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Two new books from Peter & Vivien Wade... each has its own web page with page previews!
Exploring God's Amazing Word -- 18 Bible Studies on Positive Living in Christ. Also available in Spanish.
Bunches of Blessings: Poems by Vivien Wade -- Inspiration, reflection, motivation. 69 poems to brighten your day.
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#58 / 20 Mar 2003
Wades Celebrate 45 years of ministry
Peter and Vivien Wade this month celebrate their appointment to the first church they pastored on 30th March 1958. Read a brief history of the Wades' life and ministry, complete with photographs.
Is Christian Our Name?
An interesting study by Cecil Hook on the Biblical usage of the name "Christian". From his book "Free To Speak". Read it now!
Insights From My Writing...
Put On the Lord Jesus Christ
"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts" (Romans 13:14)
I know that Romans is written to believers who have Christ in them. This verse in Romans 13 cannot, therefore, be referring to putting on the Lord Jesus Christ in the Spirit. I already have the Spirit of Christ within me. Anything that has to be put on is works. It takes effort -- an act of our will -- to put on something. God would not command me to put on that which I already have, and so this verse cannot refer to anything that happened at the moment of salvation.
"Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His" (Romans 8:9b). Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ can only refer to putting Christ on in the mind, for this is the place where all the desires of the flesh originate. I have Christ in me as spirit, and now I am to put on the Lord Jesus Christ in the renewing of my mind.
Whenever God´s Word speaks of something made available by grace, it uses words that indicate I now have it. For example, Romans 12:3 states that "God has dealt to each one a measure of faith." God´s Word makes it plain that each believer has a measure of faith made available by the work of Christ on the cross.
In Romans 13:14 God is instructing me how to renew my mind. It does not say "You have the Lord Jesus Christ" but it does read "Put on the Lord Jesus Christ". That is works, not grace.
I already have Christ in me; therefore, I need to clothe my attitudes, my beliefs and my concepts with Him. As I read God´s Word I will find I no longer need to "think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh" (Romans 13:14).
As I study the context in these verses, I will recognize the battle existing between God´s revelation and the reason of man. As my mind changes from information gained by my five senses to the knowledge God gives me in His Word, I will not have to dwell on worldly thoughts. God feeds me the concepts of Christ which will help me make wise decisions. I know the conflict is there and that I must choose. However, I do know with the concepts of Christ in my mind, victory will be mine! (From "Renewing Your Mind", Chapter 3, by Peter Wade, adapted by Hildy Matthews.)
Affirmation: God is instructing me how to renew my mind. He tells me about the battle between His revelation and sense-knowledge from the world. As I make the choice to read His Word daily, I will find the concepts of Christ directing the thoughts in my mind.
A note from Hildy Matthews:
To Peter Wade: Thank you for the privilege of reading your books and adapting them into daily readings. I have to encourage all your readers to do exactly what you said to do:
Knowledge brings with it the responsibility to act. Believing God's Word demands action. It is too easy to just accept things as they are, and not want to change. But it's your life that is at stake, it's your future that can be improved out of sight. Re-read these positive truths and drill the principles into your mind. (Last Words... "Renewing Your Mind" by Peter Wade.)
It is to my credit that I have been following your advice since 1998 when we began our union of creating daily readings. When I was diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer a year ago, I thought that I would not be able to write any more. But now today on my 72nd birthday I'm still here renewing my mind to God's Word and believing His Word for me to prosper and be in health.
God bless you, Peter, for learning God's Word and sharing it with us. And thank everyone who has prayed for me and all who have remained faithful to believe God that I am healed.
Insights from Every Chapter in the Bible
G. Campbell Morgan was a well-known preacher and writer of over 60 books from the first half of the 20th century. In each issue he gives a comment from one verse in every chapter of the Bible. We continue with Paul's second letter to the Corinthians.
"Unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter"
(II Corinthians 12:4).
This is the second time that we have come across this word "unspeakable" in our reading of this letter; but the words Paul used were not identical.
When he wrote of God's "unspeakable gift" (9:15) he employed a word which meant not expounded in full, and there he was thinking of the infinite wonder of the gift. Here his word meant "inexpressible". On the occasion to which he refers, he had heard words which he could not express, some secrets that were not for publication; it was not lawful to utter them, that is, he was not permitted to do so. The idea which this statement of the Apostle conveys to the mind is that in the life of service and fellowship, God may communicate to the soul, in hours of high experience, secrets which will affect all life and service, and yet which are not to be proclaimed in ministry.
The value of such revelations is that of the effect which they produce in the life and character of those to whom they are granted. This is a subject which may be very profitably considered. There are some who seem eager to talk of visions and revelations which they have had. The question is as to whether such eagerness is not a proof that the visions and revelations are not "of the Lord". When they are granted (and they certainly are granted to the servants of God under certain circumstances), they produce a reverent reticence. They are too solemn, too overwhelming, to be lightly described or discussed, but the effect of them will be apparent in all life and service.
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