MAC KIRK

  “ God Provides!”   Isaiah 12,   Luke 7:11-17     Cyril of Alexandria---Commentary on Luke, Homily, " Christ raised him who was ascending to the grave.    The manner of his rising is plain to see, ' He touched', it says ,' the bier, and said , ' Young man , I say unto thee, arise.' ...What is more powerful than the Word of God?   Why then did He not work the miracle by only a word but also touched the bier? It was , my beloved, that you might learn that the holy body of Christ   is productive for the salvation of man.   The flesh of the almighty Word   is the body of life, and was clothed with His might.   Condider than iron when brought into contact with fire produces the effects of fire ...The flesh of Christ also has the power of giving life and annilihilates the influence of death and corruption because it is the flesh of the Word, who gives life to all.   May our Lord Jesus Christ also touch us that delivering us from evil works, even from fleshly lus

 We end where we started Ruth 4    " Hope itself is like a star-not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity."  Rev. Charles Haddon  Spurgeon Last week we left off with Ruth 3:18, " Sit still , my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall"  Naomi tells Ruth to be patient and wait for God to work it out through the actions of Boaz.  " It is not a wise thing to try speeding things up with God. Are you wondering why He doesn't hurry and get the show on the road in your life?  Well, assuming that you are presently doing what you need to be doing, it is highly probable that God isn't ready to move the show.  We believers don't like waiting, but we have to.  Langford .  Naomi had it right, " Sit still , my daughter , until you know how the matter will turn out." Boaz too had to go with the process. He had to request to redeem Ruth through the elders of the town at the town-gate where

 

  Character Ruth 2.      " Character not circumstance, makes the person."   Booker T. Washington "Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.      Abraham Lincoln" "It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.   "    Mark Twain      RC Sproul who died recently the PCA Minister has a series on Character which you can take on line.   Some of the chapters are " Struggle for spiritual growth"   " The priorities of righteousness"   " Long-suffering & kindness"   "   Self control" The Army boiled it down for us.   It matters who is in your foxhole. What is the origin of the word character? The word "character" is derived from the Ancient Greek word "charaktêr", referring to a mark impressed upon a coin. Later it came to mean a point by which one thing was tol