Things New and Old: Dry trees, there is yet hope!

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Dry trees, there is yet hope!

"Behold, I am a dry tree."
[picture courtesy of Dr Khaw -
A dead tree at the main gate of the Penang Botanical Garden.]

"Behold, I am a dry tree."

Hear this, us poor eunuchs; CHOOSE the things that please the LORD.

Isaiah 56

3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Do you feel like a eunuch sometimes, crying out, "I am a dry tree."

Hear the word of the LORD to the eunuchs, for their restoration and revival:

- keep His sabbath,

- choose the things that please the LORD, and

- take hold of the LORD's covenant.

Unto all such eunuchs are made the promises of blessings, v5. Note them, and meditate on them. O the abounding goodness of the Lord.

Continue in your self-pleasing choices and remain a dry barren tree! There are no shortcuts to your restoration and revival; make choices that please the LORD.

Amen.