Don't Apologize for Christianity 12/19 Thursday Thoughts

Christianity is not a thing to be apologized for.  Christianity was the living, conscious life and power of the living God, transmitted into the nature of man until, bless God, man's nature is transformed by the living touch and the very spirit, soul, and being is energized and filled by His life.  Thus you become indeed, as Christ intended, a veritable Christ.

-- John G. Lake

Triumph Everywhere 12/18 Wednesday Wisdom

There is a union between the Christ and the Christian that is so deep, so pure, so sweet, so real that the very conditions of the human spirit are transmitted to His, and the conditions of the Christ's Spirit are transmitted to ours.  It is because of the continuous inflow of the Spirit of Christ in our heart that we appreciate or realize His power and triumph.  It lifts man above his surroundings and causes him to triumph anywhere and everywhere.

-- John G. Lake

All Things New (Part 2) 12/17 Tuesday Truth

[The new life] is reflected in a new gentleness, a new kindness, a new cheerfulness, and a new love.
The new life brings with it a new power, a new protection, a new message, a new responsibility, a new rest, and a new shout of victory.  We are a new creation in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17). 

--John G. Lake

All New Things (part 1) 12/16 Monday Meditation

Consider the result of being born into the family of God.  It means a new Father, a new Savior, a new Captain, a new armor, a new Physician, a new Comforter, a new Guide, a new Teacher, a new Truth.
It brings within, a new heart, a new mind, a new grace, a new hope, a new peace, a new joy, a new calmness, a new outlook on life, and a new purpose for living and being.
(to be continued)
-- John G. Lake

Christianity Stands Unique 12/13 Friday Faith

Christianity stands today absolutely unique.  No other religion on earth has our hope, or our consciousness, or our power.  I fear sometimes that we moderns somehow have lost the spirit of original Christianity.  We have lost the smash of it.  We have lost the charge of it.  We have lost the overcoming of it.  We are begging the devil for a place in the world, apologizing for our faith in God, trying to conform our religion to the mind of the world.

-- John G. Lake

Immortality 12/12 Thursday Thoughts

In our day, we have almost come to the place where the world is being taught to believe that the message of Christianity is morality -- be decent, don't act like a pig, keep the beast under control.  That is about the message of modern Christianity.  Jesus Christ never wasted His time establishing mere morality.  Jesus Christ, the Son of God, declared immortality to be the goal of Christianity, its attainment, the purpose of God for you and me.   "I will raise him up at the last day," said Jesus.  "I will give him eternal life."  "The dead in Christ shall rise first." 

-- John G. Lake

An Openness to God Only 12/11 Wednesday Wisdom

I tell you, beloved, it is not necessary for people to be dominated by evil, nor by evil spirits.  Instead of being dominated, Christians should exercise dominion and control other forces... Jesus taught us to close the mind, to close the heart, to close the being against all that is evil; to live with an openness to God only, so that the sunlight of God shines in.  The glory radiance of God shines in, but everything that is dark is shut out.

-- John G. Lake