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  • "There are many in the church that never had a kid" ~ John Elias

    Commemorating the 239th anniversary of the birth of the Welsh Calvinistic minister, John Elias (May 6, 1774- June 8, 1841)... Here's an excerpt from "John Elias: Life, Letters and Essays" by Edward Morgan:

    Most feelingly did Elias expostulate in letters ... with sleepy, starving professors. One of those is the following; may it be blessed still!

    From 28 June 1831

    Is there not reason to fear that the prayers of many of us are merely customary and formal, asking many things without feeling the need of them? We seldom inquire whether our prayers are answered; and if not, what hinders them? Do we avoid indulging in those thoughts or practices that hinder and mar our prayers? Are we in a state of reconciliation with God? Do we live in the exercise of faith in Christ? Are we indifferent as to the aid of the Spirit in prayer? O seek his face - his face; seek him with all your heart! There are many in the church, I believe, who have seen better days, and have felt something greater and stronger; but they sleep so heavily now, that they scarcely recollect the days they once saw and the divine impressions they once experienced! Alas, what a state! Love is growing cold, because, perhaps, some iniquity has abounded. O that I could lift up my voice, and cry to those that sleep - ‘Alas, it is a great pity that you live so poor, and that your sustenance is so wretched! You, children of the King. You, the spouse of Christ! You, that saw better days, how is it that your support is so poor, and your appearance so miserable now, while the riches of your Father are so great, his house so full, and his table so loaded, and the love of God not changed, and the great salvation as full as ever? Oh! why will you live in poor prisons, and on empty husks? Homeward, homeward, prodigal sons! Our day in the world is nearly coming to a close! Believers, you draw near the heavenly world. Should you not then be more holy and heavenly, as you approach that world? Oh! children of God, be not satisfied to live in such a lethargy, and at such a distance from your God.

    Hypocrites are not aware of the spiritual food that some have tasted. They draw their joys out of other wells, lusting after forbidden things, desiring the enjoyments of the world, delighting in the company of worldlings, and following their customs! There are many in the church that never had a kid - that never had a small portion of spiritual food to make merry - that know nothing of the spiritual feasts that are enjoyed on the return of prodigals! These have but a poor religion to meet death and judgment with! O my dear friends, let each of us examine, and see what he has. Let us not sleep, and let us not be indifferent about knowing whether our religion is sound; and if not, let us strive to obtain that which is so. The most worthless of all things is false religion. Oh! the truth, the truth! O! brethren, let us not be discouraged; but, like the watchmen, look for the morning. Say, in faith, ‘I shall see it yet again.’ I know that some souls are like the thirsty land, longing for God, and crying out, ‘When shall I come to thee?’ Believers, if we must live in some degree of darkness till we arrive at Jordan, it is a consolation that it is day light, without any clouds, on the other side. You shall be there soon. I long in these days to fly higher than the tumultuous atmosphere of this world. If we fly high enough, we shall not meet with clouds, thunders, and the stormy wind and tempest, but with a bright, delightful day! I am obliged to finish - I am very poorly. Oh, brethren, pray for me!

    Source: "John Elias: Life, Letters and Essays" by Edward Morgan (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1973, revised edition published in one volume), 138-140.

    Luke 15:11  And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12  And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13  And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14  And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15  And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16  And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

    17  And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18  I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19  And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20  And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21  And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22  But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23  And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24  For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

    25  Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26  And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27  And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28  And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29  And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30  But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31  And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32  It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.



    Are you sleeping, and sleeping heavily? Are you a starving professor? Has your love grown cold? Is your religion a poor religion? From where are you drawing your joys? Do you delight in the company of worldlings and follow their customs? Are you settling for worldly, wretched sustenance –– empty husks –– instead of seeking and savoring the spiritual food that is yours as a child of the King and the spouse of Christ?
    Are you satisfied to live in a lethargy, at such a distance from God? Have you ever had a kid? Have you understood that all that the Father has is yours?

     

    May our God stir us up so we might rightly examine ourselves and zealously strive to make our religion sound and true. May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:  the eyes of our understanding being enlightened, that we may know what is the hope of His calling and the unsearchable riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, to be fully assured that all that He has is ours, so we might feed on Him – for it is meet that we should make merry and be glad! (~ See Ephesians 1:17-18)

    Psalms 81:10
    I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
    open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
    "O my dear friends, let each of us examine, and see what he has. Let us not sleep, and let us not be indifferent about knowing whether our religion is sound; and if not, let us strive to obtain that which is so. The most worthless of all things is false religion."


