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1. All that Thrills My Soul, excerpt (0:42)
2. Psalm 92:1 (New Year’s Talk) (20:42)
3. Congregational singing and praise: The Victory; Prayer for ministers (7:17)
4. Tongues and interpretation (1:36)
Selected Verses:
Psalm 92:1-2. A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a
good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O
most High: 2To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy
faithfulness every night.
Philippians 4:19. But my God shall supply all your need
according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:11. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Opening:
And “it is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and
to sing praises unto the name Most High, to show forth Thy lovingkindness in
the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night.” And so it’s
good at the beginning of the New Year to show forth His lovingkindness. And
that’s what our song said: “Every need His hand supplying.” What a supply for
this coming year! The only trouble is that most people don’t have an appetite
for that supply of God. The Bible says, “My God shall supply every need of yours
according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
God talks about a great house, and He says there are all
kinds of vessels. There are “vessels unto honor,” and there are “vessels
unto dishonor.” There are jewel cases that house the
jewels of the King—“vessels unto honor.” And then there are garbage cans that
pick up all the garbage—all the ill-smelling stuff. The Lord talks about
“vessels of glory,” and that’s what God is looking for in this
meeting and among all the saints in all the world, because “He swore by
Himself” when Israel failed to receive His unspeakable
supply.
They didn’t want God to come to them and be their supply.
They didn’t want His glory; they didn’t want His righteousness; they didn’t
want His holiness. They wanted a golden calf; they wanted
something to dance around. That’s the way lots of people are
today: unless you give them something to dance around, why, they don’t think
they’re having a good time. Unless you give them a coffee klatch, they don’t
have a revival. “Hold the forks, the knives are coming; spoons are on the
way!”
… Selected Quotes:
What are these “new creations” like, “created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we should walk in them”? Those are
the supplies that God holds out to His people, because He hath “sworn by
Himself” that “the whole earth shall be filled with that glory
of God,” “the unsearchable riches of Christ,”
these “spiritual blessings” wherewith God hath blessed his
people. These “new creations,” they’re going to be like Jesus Christ. Glory to God! They’re going to walk upon this earth in the same power
and holiness in which Jesus Christ lived. And by “power” I mean
“the power by which He was able” to “condemn sin in the
flesh,” and always to say, “Not My will, but Thy will be
done.” That requires real power. That requires an “abundance
of grace, and of the gift of righteousness” “which are by Jesus
Christ unto the glory and praise of God.”
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Ah, beloved, the supply is here:
“rivers of living water.” Oh, come on! Let’s quit murmuring.
Let us begin the beginning of this year by praising the Lord. “Whosoever
offereth praise glorifieth Me.” And we do that by “forgetting
the things that are behind,” “counting everything but
refuse” but the Lord Jesus Christ. That’s all I’ve got to
do, praise the Lord! The only thing in this life that is required of me is to
“delight myself also in the Lord.”
…
Oh, if you give Jesus Christ a
chance, He will not only take care that “sin shall not have dominion over
you,” and “your own life” will bother you no
more. You will be tempted, yes, but there will be that new life: “alive unto
God through Jesus Christ my Lord.” And, oh, beloved, that
results in prayer “without ceasing.” This “new
creature” has to breathe, and we breathe a different
atmosphere. “Our conversation is in heaven”—thank God!—“from whence also we
look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
… Illustrations:
A story about a new bicycle displacing the old. “I was
delighting myself in my new wheel… and I forgot all about my old
wheel. That was on the junk pile after that. I had no more… I didn’t want to
smell it; I didn’t want to look at it anymore. And that’s what happened to me when
Jesus Christ came to me and revealed Himself to me, ‘and the power of His
resurrection.’ And I didn’t have to pump the old bicycle
anymore. Oh, my Lord supplied all the life and all the power.” (from 8:52) A misbuttoned sweater illustrates the need to start at the
bottom. “When you start at the bottom with your Christian life, you come out
all right. The first word is ‘repent.’ ‘Come out from
among them and be ye separate.’” (from 13:00) Louie the gangster, an illustration of “dead
indeed.” “If Jesus Christ has a chance, beloved, you’ll be
pickled and shrunk too.” (from 14:55) German at 9:43:
Altes Möbel, wie man in deutsch sagt. — “An old piece of
furniture, as it is expressed in German.” This expression can refer to an
antique, or something familiar like an old chum. References:
All that Thrills My Soul, a hymn by Thoro Harris,
1931:
Every need His hand supplying,
Every good in Him I see;
On His strength divine relying,
He is all in all to me.
All that thrills my soul is Jesus,
He is more than life to me;
And the fairest of ten thousand
In my blessed Lord I see.
Hold the Fort,
a hymn by Philip P. Bliss, 1870. HRW makes an indirect reference to this hymn,
substituting the words, “Hold the forks, the knives are coming.”
“Hold the fort, for I am coming,”
Jesus signals still;
Wave the answer back to Heaven,
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