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Valuable lessons in Jacob's experience
23 Mar 2017 at 07:11hrs | Views
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Genesis 32:26.
To tell tempted souls of their guilt in no way inspires them with a determination to do better.... Hold up before them the possibilities that are theirs.
Help them to take hold upon the mercy of the Lord, to trust in His forgiving power.
God often brings people to a "crisis to show them their own weakness and to point them to the Source of strength."
God taught Jacob that in his own strength he could never gain the victory, that he must wrestle with God for strength from above.
Jacob had fastened his trembling grasp on the promises of God, and the heart of infinite love could not turn away the sinner's plea.
As an evidence that Jacob had been forgiven, _his name was changed from one that was a reminder of his sin to one that commemorated his victory.
Shall we obtain strength from God, and win victory after victory, or _shall we try in our own strength_, and at last fall back defeated, worn out by vain efforts?
Let us, by unreserved surrender to God.
True and undefiled religion will embrace the weak, teach them the truth from God's Word and steadfastly lead them to the forgiving power. Are you practising this faith?
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