Divine Communications
"For
they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but
they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit."
-ROMANS
8:5 [KJV]
None
but those who are partakers of a heavenly birth feel heavenly
realities to be their choice element, holy things their sweetest
meditation, and the solemn worship of God their supreme delight. Look
at this mark as a touchstone of divine life; for to be
spiritually-minded a man must be spiritual, and to be spiritual he
must have received the Spirit and been made a
partaker of that "kingdom of God which is righteousness,
and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost" [ROMANS
14:17].
Have
you never found in reading the Scriptures a sweet peace distil over
your soul, as the glorious promises came forth one after another as
the stars in the evening sky, each one brighter and clearer, and you
felt a blessed persuasion of your interest in them? When at the
throne of grace, favoured with liberty of spirit and access to your
heavenly Friend, have you never felt the peace of God to drop into
your heart, and like oil upon the waves, to allay every rising of
rebellion within?
Have
you never found, in conversing with the saints of God, a sweet
flowing of heart to heart and soul to soul, and felt that such
conversation left behind a blessed fragrance upon your spirit? Have
you never in the house of prayer had your heart and affections drawn
up to the things of God; and as you sat and heard Christ, His Person
and work, His grace and glory set forth, faith was drawn out to
believe, hope to cast forth its anchor, and love and affection to
flow, so that you experienced a spirituality of mind, a heavenly
calm, and a holy peace that touched every spring of your soul, and
watered it as the river that went out of Eden to water the garden?
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
JANUARY
19th, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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