    Related:

    my other posts on John Elias:

    the fitness HE requireth: in distress, in debt, discontented ~ I Samuel 22:2
    "It is a dark night on the church, the depth of winter ..." ~ John Elias
    "as if ... God was dead" | letter 160 on assurance & fighting for joy
    ... while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended...
    "The dawn is to be seen... you may by prayers" (John Elias)

    my posts on nominal Christianity - click here
    my posts on true and false religion and legalism - click here

    other related posts:

    Advent #1 WHY HAS JESUS COME? that we might have life & life more abundantly
    Advent # 5 WHY HAS JESUS COME? So we might draw near to God | Even a Vapor
    Advent # 7 WHY HAS JESUS COME? So we might be satisfied with Him
    Advent # 8: WHY HAS JESUS COME? "so that [we] might be WITH HIM" ~ Mark 3:14
    Advent # 9 WHY HAS JESUS COME? Adoption: the highest privilege the gospel offers ~ J.I. Packer

    The Christian should not just believe the truth, and know it..." | the Father's assurance
    update w/ excerpt: Lloyd-Jones' sermons on the role of experience in Christianity
    five years ago ~ for your joy (AND an inheritance | Richard Sibbes & the Sealing of the Spirit)
    birthday reflection: "the great & glorious possibilities" ~ "Now therefore, give me this mountain"

    postcards from England: are we excited over a dead fish and a car wreck?
    "Brother, we are only half awake" ~ Legh Richmond
    "Saving faith is wanting Jesus" ~ Are you loving His appearing or this present world?
    Jesus said to her, "... Whom are you seeking?" - John 20:15
    Why read Christian biography? To help us examine our love for God.

    Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.

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  • Jesus said to her, "... Whom are you seeking?" - John 20:15

    John 20:15
    Jesus said to her, “... Whom are you seeking?”

    Jesus is asking you...

    "Whom [or what] are you seeking?"

    From Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on John 20...

    ... we may observe, The constancy and fervency of Mary Magdalene's affection to the Lord Jesus... Where there is a true love to Christ there will be a constant adherence to him, and a resolution with purpose of heart to cleave to him...

    Those that will be content with nothing short of a sight of Christ shall be put off with nothing less. He never said to the soul that sought him, Seek in vain. Is it Christ that thou wouldest have? Christ thou shalt have.” ...

    See how her heart was set upon finding Christ. She puts the question to every one she meets, like the careful spouse, Saw you him whom my soul loveth?

    Song of Solomon 3
    1  On my bed by night
    I sought him whom my soul loves;
    I sought him, but found him not.
    2  I will rise now and go about the city,
    in the streets and in the squares;
    I will seek him whom my soul loves.
    I sought him, but found him not.
    3  The watchmen found me
    as they went about in the city.
    “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
    4  Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found him whom my soul loves.
    I held him, and would not let him go...

    Is your love for Christ true ––
    or is it like the dew?

    Hosea 6
    4  What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O Judah?
    Your love is like a morning cloud,
    like the dew that goes early away.

    Exodus 34:12  Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst. 13  You shall tear down their altars and break their pillars and cut down their Asherim 14  (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), 15  lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, 16  and you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.


    From Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalm 24...

    We ourselves are not our own; our bodies, our souls, are not. Even those of the children of men are God's, who know him not, nor own their relation to him. A soul that knows and considers its own nature, and that it must live for ever, when it has viewed the earth and the fulness thereof, will sit down unsatisfied. It will think of ascending toward God, and will ask, What shall I do, that I may abide in that happy, holy place, where he makes his people holy and happy? We make nothing of religion, if we do not make heart-work of it. We can only be cleansed from our sins, and renewed unto holiness, by the blood of Christ and the washing of the Holy Ghost. Thus we become his people; thus we receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of our salvation. God's peculiar people shall be made truly and for ever happy. Where God gives righteousness, he designs salvation. Those that are made meet for heaven, shall be brought safe to heaven, and will find what they have been seeking.

    Psalm 24
    1  The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof,
    the world and those who dwell therein,
    2  for he has founded it upon the seas
    and established it upon the rivers.
    3  Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD?
    And who shall stand in his holy place?
    4  He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
    who does not lift up his soul to what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.
    5  He will receive blessing from the LORD
    and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
    6  Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
    7  Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
    8  Who is this King of glory?
    The LORD, strong and mighty,
    the LORD, mighty in battle!
    9  Lift up your heads, O gates!
    And lift them up, O ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
    10  Who is this King of glory?
    The LORD of hosts,
    he is the King of glory! Selah

    Are you of the generation of those who seek Him,
    that seek the face of the God of Jacob?

    In "An Humble Attempt to Promote Explicit Agreement and Visible Union of God's People, in Extraordinary Prayer, for the Revival of Religion and the Advancement of Christ's Kingdom on Earth," Jonathan Edwards wrote of the good (the blessing) we find as we seek God Himself...

