The strength of the Church is not in our programs, or our education, or in our talents, but
in the love of our God, and his mercy through the cross of Jesus Christ, our true lives are
in him only.
ISAIAH CHAPTER 30
15For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning [to Me] and resting [in
Me] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength.
But you would not,
In this verse God gave Israel the secret to victory, life ,and salvation.
a:In returning- repentence, turning from our own ways, anything we do apart from God is
defiled by sin, and does not bring life ,but death. There is no salvation with repentence
b:In resting-stop acting in our own efforts, and just let God work with in us, and through
us. The ways of God are the products of his nature and character, the only way to walk in
them is to allow him to live through us. He cannot live through us, if we insist on doing
our own thing. Our own way looks right to us, but it is deadly.
c: The fruit of right doing before...
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