Friday, January 31, 2014

FAITHFUL

RIP Tom Friskney (February 6 1928-JANUARY 25 2014)

I learned more from Professor Tom Friskney on interpreting figurative language in the bible, that any other Christian I have read or studied under!  More importantly I learned by our friendship what it means to be an overcomer.

Snippet

Enduring doesn’t mean pretending everything is okay.  Enduring doesn’t mean always feeling close to God.  It means continuing to be faithful to God even when He seems far away.  We can do this because we have hope of things to come; an eternal life with our Father.  

(Amanda Smith Christ’s Victorious Church pg 184 Editor Jon A. Weatherly Wipg & Stock Publishers 2001)
http://www.amazon.com/Christs-Victorious-Church-Ecclesiology-Eschatology
Scripture

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walked naked, and they see his shame. Revelation 16:15 ASV
Song
I Wish We'd All Been Ready  Larry Norman & DC Talk

(Certain Professor Friskney would not agree with the Rapture Theology, but would agree that the one consistent sign of the Second Coming of Christ is no man knows the day or hour.)

Life was filled with guns and war
And all of us got trampled on the floor
I wish we'd all been ready
Children died the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The Son has come and you've been left behind
A man and wife asleep in bed
She hears a noise and turns her head he's gone
I wish we'd all been ready
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears and one's left standing still
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The Son has come and you've been left behind
Children died the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready
There's no time to change your mind
The Son has come and you've been left behind
The Father spoke the demons died
How could you have been so blind
There's no time to change your mind
The Son has come and you've been left behind
I hope we'll all be ready you've been left behind
I hope we'll all be ready you've been left behind
I hope we'll all be ready you've been left behind

Sentence Prayer

Father; in Jesus you gave us everything we need for redemption.  Help us to love Jesus as when we first met.  Holy Spirit day by day teach us to be faithful to the One who is Faithful and True.  Amen 

R.M.

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