Arrayed with the Sun
Arrayed with the sun – the sun points to the Lord Jesus.
Arrayed with the sun – the sun points to the Lord Jesus.
Of all plants, not one needs the Pruning Knife so Unsparingly and so Unceasingly.
None is so Dependent on Cultivation and Training,
But with this none Yields a Richer Reward.
JOHN 21.15
When, therefore, they dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, “Simon, [son] of Jonas, do you love Me more than these?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord; You have known that I cherish You”; He says to him, “Feed My lambs.”
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JOHN 15.2
every branch not bearing fruit in Me, He takes it away, and everyone bearing fruit, He cleanses by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
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MATTHEW 9.37-38
then He says to His disciples, “The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few; therefore implore the Lord of the harvest that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.”
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MATTHEW 24.14
and this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations, and then will the end arrive.
Peter denied his Lord three times and then the Lord Looked Upon him.
That Look of Jesus Broke the heart of Peter, and all at once there Opened Up Before him the terrible sin that he had committed, the terrible failure that had come and the depth into which he had fallen,
And Peter went out and Wept Bitterly.
The Body is NOT an illustration but a Fact.
The Bible does NOT just say that the Church is like a body, but that it is the Body of Christ.
We, who are many, are One Body in Christ, and severally Members one of Another.
All the Members together are One Body, for all Share His Life.