Week 4

These following statements really stuck out to me:

"E. Stanley Jones could say that the personality and way of Jesus are stamped on our nerves, our blood, or tissues, our organs. The personality and way of Jesus are "not merely written in the test of Scripture, but in the texture of our being." (117)

"If we were created by Christ and for Christ, then he is inescapable. You cannot jump out of your skin. If you revolt against Christ, you revolt against yourself. God has us hooked." (118)

The saying, 'I have everything' is a terrible saying when 'everything' does not include the living God." (123)

"'You are blind.' Even thought they used the expensive eye salve they were not seeing things as they really are. [Things are not as they seem!] They could see only as far as their physical eyes could see. They[They!]were, therefore, cheating themselves!" (123)

"What grace! Sheer Grace. He is nauseated by their lukewarmness and about to spit them out of his mouth. And what does he do? He opens up to them the storehouse of Amen and Arche!" (124)

And lastly: "Here I am! Standing at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." (Re. 3:20)

Last Sunday morning, it was the last day of a high school servant trip (KP camp for those of you familiar) with my church and God laid this verse heavy on my heart to share with the group of students who had been serving junior highers for the past two days. A few days after, I had an awesome conversation with a student I am meeting once a week now referring back to that verse and what it means/meant to her. God is at work, not only in this blog, or the alone time we devote while reading, or with the group of ladies I meet with weekly to read of John and Darrel's words, but on such a deeper level. Amen!