CQOD: 04/18/06 -- Brooks: what we cost Him

Christian Quotation of the Day

April 18, 2006Meditation:
    And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done." And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
    -- Luke 22:41-44 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    As Christ drew near to death, He Himself trembled. It was an experience of all His creation, but He had never felt it. To His humanity, His assumed flesh, it seemed terrible—Gethsemane bears witness how terrible it seemed; but He passed into it for love of us.
    ... Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, you purchsed life for me at such a price!

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CQOD: 04/17/06 -- Winter: the resurrected Lord

Christian Quotation of the Day

April 17, 2006Meditation:
    When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
    -- John 21:9-12 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    It was a real body; there can be no doubt about that. Hundreds of people could not have been so mistaken, especially when Jesus offered clear evidence of it. But it was not an earthbound body. It was something that bore a developmental relationship to an earthly human body, but it was not identical with it. There was clearly a continuity of life between the body of Jesus and the body of the resurrected Jesus, but in the process of resurrection it had undergone a very fundamental change. That, at least, seems obvious. So much for the list of dissimilarities; the body of Jesus after the resurrection had a different appearance and also a different “form.” It was “like” the previous body, it had some sort of developmental relationship to it, but it was obviously not “identical” with it. Now we must consider the similarities. Strangely, they all came down to one factor, but that factor is so important that it outweighs all the dissimilarities. It is simply this: Jesus before and after the resurrection was undeniably the same person. No matter what extraordinary changes had taken place in his bodily form, all who knew him well had no doubt at all who he was. They “knew” it was the Lord.
    ... David Winter

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, though I have not seen You with my eyes, I know it is You in my heart.

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CQOD: 04/16/06 -- Collyer: Easter

Christian Quotation of the Day

April 16, 2006

Easter

Meditation:
    But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise."
    -- Luke 24:1-7 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Morning breaks upon the tomb,
    Jesus scatters all its gloom.
    Day of triumph through the skies--
    See the glorious Savior rise.

    Christians! Dry your flowing tears,
    Chase those unbelieving fears;
    Look on his deserted grave,
    Doubt no more his power to save.

    Ye who are of death afraid,
    Triumph in the scattered shade:
    Drive your anxious cares away,
    See the place where Jesus lay.
    ... William Bengo Collyer (1782-1854)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have broken the curse we were under. Show me where I must spread the good news.

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