OzThoughts Thursday 23 October 2008

OzThoughts Thursday 23 October 2008

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Lines down the page and lines across the page. It all seems a bit confusing. The whole point is the Christian is different to the person who is not a Christian. Paul and other New Testament writers make it clear that the difference is the work of Christ.

Former Australian Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam described himself, when asked about his faith, as “a fellow traveller with Christianity”. When pressed further, Gough said he accepted the ethics and ideals of Christianity and believed it was a force for good but was not into the religious part of it. I imagine there are lots who would be like Gough.

John in his first letter asks us all to look clearly at our page.

5 This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there's not a trace of darkness in him.
6 If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we're obviously lying through our teeth--we're not living what we claim.
7 But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God's Son, purges all our sin.
8 If we claim that we're free of sin, we're only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense.
9 On the other hand, if we admit our sins--make a clean breast of them--he won't let us down; he'll be true to himself. He'll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing.
10 If we claim that we've never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God--make a liar out of him. A claim like that only shows off our ignorance of God. (1 John 1 The Message).

PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, thank you for the cleansing that comes to my life through Jesus’ sacrificed blood. Help me to live worthy of that sacrifice, today and enjoy the shared life with you. Amen.

[Listen: The Salvation Army Pasadena Tabernacle Songsters: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_2381.mp3

Would you be free from your burden of sin?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood!
Would you o'er evil a victory win?
There's wonderful power in the blood!

Chorus
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the blood of the Lamb.
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the precious blood of the Lamb.

Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood!
Come then for cleansing to Calvary's tide;
There's wonderful power in the blood!

Would you be whiter, yes, whiter than snow?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood!
Sin stains are lost in its life-giving flow;
There's wonderful power in the blood!

Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood!
Would you live daily his praises to sing?
There's wonderful power in the blood!
Author: Lewis Edgar Jones (1865-1936)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 281

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