An Inscription In A Presentation Bible For A New Christian Brother (1991)


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An Inscription In A Presentation Bible For
A New Christian Brother (1991)

by Tom Stewart

To Our Brother By Faith In Jesus Christ,

We rejoice that you have "come unto the knowledge of the Truth" (1Timothy 2:4) by turning to Jesus, the "Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:6). The faithfulness of God, Who promised: "Ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13) has also promised you the strength of His Omnipotence: "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole Earth, to shew Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him" (2Chronicles 16:9).

God has chosen you for great things, for He has said: "Them that honour Me I will honour" (1Samuel 2:30). The LORD has chosen to give you a path of prosperity and success in overcoming obstacles. "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD; and in His Law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper" (Psalm 1:1-3). "This Book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success" (Joshua 1:8).

The God of Truth, whose "Word is Truth" (John 17:17) has liberated you to walk in the Truth. As Christ said, "If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My disciples indeed; And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free" (John 8:31-32). Your obedience to Christ is your love of God because: "This is the Love of God, that we keep His Commandments: and His Commandments are not grievous [burdensome]" (1John 5:3).

The Father will honor you with answers to your prayers to Him, for the LORD Jesus has promised: "If ye abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you" (John 15:7). The LORD has challenged you: "Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" (Jeremiah 33:3). Pray with confidence: "And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him" (1John 5:14-15).

You will be victorious over Satan and the opposition of the world, because "greater is He that is in you [the Holy Spirit], than he that is in the world [the devil]" (1John 4:4). Your Faith is most important in this victory. "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our Faith" (1John 5:4).

We join with you in offering praise to God that both you as well as we will fulfill our purpose in life by offering ourselves to God as a "living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is [our] reasonable service" (Romans 12:1). Then we can worship our LORD: "Thou art worthy, O LORD, to receive glory and honour and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created" (Revelation 4:11).

From Your Family By Faith In Jesus Christ

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