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“Clouds and darkness surround Him …” (Psalm 97:2 )

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Frank T:
By Oswald Chambers


“Clouds and Darkness”
“Clouds and darkness surround Him …” (Psalm 97:2 ).

A person who has not been born again by the Spirit of God will tell you that the teachings of Jesus are simple. But when he is baptized by the Holy Spirit, he finds that “clouds and darkness surround Him … .” When we come into close contact with the teachings of Jesus Christ we have our first realization of this. The only possible way to have full understanding of the teachings of Jesus is through the light of the Spirit of God shining inside us. If we have never had the experience of taking our casual, religious shoes off our casual, religious feet—getting rid of all the excessive informality with which we approach God—it is questionable whether we have ever stood in His presence. The people who are flippant and disrespectful in their approach to God are those who have never been introduced to Jesus Christ. Only after the amazing delight and liberty of realizing what Jesus Christ does, comes the impenetrable “darkness” of realizing who He is.
Jesus said, “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63 ). Once, the Bible was just so many words to us—“clouds and darkness”—then, suddenly, the words become spirit and life because Jesus re-speaks them to us when our circumstances make the words new. That is the way God speaks to us; not by visions and dreams, but by words. When a man gets to God, it is by the most simple way—words.

Fat:
The cross is foolishness to the flesh. The natural man laughs at Christianity and salvation.

clark thompson:

--- Quote from: Fat on July 13, 2013, 08:22:05 am ---The cross is foolishness to the flesh. The natural man laughs at Christianity and salvation.

--- End quote ---
Amen. People are clouded by their own flesh.

Hal:
Being a Christian is not about going to church every week or being a good person. You will never understand this until you receive Christ.

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