Outlines by a London Minister Zechariah 4:1-14 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.… 1. The Church of God is composed of the most precious human material in the world. The man who walks day by day with the "King Eternal, Immortal and Invisible," is of far more value to the world, and is regarded by God as of more worth, than the man of the greatest intellectual attainments. 2. The Church is a light giver, because its power to give light is sustained from a source outside itself. The life of the Church of God is not self-sustaining. Gad is the sustaining power by which the Church is kept alive, and only as she is supplied from Him with the holy off of the Divine Spirit can she give out that light which is the life of men. The most perfect machinery without this life-sustaining force is useless to accomplish the Divine purpose "of making the Church a blessing to the world. This mysterious living principle is due to a life at the back of all that is apprehended by the senses, a life which some call "the efficient cause," but which we think it more reasonable to call the "living God." 3. Because of this all-sufficient source of life we are assured that small beginnings in the kingdom of God will issue in great results. There is no such thing in nature as instantaneous result. The blade comes before the ear. The law of the spiritual kingdom is to begin with the small and end with the great. Connection with the source of life ensures growth unto perfection. (Outlines by a London Minister.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,WEB: The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. |
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