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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
"Strangers In The Lord's House"
“Strangers
are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord's house.”
Jeremiah 51:51
In
this account the faces of the Lord's people were covered with shame,
for it was a terrible thing that men should intrude into the Holy Place
reserved for the priests alone. Everywhere about us we see like cause
for sorrow. How many ungodly men are now educating with the view of
entering into the ministry! What a crying sin is that solemn lie by
which our whole population is nominally comprehended in a National
Church! How fearful it is that ordinances should be pressed upon the
unconverted, and that among the more enlightened churches of our land
there should be such laxity of discipline. If the thousands who will
read this portion shall all take this matter before the Lord Jesus this
day, He will interfere and avert the evil which else will come upon His
Church. To adulterate the Church is to pollute a well, to pour water
upon fire, to sow a fertile field with stones. May we all have grace to
maintain in our own proper way the purity of the Church, as being an
assembly of believers, and not a nation, an unsaved community of
unconverted men.
Our zeal must, however, begin at home. Let us examine ourselves
as to our right to eat at the Lord's table. Let us see to it that we
have on our wedding garment, lest we ourselves be intruders in the
Lord's sanctuaries. Many are called, but few are chosen; the way is
narrow, and the gate is strait. O for grace to come to Jesus aright,
with the faith of God's elect. He who smote Uzzah for touching the ark
is very jealous of His two ordinances; as a true believer I may
approach them freely, as an alien I must not touch them lest I die.
Heartsearching is the duty of all who are baptized or come to the
Lord's table. "Search me, O God, and know my way, try me and know my
heart."
Study verses: Psalms
18:20-28; Psalms 24:3-6; Proverbs 30:12; Matthew 5:8; Philippians 4:8;
James 1:27; I Peter 1:22; I John 3:3
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Previous devotions
"A
Place of Broad Rivers and Streams" - August 11, 2010
"Salesmen
of Freedom" - August 4, 2010
"They
Had Been With Jesus" - July 21, 2010
"He
Healed Them All" - July 14, 2010
"Faith
In America" - July 7, 2010
"Slow
To Anger; Great In Power" - June 30, 2010
"He
Is Precious" - June 23, 2010
"The
Fire of Strife" - June 16, 2010
"The
Common Man" - June 9, 2010
"In
My Prosperity I Said I Shall Not Be Moved" - June 2, 2010
"Cast
Thy Burden Upon The Lord" - May 26, 2010
"God,
That Comforteth Those That Are Cast Down" - May 19, 2010
"The
People That Do Know Their God Shall Be Strong" - May 12, 2010
"A
Tribute To My Mother"
- May 5, 2010
"Criticism"
- April 28, 2010
"Six
Principles For Daily Living" - April 21, 2010
"Faith
Through Trial" - April 14, 2010
"We
Admire" - April 8, 2010
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