesus Christ and the divine Agency of the Holy Spirit who both make this possible.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
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[1] Ellen Gould White, The Story of Patriarchs and Prophets as Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old, vol. 1, Conflict of the Ages Series (Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1890), 366.
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Monday, March 27, 2017
Audio Link:
I realize this will be an unusual departure from our regular way of sharing Scripture thoughts, but the truth in the following incomplete quote was so amazing, I just had to share it. Please indulge me and you’ll see why:
“In all these revelations of the divine presence the glory of God was manifested through Christ. Not alone at the Saviour’s advent, but through all the ages after the Fall and the promise of redemption, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself.” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Christ was the foundation and center of the sacrificial system in both the patriarchal and the Jewish age. Since the sin of our first parents there has been no direct communication between God and man. The Father has given the world into the hands of Christ, that through His mediatorial work He may redeem man and vindicate the authority and holiness of the law of God. All the communion between heaven and the fallen race has been through Christ. It was the Son of God that gave to our first parents the promise of redemption. It was He who revealed Himself to the patriarchs. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Moses understood the gospel. They looked for salvation through man’s Substitute and Surety. These holy men of old held communion with the Saviour who was to come to our world in human flesh; and some of them talked with Christ and heavenly angels face to face.”[1]
In light of this quote, I would like to emphasize one thing I have not heard anyone underscore before. The writer said “Since the sin of our first parents there has been no direct communication between God and man.” It would appear, then, that Adam and Eve had direct contact with the Father before they lost their way. This is amazing! This is one of the many reasons the plan of salvation is so sweet. Our Father loves us so much that He gave Jesus, His best Representative and equal to bring us back into direct communion with Him. Now I get it from a new perspective! One day we will see our Father’s face, whose name will be written in our foreheads (Revelation 14:1-5; Revelation 22:1-4). How sweet it is, then, that “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself...” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Be reconciled to your Father today. Thank Him for Jesus Christ and the divine Agency of the Holy Spirit who both make this possible.—L. David Harris (www.DavidWritesaLot.com)
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[1] Ellen Gould White, The Story of Patriarchs and Prophets as Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old, vol. 1, Conflict of the Ages Series (Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1890), 366.