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Allowing the Word of Christ to Make Home in Our Hearts
Allowing
the Word of Christ to Make Home in Our Hearts
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Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Col 3:15 And let the peace of
Christ arbitrate in your
hearts... (16) Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly in
all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one
another with psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with
grace in your
hearts to God.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of
Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I appreciate Paul's skill as a
writer. He emphasizes, on the
one hand, the peace of Christ and,
on the other hand, the word
of Christ. Some of us may think that
as long as our spirit is
living, everything is all right. Perhaps
you have not realized
the need for the peace of Christ to
arbitrate within you and
for the word of Christ to make home in
your heart. If we let
the peace of Christ work in us and the word
of Christ dwell in
us, we shall be proper Christians. Instead of
our preference,
we shall have Christ's arbitration. Instead of our
opinion,
concept, thought, and estimation, we shall have Christ's
word.
Certain saints love the Bible and read it daily. But in
their
living it is their concept, opinion, and philosophy that
move
within them, not the word of Christ. They may study the
Bible,
but they do not allow the word of Christ to dwell in
them.
Neither do they permit it to move, act, and have its being
in
them. As a result, what prevails in their being is
their
philosophy, not the word of Christ. Although they read
the
Bible, God's word remains outside of them. It is crucial
for
us to let the word of Christ enter into us, dwell in us,
and
replace our concepts, opinions, and philosophies.
Teaching,
admonishing, and singing are all related to the verb
dwell. This
indicates that the way to let the Lord's word
dwell in us richly
is by teaching, admonishing, and
singing.
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Bible
verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible
and Words
of Ministry, from Witness Lee, Life- study of
Colossians, pp.
246-247, 245. Both are published by Living
Stream Ministry,
Anaheim, CA. (Repeat 4/14/2000)
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