Thy mercy, my God, is the theme
of my song. Light is that which emanates
from the very essence of the Godhead, even as does righteousness,
holiness, and truth, which that light is so often representative
of. He creates darkness, evil, and unrighteousness by the mere
removal of Himself, or the hiding of Himself. Darkness, sin, evil,
and any unrighteousness can only exist according to His sovereign
purpose, and He says that He creates it because it could not
exist apart from His decree. The Lord hath made all things
for himself, yea, even the wicked, for the day of evil. All light
and darkness can be found in the earth according to his sovereign
purpose, and neither can ever be found where he does not intend
that it should be found. Surely the wrath of man shall
praise thee, the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. The
Lord has revealed himself as a great divider, first of all
by making a difference or division between the light and the darkness.
He also divided the waters above the firmament from those below
it in the creation of the earth. We see his division throughout
the pages of his word. He divided the waters of the
Red Sea. He divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
and He made the waters to stand as a heap. The Lord demonstrated
His purpose in the deliverance of His chosen people by bringing
the Israelites through the Red Sea, which then swallowed up
their enemies. He divided the promised land
among the children of Israel. And the Lord spoke unto Moses,
saying, unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance,
according to the number of names. The Lord has made provision for
all of his children and has given them gifts which differ according
to his sovereign pleasure. For I say through the grace given
unto me to every man that is among you, not to think of himself
more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly,
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have
not the same office, so we being many are one body in Christ,
and every one member is one of another, having then gifts differing
according to the grace that is given to us, where the prophecy
let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith. He divided
the five loaves and two fishes, but my God shall supply all your
need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. His
hand is not shortened in any way, nor shall any of his own
ever be without his aid in constant watch care. The young lions do
lack and suffer hunger, but they that seek the Lord shall not
want any good thing. He came to cause division among
men. Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell
you, nay, but rather division. He said that he would divide
fathers and sons and mothers and daughters, and that those
of his own house would be his enemies. Christ is a lion of
demarcation. Know ye not that the friendship
of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a
friend of the world is the enemy of God. Be ye not unequally yoked
together with unbelievers, for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness, and what communion hath light with darkness?
As John said, so there was a division among the people because of him. The people of God will always
be at odds with the rest of the world, because that which is
life to them is foolishness to the world. For the preaching
of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto
us which are saved it is the power of God. The offense of
the cross will never cease in this world. He will divide the
sheep from the goats. When the Son of Man shall come
in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he shall
sit upon the throne of his glory, and before him shall be gathered
all nations. And he shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. And
he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on
the left. Then shall the king say unto them on his right hand,
come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world. The day of judgment
will be a day when the Lord is pleased to once and for all manifest
his purchased possession, which was his from the foundation of
the world to all of the creation. Every knee shall bow and every
tongue will confess him to be the Lord of glory. And he shall
delight himself in that bride which he has loved with an everlasting
love, and has once in the end of the age appeared to put away
her sin by the sacrifice of himself. Will you be numbered among the
sheep of the Lord's pasture when he comes to separate the dead
from the living? He is that great and faithful
shepherd of the sheep, and none of those for whom he has died
shall ever perish. For a free CD containing 15 of
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