Cheating while blessing you again today. Coping what A.W. Pink had to say and not inserting my own babblings. May it please Him who we exalt to reveal His Words to us.
Bonus reading may not exactly fit our scriptures today but I wanted to share a sort of study I am personally doing on my duties as a Father and Husband. These will be available on my Gleanings of Grace.com site for the next week as I post them. I have a couple to start off with. The first from John Bunyan entitled Fathers duty to His Family, the second is from one who I have been told by my sister is a distant relative of ours. Great duty of family religion by George Whitefield I hope to have more available next week if any are interested you may visit my other site at your own convenience throughout next week.
Jhn 8:54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
Jhn 8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
Jhn 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
- Wasn’t to honor Christ the same as to honor the Father?
- What does it mean Abraham seen the day?
“Precious words are these and worthy of prolonged study and meditation. To "honor" is to do or speak that of a person which shall not only manifest our own esteem for him, but shall lead others to esteem him too. The Father’s esteem for the Son is evidenced by His love and admiration for Him, as well as His desire to make Him the loved and admired of others. God honored Him at His birth, by sending the angels to herald Him as Christ the Lord. He honored Him during the days of His infancy, by directing the wise men from the east to come and worship the young King. He honored Him at His baptism, by proclaiming Him His beloved Son. He honored Him in death, by not suffering His body to see corruption. He honored Him at His ascension, when He exalted Him to His own right hand. He will honor Him in the final judgment, when every knee shall be made to bow before Him and every tongue confess that He is Lord. And throughout eternity He shall be honored by a redeemed people who shall esteem Him the Fairest among ten thousand to their souls. Infinitely worthy is the Lamb to receive honor and glory. Let then the writer and reader see to it that our daily lives honor Him who has so highly honored us as to call us brethren.” - A.W. Pink
