II Corinthians 4:5-7
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
December 19th
"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost." Matthew 18:11
It is the absolute crowning of Christ the Monarch, to totally rule your life, which makes you His citizen. As His loyal subject, His Kingdom-in-righteousness sees to the fullness of your needs and enjoyments. There is no more fretting, no sleepless hours; there is no worry nor heartache (although the latter may linger a while due to errors in the past).
THIS is that "Christ-MASS" I wish you; and into which enjoyment I endeavor to help you by approaches and explanations from every imaginable angle.
You simple ones who yearn for "heaven" (oh yes, there is a Heaven; but only a "FEW" into it will "He call"), how can you fail to see that GOD (in Person), executed a COMPLETE and a PERFECT work of redeeming the exiled race of Adam?
Were not Adam and Eve HUMANS? That is: bodies of flesh and blood and bone? How then dare you blather about His coming to "save the `soul'" – when not even once did He make such a statement?!! Or maybe the human pair remained in the Garden, but had their "souls" driven out and cursed?
WHAT did the Son of God come to save? THAT which had been "lost"? – or an indefinable "something" which the average person knows nothing about, and certainly cannot prove that he possesses???
Chat 12/1966 (continued tomorrow...)