Dr. Jones was a Missionary/Evangelist spent seventy years in the ministry of the Methodist Church and of Jesus Christ. He was an Evangelist, apostle, missionary, author of twenty-nine books, statesman, Bishop-elect (who resigned before ordination), founder of Christian Ashram (many of you might have been visited his Ashram in Nainital – Satal Ashram), ecumenical leader, and spokesman for peace, racial brotherhood, and social justice, and constant witness for Jesus Christ. Jones was a confident of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize, and his ministry in India brought him into close contact with country’s leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore, and Mahatma Gandhi.
E. Stanley Jones was truly a ”Missionary Extraordinary” to the twentieth century!
It was said that in his life time, he preached more than 60,000 sermons.
Dr. Jones says –
Every man is man for whom Christ died, is a phrase often used. The multiple “blunders” of the disciples were “stumbling’s” over the unsurrendered self. Jones reminds us that “Your life will be a series of blunders from now until you drop into the grave unless you get that self-off your own hands into the hands of God. Yourself in your own hands is a problem and a pain, yourself in hands of God is a possibility and a power.
Proverbs 10:8
“The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.”
When you hear a command from Scripture, do you wince? How about rationalize? How about transferring the responsibility to someone else? Or, do you obey to honor the Father? A wise heart accepts the commands of God as a blessing and a safeguard. A fool finds a way around the personal application of the command. Let's ask ourselves honesty, "Which of the two am I?"
Thoughts
+ They who live upon Christ may have fresh supplies from him for all eternity; they may have an increase of blessedness that is new, and new still, and which never will come to an end. - Jonathan Edwards
+ I learned as never before that persistent calling upon the Lord breaks through every stronghold of the devil, for nothing is impossible with God. For Christians in these troubled times, there is simply no other way. - Jim Cymbala
[Message No: 6298]
E. Stanley Jones was truly a ”Missionary Extraordinary” to the twentieth century!
It was said that in his life time, he preached more than 60,000 sermons.
Dr. Jones says –
Every man is man for whom Christ died, is a phrase often used. The multiple “blunders” of the disciples were “stumbling’s” over the unsurrendered self. Jones reminds us that “Your life will be a series of blunders from now until you drop into the grave unless you get that self-off your own hands into the hands of God. Yourself in your own hands is a problem and a pain, yourself in hands of God is a possibility and a power.
Proverbs 10:8
“The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.”
When you hear a command from Scripture, do you wince? How about rationalize? How about transferring the responsibility to someone else? Or, do you obey to honor the Father? A wise heart accepts the commands of God as a blessing and a safeguard. A fool finds a way around the personal application of the command. Let's ask ourselves honesty, "Which of the two am I?"
Thoughts
+ They who live upon Christ may have fresh supplies from him for all eternity; they may have an increase of blessedness that is new, and new still, and which never will come to an end. - Jonathan Edwards
+ I learned as never before that persistent calling upon the Lord breaks through every stronghold of the devil, for nothing is impossible with God. For Christians in these troubled times, there is simply no other way. - Jim Cymbala
[Message No: 6298]
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