pcra-dgc-RedTid_v18~001 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 1 of 314 | Next |
|
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
a-fcDEEMEo
** BY TME
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST..,
A FULL GOSPEL
MAGAZINE FOR
ALL BELIEVERS
PUBLISHED BY
ASSEMBUESofGOD
IN GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND:
Vol. 18. No. i.
JANUARY and, 1942.
Twopence.
SAINTS ON THEIR FACES.
"And when I saw it, I fell on my face." Ezek. 1 : 28.
L. S. WARBURTON.
ONE of the loveliest sights in all the world is
a saint prostrate before God. Mary fallen
at the Risen Lord's feet is not a disfigured bundle
of womanhood, she is sweet humility in'loving
abandon. There is something, too, about Jacob
as he rises from the ground, the Scripture makes
it apparent, he is now a Prince with God. Daniel
on his face is an insuperable barrier to the
scheming statesmen, they cannot get past him nor
over him; they thrust him lower to the brutes'
den, but they only intensify his influence, for the
lions go hungry and the king cannot sleep.
There are many reasons why people go down to
the ground; reasons as^wifle as the cause which
prompted the thankful ISper to return to Jesus,
and that which brought tflfe disciples to abasement on the Mount of Transfiguration. It is sad
to say it, but saints on their faces are more
familiar to the Bible than they are to us.
All this tells us there is one thing we can do,
and that is, go down to the ground. Humility
is within the capacity of each of us.
WE GO DOWN TO ASCEND.
We decrease and God gives the increase. We
employ our talents and the Master marks for
promotion. We humble ourselves and in due
time He exalts us.
There were contributory causes to Ezekiel's
prostration. One was the Vision recorded in the
first chapter; there he beheld strange creatures,
four-faced and four-winged, moving in unison
with the whirling wheels. He saw a sapphire
throne, and the appearance of a man clothed in
fire and magnificent rainbow encircling the whole.
"And when I saw it," says he, "I fell on my
face." Another cause was the clear knowledge
of his nation's apostasy; this, too, humbled him.
Are we waiting for a similar vision to bring us
to the place of contrition? We need not wait.
The vision that Ezekiel saw of the Majesty and
the governmental rule of God is mirrored in the
Word. Ezekiel saw the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord; we, too, have seen
the reality that gave meaning to his yision. A
reflective soul taking up the Bible with holy
hands and reading with anointed eyes that first
chapter of Ezekiel, finds it as awesome as the
actual vision was to Ezekiel, and is just as ready
to fall beside the prophet.
The meaning of the vision is that God rules over
all, and that this ideal ought to have been realised
in the Jewish nation. That which Ezekiel saw
is reflected in the Word, and though we may see
through a glass darkly, nevertheless we do see.
The histories and causes that operated in the
time of the prophet are recorded for us.
Israel's apostasy was due to two causes,
THEY HAD COMMITTED TWO EVILS,
in forsaking the Fountain of living waters and
hewing for themselves broken cisterns which
could hold no water. They had left God and
conformed to the prevailing standards of
dominant nations. They had left the Source and
'Inspiration of their national life and had overthrown the government of God. Is it not plain
that the same causes are operative in the Church
and the nation to-day? Then for what do we
wait if the causes that contributed to Ezekiel's
humility are with us now? If we have grasped
the meaning of it there can be only one reaction,
we shall go to the ground.
Object Description
Description
| Title (English/roman) | pcra-dgc-RedTid_v18~001 |
| Full text | a-fcDEEMEo ** BY TME PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST.., A FULL GOSPEL MAGAZINE FOR ALL BELIEVERS PUBLISHED BY ASSEMBUESofGOD IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: Vol. 18. No. i. JANUARY and, 1942. Twopence. SAINTS ON THEIR FACES. "And when I saw it, I fell on my face." Ezek. 1 : 28. L. S. WARBURTON. ONE of the loveliest sights in all the world is a saint prostrate before God. Mary fallen at the Risen Lord's feet is not a disfigured bundle of womanhood, she is sweet humility in'loving abandon. There is something, too, about Jacob as he rises from the ground, the Scripture makes it apparent, he is now a Prince with God. Daniel on his face is an insuperable barrier to the scheming statesmen, they cannot get past him nor over him; they thrust him lower to the brutes' den, but they only intensify his influence, for the lions go hungry and the king cannot sleep. There are many reasons why people go down to the ground; reasons as^wifle as the cause which prompted the thankful ISper to return to Jesus, and that which brought tflfe disciples to abasement on the Mount of Transfiguration. It is sad to say it, but saints on their faces are more familiar to the Bible than they are to us. All this tells us there is one thing we can do, and that is, go down to the ground. Humility is within the capacity of each of us. WE GO DOWN TO ASCEND. We decrease and God gives the increase. We employ our talents and the Master marks for promotion. We humble ourselves and in due time He exalts us. There were contributory causes to Ezekiel's prostration. One was the Vision recorded in the first chapter; there he beheld strange creatures, four-faced and four-winged, moving in unison with the whirling wheels. He saw a sapphire throne, and the appearance of a man clothed in fire and magnificent rainbow encircling the whole. "And when I saw it," says he, "I fell on my face." Another cause was the clear knowledge of his nation's apostasy; this, too, humbled him. Are we waiting for a similar vision to bring us to the place of contrition? We need not wait. The vision that Ezekiel saw of the Majesty and the governmental rule of God is mirrored in the Word. Ezekiel saw the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord; we, too, have seen the reality that gave meaning to his yision. A reflective soul taking up the Bible with holy hands and reading with anointed eyes that first chapter of Ezekiel, finds it as awesome as the actual vision was to Ezekiel, and is just as ready to fall beside the prophet. The meaning of the vision is that God rules over all, and that this ideal ought to have been realised in the Jewish nation. That which Ezekiel saw is reflected in the Word, and though we may see through a glass darkly, nevertheless we do see. The histories and causes that operated in the time of the prophet are recorded for us. Israel's apostasy was due to two causes, THEY HAD COMMITTED TWO EVILS, in forsaking the Fountain of living waters and hewing for themselves broken cisterns which could hold no water. They had left God and conformed to the prevailing standards of dominant nations. They had left the Source and 'Inspiration of their national life and had overthrown the government of God. Is it not plain that the same causes are operative in the Church and the nation to-day? Then for what do we wait if the causes that contributed to Ezekiel's humility are with us now? If we have grasped the meaning of it there can be only one reaction, we shall go to the ground. |
| Filename | pcra-dgc-RedTid_v18~001.tif |
| Archival file | Volume185/pcra-dgc-RedTid_v18~001.tif |
