JIMMETS - SAFETY AND COMPARE

Time with Jesus - Friday, 10 August 2012

Hi all,

Two “Jimmets” today: The inspiration for the first one comes from the First Scripture. In turn, this gave rise to the second one. About our incomparable God!

Blessings

Jim & Phyllida Strickland

Matt 10:8 Freely you received, Freely give		Time with Jesus – Friday, 10 August 2012			Matt 10:8 Freely you received, Freely give
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	INTRODUCTION		DAILY LIGHT EVENING SCRIPTURES	JIMMETS - SAFETY AND COMPARE
Memories from childhood seem to come and go. Surely this is a “carry-over” from before Adam fell? Some of the things which happened to me years ago are as vivid as the events of yesterday. Two things spring to mind during this Olympic year and Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth. In 1952, the Games were held in Helsinki and I vaguely remember crowding round a radio listening to what was happening. During the previous year I remember crowding round the radio listening to the Vic Toweel boxing with Jimmy Carruthers for the world bantamweight title. (Carruthers won easily!) For most “Brits” 1952 was memorable because that was the year Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne. Even in South Africa, this was considered a major event. The following year, the schoolchildren in Port Elizabeth were asked to go to St Georges Park stadium to celebrate the coronation. We walked from our school to the stadium. These events will soon be outside living memory. But what did they mean to a schoolboy back then? On reflection it seems to me that they were just flashes from the passing parade. They were important to the men and women of those days, but now are little more than footnotes in history. These comments may be unfair. I admit they have been “tinged” with my passion for Jesus Christ and His Word. The crowning of the Queen is almost nothing compared with crowning of Jesus Christ. She wore a crown of exquisite beauty; priceless in financial terms. Jesus was crowned with a simple crown of thorns. Queen Elizabeth was crowned with the crown of the UK, her Dominions and Commonwealth. Jesus was crowned with the crown of creation. Queen Elizabeth will continue to grow old and will die. Her crown will then be passed to her successor. Jesus lives forever. No other man or woman will succeed Him. He is unique. He does not grow old. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Someday, Queen Elizabeth, from the comfort of her own bed, will utter her final words. The world will say, “The Queen is dead. Long live the King!” Like all her predecessors, she will be committed to the grave and crowned with the dirt of the earth. Jesus’ final speech, from the cross on Calvary, was very simple. “It is finished!” Things are now completely different. Jesus Christ is crowned “King of Kings and Lord of Lords”. His crown is all of creation. He has no successor because He is eternal. It will never be possible to say of Him, “The King is dead - Long live the King”. Instead we can say, “Jesus Christ is alive forevermore”! Jim and Phyllida Strickland			25 If you are afraid of people, it will trap you. But if you trust in the LORD, he will keep you safe. Proverbs 29:25 NIrV 5 Though the LORD is very great and lives in heaven, He will make Jerusalem His home of justice and righteousness. Isaiah 33:5 NLT 4 For the LORD is high above the nations; His glory is higher than the heavens. 5 Who can be compared with the LORD our God, who is enthroned on high? 6 He stoops to look down on heaven and on earth. 7 He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. 8 He sets them among princes, even the princes of His own people! Psalms 113:4-8 NLT 4 But God loves us deeply. He is full of mercy. 5 So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God's grace has saved you. 6 God raised us up with Christ. He has seated us with him in his heavenly kingdom because we belong to Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:4-6 NIrV 32 Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won't He also give us everything else? Romans 8:32 NLT 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow--not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below--indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39 NLT	SAFE IN GOD Safety comes from trusting in the Lord. But you’re sure to fail if you trust man. Jesus Christ wields an almighty sword; With an overwhelming battle plan. Nothing can resist the word He says. Everything He states is a command. Going on and on for endless days, Irresistible in every land! Man does not have this ability. Everything he says, is merely bluff. Who can match Divine authority? Instantly all men will cry, “Enough!” But He is as gentle as a dove, With the ones who turn to Him in Love. Jim Strickland – Written 10th August 2012 WHO COMPARES WITH GOD? Who can be compared with God Most High? He looks down from heaven on this earth. No one can demand that He will die. Womankind can never give Him birth. How can we contract into a span, Him Whom we are sure is infinite? How can the Creator be made man? How can darkness ever clothe the light? Looking at this from man’s point of view, We all say, “Impossibility”! This is something none of us can do. It’s beyond mankind’s ability. That which is impossible to man Is “a piece of cake” in Jesus’ plan! Jim Strickland Written 10th August 2012