Monthly Archives: November 2019

WEEKEND THOUGHTS

ABBA FATHER, Thou art our help and our deliverer; make no tarrying, Oh God.. We will lift up our eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh our help. Our help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. We read in thy word that the steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and thou delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.The LORD shall preserve our going out and our coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.  In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the LORD thy maker? I am with thee to deliver thee. Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power; yea, we will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been our defense and refuge in the day of our trouble. The Lord is good and stronghold in the day of our trouble. Oh Lord, Thou art our hiding place; thou shalt preserve us from trouble; thou shalt compass us about with songs of deliverance. Our blessed God remember us for good and keep us close to Thee and keep us from falling.

“I will praise my dear Redeemer,

His triumphant power I’ll tell;

How the victory He giveth

Over sin, and death, and Hell.”

Have a blessed weekend.

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Jesus--A "Mingled" Person

Bible Verses

Luke 1:31  And behold, you will conceive in your womb and
bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus.  (35)  And the
angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come
upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;
therefore also the holy thing which is born will be called
the Son of God.

Words of Ministry

The Lord’s two essences were not merely added together;
rather, in the conception of the Man-Savior the divine
essence and the human essence were mingled. Some who
misunderstood this mingling said that it caused a third
nature to be produced, something which is neither divine nor
human. To say that with respect to the Lord Jesus…is
heretical. However, we wish to make it clear that this is not
our understanding of the word “mingle.” We agree with the
first definition of this word given in Webster’s Unabridged
Dictionary: mingle–“to combine or join (one thing with
another, or two or more things together), especially so that
the original elements are distinguishable in the
combination.” According to this definition, when two or more
things are mingled together, their original natures are not
lost but remain distinguishable.

We may use tea as an illustration of mingling. When tea is
mingled with water to make a beverage, neither the essence of
tea nor the essence of water is lost. Instead, both essences
remain…they do not produce a third nature, something which
is neither tea nor water. Our Savior was conceived of the
divine essence and born of the human essence. Therefore, He
is a Person with two essences–the divine and the human–mingled
together without a third nature being produced.
Although the Lord has two essences, He is still a single
complete Person, One who is both God and man.

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