    Zechariah 8:20-21 (KJV) Thus saith the Lord of hosts, It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before, the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.

    The good, that shall be sought by prayer; which is God himself. It is said once and again, “They shall go to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts.” This is the good they ask for, and seek by prayer, The Lord of hosts himself. To seek God, as the expression may perhaps be sometimes used in Scripture, may signify no more than seeking the favour or mercy of God. And if it be taken so here, praying before the Lord, and seeking the Lord of hosts, must be synonymous expressions. And it must be confessed to be a common thing in Scripture, to signify the same thing repeatedly, by various expressions of the same import, for the greater emphasis. But certainly that expression of seeking the Lord, is very commonly used to signify something more; it implies that God himself is the great good desired and sought after; that the blessings pursued are God’s gracious presence, the blessed manifestations of him, union and intercourse with him; or, in short, God’s manifestations and communications of himself by his Holy Spirit. Thus the psalmist desired God, thirsted after him, and sought him. (Psal. xiii. 1, 2, 8.) “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My flesh longeth for thee, in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. My soul followeth hard after thee. ” (Psal. lxxiii. 25.) “Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.” The psalmist earnestly pursued after GOD, his soul thirsted after him, he stretched forth his hands unto him, &c. (Psal. cxliii. 6.) And therefore it is in Scripture the peculiar character of the saints, that they are those who seek God. (Psal. xxiv. 6.) “This is the generation of them that seek him.” (Psal. lxix. 32.) “Your heart shall live that seek God.

    Jeremiah 2
    31  And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD.
    Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
    or a land of thick darkness?
    Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
    we will come no more to you’?
    32  Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
    or a bride her attire?
    Yet my people have forgotten me
    days without number.
    33  “How well you direct your course
    to seek love!
    So that even to wicked women
    you have taught your ways.
    34  Also on your skirts is found
    the lifeblood of the guiltless poor;
    you did not find them breaking in.
    Yet in spite of all these things
    35  you say, ‘I am innocent;
    surely his anger has turned from me.’
    Behold, I will bring you to judgment
    for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’
    36  How much you go about,
    changing your way!
    You shall be put to shame by Egypt
    as you were put to shame by Assyria.
    37  From it too you will come away
    with your hands on your head,
    for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust,
    and you will not prosper by them.


    Related posts... Please see my posts on Christian hedonism here, and seeking here.

    Scripture quotations unless otherwise indicated are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. / Scripture quotations marked KJV are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.

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  • Advent # 8: WHY HAS JESUS COME? "so that [we] might be WITH HIM" ~ Mark 3:14

    I Peter 3:18
    For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God...

    Mark 3:13-15
    And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him.
    And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be WITH HIM
    and he might send them out to preach and have authority to cast out demons...

    In the midst of myriad preparations
    Have you missed the blessèd consummation?

    Cookie baking, choir practices
    Bellies stuffed, but hearts are restless

    Trimmed the tree, hung the greens
    But have you glimpsed the Savior's sheen?

    Aromas swirling, rising, lifting, fireplace crackling
    Have you heard the voice of the newborn King?

    Christmas parties, ladies' teas
    Have you felt the Spirit's breeze?

    Advent programs, pageants, nativity scenes
    Your calendars bloated, your souls are lean

    Lists were made, the presents all bought
    But was The Unspeakable Gift sought?

    Gift exchanges, shopping madness
    Is that heaven's joy and gladness?

    Hear your Bridegroom's sweet plea and lamentation:
    "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten

    "Open to Me, take My yoke, find My rest,
    Lay your weary head upon My breast.

    "Precious blood for thee I freely shed
    To bring My bride to My Marriage Bed

    "Deliver you from the power of darkness
    Carry you safely across the great gulf fixed

    "To lavish upon you ev'ry spiritual pleasure
    O! sister, made alive, seated with Me together

    "In the heavenlies:  Satisfaction! Full Delight!
    Behold your Bridegroom! Love's Pure Light!

    "My fair one! Rise up! Open to me!
    Flame of Jehovah burns ardently!

    "Awake, My love, forfeit not the consummation:
    For I have desired thee before world's foundation!"

    I Peter 1:14-21
    As obedient children,
    do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
    but as he who called you is holy,
    you also be holy in all your conduct,
    since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

    And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds,
    conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
    knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers,
    not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
    but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

    He was foreknown before the foundation of the world
    but was made manifest in the last times for your sake,
    who through him are believers in God,
    who raised him from the dead and gave him glory,
    so that your faith and hope are in God.

    James 4:4-10
    You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?
    Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
    Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says,
    “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?

