Knitting Kat: Re Soli Deo Gloria

Monday, June 27, 2005

Re Soli Deo Gloria

This is a wonderful blog! Linda has posted an essay by Joshua Harris, called "The Room". It is powerful and really makes an impact in your thinking about everyday life. You'll have to scroll down the page abit to Thursday's post of June 16th to find it. A few months ago on a road trip home we stopped at a convenience store and they had a bin of Christian books. As we browsed, I noticed one by Joshua Harris that was head and shoulders above the rest in catching and holding my interest, but, can't buy them all. The best I hoped for was to remember his name, which I promptly forgot and now here he is popping up on one of my favorite blogs = ). I hope you'll pop over and read this, its good!! I noticed he has a web page too. I'm off to check it out = ). Soli Deo Gloria's URL is in the previous post.

1 comment:

Linda said...: Hi Maggie!

Thanks for letting people know about "The Room!" Isn't it powerful?

It's easy to get discouraged by our failures, but God in His faithfulness reminds us of His grace, mercy and steadfast love. He is so good!

Blessings to you!; 10:14 PM

My Testimony

I was saved when I was 32 years old. We had evangelistic meetings the week of Mother's Day. When asked by the evangelist if I died tonight would I be sure I would go to heaven. I answered...'I hope so'. He answered, 'young lady, heaven is a 'know so' place'. He asked me to sit up front the next day in church, and the message was 'Hell will be filled with 'good' people'. The first one third of the message I sat in the pew and reviewed to God and myself what a 'good' person I really was. Not! The Holy Spirit of God brought conviction to my heart so vividly, that I clearly remember not needing to hear any more of the sermon. God's word had reached ME! I was a sinner on my way to Hell. I couldn't wait to go forward and pray, accepting Christ as my Saviour. I believed on him that day and received Him personally by repentance and prayer, confessing my need of salvation. Hell will be filled with good people all right, BUT good only in their own eyes. God alone is sinless and 'good'.

"ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God". Romans 3:23 "For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is mad unto salvation.

Romans 10: 9 & 10 Verse 13 says this, 'for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.' John 1:12 & 13 says, 'But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name, which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.'