Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

50 mans azvmw Nov.
be near,
"for the kingdom of Heaven is within thee,"
"but HID like unto treasure
God's field: his tilled land."
hid in a field; for we are
To sell all that we have to buy that field, means to
suffer the loss of all things that we may win Christ, to
RE NOUNCE ALL THAT WE P0ssEss
that we may become his disciples: to hate father, mother,
sister and brother, yea, and even our own soul also; our
own life, so that we DIE and our life is
in God.
HID with Christ
For the pearl of great price is the Indwelling
Christ in whom are
ALL THE TREASURES
of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
It is said of Moses that the reproach of Christ was to
him "greater riches than all the treasures of Egypt."
What then must be the
THE RICHES OF THE GLORY
of this Mystery which is Christ in you with all his unsearchable
riches? Of you, therefore, it may truly be said
that, "Ye know all things, "and that all things are you, and
that nothing is impossible unto you, because the Christ
who is "the Wisdom and Power of God"
and to whom all
authority is committed in the heavens and on earth, in
his own time will shew, Who is that Blessed and only potentate;
King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
He indeed is
that unspeakable treasure that we have in the bodies of
our humiliation, so that the excellency of the power may
be seen to be of God, and not of ourselves.
T08 earthen vessel, we surrender to God, presenting
our bodies a living sacrifice, and ceasing from our own
works, we let God work in us; "Energizing us both to
will and to do his good pleasure; thus proving what is
that good acceptable and perfect will of God; and shewing
forth the excellencies of him who hath called us out
of darkness into his marvelous light." Of ourselves, we