    But he gives more grace.
    Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

    Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
    Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.
    Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
    Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
    Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

    Deuteronomy 10:15-16
    Yet the LORD set his heart in love
    on your fathers
    and chose their offspring after them,
    you above all peoples,
    as you are this day.
    Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart,
    and be no longer stubborn.

    His bride's rightful response:

    Isaiah 63:15-19
    Look down from heaven and see,
    from your holy and beautiful habitation.
    Where are your zeal and your might?
    The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
    are held back from me.
    For you are our Father,
    though Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
    you, O LORD, are our Father,
    our Redeemer from of old is your name.
    O LORD, why do you make us wander from your ways
    and harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
    Return for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes of your heritage.
    Your holy people held possession for a little while;
    our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.
    We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,
    like those who are not called by your name.

    Song of Solomon 8:6-7
    Set me as a seal upon your heart,
    as a seal upon your arm,
    for love is strong as death,
    jealousy is fierce as the grave.
    Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    the very flame of the LORD.
    Many waters cannot quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
    If a man offered for love
    all the wealth of his house,
    he would be utterly despised.

    the Bridegroom's strong assurance:

    Zechariah 1:13-14
    And the LORD answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
    So the angel who talked with me said to me,
    ‘Cry out, Thus says the LORD of hosts:
    I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.’

    From Dafydd Morris' second address to the 2007 Reformation and Revival Fellowship Conference, "Why Should Jesus Send His Spirit? Part 2 - Song of Solomon 4:12-5:1 ~ starting at around the 16:00 point (emphasis mine):
       And so, from the stress placed on fellowship in Scripture and communion, we gather that there must be something in that for the Lord Jesus Christ. Because look how keen the Bridegroom is for fellowship. He comes courting, doesn't He? And He's so ardent in His courting. Courting that lukewarm Church at Laodicea. We're amazed at that, aren't we? The way that He still desired strongly to come in and to sup and to have communion. There's so much that was unattractive about that Church –– not seeing its own need at all:  awful, awful self-sufficiency and complacency. Yet the Bridegroom comes knocking [*knocking on podium*], and His voice is heard and calls, and He desires to come in, to sup and to dine!

       And we've got that of course, in the Song. We have Solomon as a type of Christ, saying to the Shulamite, a type of believer – the Church, "Let Me see thy countenance," He says. "Let Me hear thy voice!" Now, that's ardent courtship isn't it? Warm love. Passion. That's what it is.

       And, the Lord Jesus Christ in the days of His flesh chose His disciples for His fellowship, His communion, for His friendship, that they would be WITH HIM. That's why He chose them. Something very basic. Mark 3 and verse 14:  "So that they would be WITH HIM.
     
       And our Lord seems to relish that companionship. We find it very difficult to believe. We know what the disciples were, they were slow and unbelieving, at times not catching on to what He was speaking about, misunderstanding Him, and all of that. And then we find it difficult to believe that the Lord Jesus Christ should ardently want their company, don't we? And we find the same with ourselves, don't we? We have a glimpse – we know what we are, in part, anyway, and we have difficulty taking on board that the Lord Jesus Christ  should ardently desire to be with us. But He did desire the company of those disciples: "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place," He said. "Come on and rest awhile. I want to be with you. I want to speak to you." And it was a sorrow to Him to contemplate losing that fellowship:  "Will ye also go away?"

       So, if we come back to the central thesis in these addresses, that it is in the Lord's own interest to pour out of His Spirit, how is the Lord Jesus Christ going to get the company He wants, the companionship, the fellowship of His bride, if He does not pour out the Holy Spirit so that there is the matchmaking?

    * * *

    Psalm 85:4-6 (KJV)
    Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
    Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
    Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?


    O! Lord Jesus, pour out of Your Spirit!
    Make Your face to shine upon us again, as in the ancient days, that Your people might ardently desire to be WITH YOU. Teach us to savor, relish and treasure our companionship and fellowship WITH YOU, that we might rejoice in You!

    "Alleluia! And for his marriage feast prepare, for ye must go and meet him there."

    ~ from "Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying" by Philipp Nicolai, 1599, tr. by Catherine Winkworth, 1858, 1863, emphasis mine


    HT for the reference to Mark 3:13 from Dafydd Morris' message "Why Should Jesus Send His Spirit? Part 2," available at http://www.reformationandrevival.org/pastconferenceaddresses.html

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    my other Advent posts on "Why Has Jesus Come?" ...

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About me...

Christian hedonist in training. Pressing on to know more and more of the joy of the LORD. Pleading with God to rend the heavens and revive and refresh my own soul, as well as His Church, to His praise, honor and glory.

Thank God. He can make men and women in middle life sing again with a joy that has been chastened by a memory of their past failures. ~ Alan Redpath

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