Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 FROM: 365 DAYS WITH E. STANLEY JONES WHAT JESUS CHRIST MEANS TO ME BUT NOW IN CHRIST JESUS YOU WHO ONCE WERE FAR OFF HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. FOR HE IS OUR PEACE. _________________EPHESIANS 2:13-14 WHEN THE ATTACK UPON PEARL HARBOR TOOK PLACE I WAS IN URBANA, ILLINOIS . . . TO SPEAK IN A UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ON " PEACE. " I HAD JUST COME FROM WEEKS AND MONTHS OF EFFORTS AT WASHINGTON TO HEAD OFF THE WAR. . . . ON MY WAY TO THE CONVOCATION I HEARD THE VOICE OF A RADIO ANNOUNCER TELLING OF THE ATTACK UPON PEARL HARBOR. . . . . I TOLD THAT SHOCKED AUDIENCE THAT OBVIOUSLY I COULD NOT SPEAK ON PEACE, FOR PEACE WAS GONE, BUT I WOULD SPEAK ON " WHAT CHRIST MEANS TO ME. " WHEN THAT WORLD OF PEACE WHICH WE HAD TRIED TO BUILD UP CRASHED, DID ANYTHING REMAIN? YES, ALL THE VALUES, THE REAL VALUES, OF MY LIFE WERE INTACT, FOR " JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER " (HEBREWS 13:8). WHEN THINGS CRASH HE REMAINS. . . . THE WAR WAS WON, BUT THE PEACE HAS NOT BEEN. WE ARE STILL IN A VERY SHAKEN WORLD. SO I GIVE MY WITNESS AGAIN . . . .AS TO WHAT CHRIST MEANS TO ME. JESUS CHRIST IS OUR HOPE FOR PEACE. O LORD AND SAVIOR, MAY THE MESSAGE I BRING BE NOT MERELY A MESSAGE, BUT A MESSAGE EMBODIED IN THE MESSENGER. AFFIRMATION: I AM GRATEFUL THAT I, A VERY IMPERFECT FOLLOWER OF A VERY PERFECT LORD, HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT, FOR HE IS MY MESSAGE. FOR FURTHER READING: EPHESIANS 2:11-21 2 THESSALONIANS 3:16 GENTLEHUGS AND PRAYERS SAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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