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Blaise Pascal and Holy Ghost Fire

November 2nd, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – ’nuff said edition.

In an email today, I was reminded of the account history has left to us of the life of Blaise Pascal. Pascal was a 17th century child prodigy who established his place on the list of those uniquely gifted in mathematics,physics, philosophy and religion.

Eight years before his death, when Pascal was 31, he had a divine experience whereupon he could feel the presence of God. He jotted down his overwhelming memories of this experience on a piece of leather, and sewed it into the lining of his coat. He never liked to share the sanctity of the experience. Today we know about it due to a note found by Pascal’s servant from his coat after his death. It is interesting to know that he kept this note every time he wore his coat. The note revealed that the event that occurred on November 23, 1654 completely changed Pascal’s life.

His Confession:
In the year of Grace, 1654, On Monday, 23rd of November, Feast of St.
Clement…From about half past ten in the evening until about half
past twelve,
Fire,
God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob,
not of the philosophers and scholars.
Certitude. Certitude. Feeling. Joy. Peace.
God of Jesus Christ
“Thy God shall be my God.”
Forgetfulness of the world and of everything,
except God.
He is to be found only by the ways taught in the
Gospel.
Greatness of the human soul.
“Righteous Father, the world hath not known
Thee, but I have known Thee.” [John 17 : 25]
Joy, joy, joy, tears of joy.
I have separated myself from Him
“My God, wilt Thou leave me ?”
Let me not be separated from Him eternally.
“This is the eternal life, that they might know Thee,
the only true God, and the one whom Thou hast
sent, Jesus Christ” [John 17 : 3]
Jesus Christ.
I have separated myself from Him : I have fled from
Him, denied Him, crucified Him.
Let me never be separated from Him.
We keep hold of Him only by the ways taught in the
Gospel.
Renunciation, total and sweet.
Total submission to Jesus Christ and to my director.
Eternally in joy for a day’s training on earth. Amen.

Wow!
God’s goal in all things, and His motive in it.

October 26th, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – Gleanings from the Scripture

John 3.16 – For God so loved the world, that he gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

God’s goal in all He does, is His glory.
God’s greatest glory, is simply the revelation of Himself.
Who and what He is, especially as revealed in Jesus Christ.
But we must not confuse His goal, with His motive.
While His goal is to make Himself known, the reason WHY He desires this end, His motive – is love.
Revealing Himself, is the highest and most loving thing He can do.

What a God He is.
Which Resurrection?

October 25th, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – Gleanings from the Scripture

John 5.28-29 Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come forth; Those who did good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

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Solomon’s Master’s class in Wisdom – Lesson #5

October 24th, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – Gleanings from the Scripture

Prov. 30.29 Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride: 30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any; 31 the strutting rooster, the he-goat, and a king whose army is with him.

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Solomon’s Master’s class in Wisdom – Lesson #4

October 23rd, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – Gleanings from the Scripture

Prov. 30.24-28 Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in cliffs; the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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Solomon’s Master’s Class in Wisdom – Lesson #3

October 17th, 2007

Proverbs 30.21-23 Under three things the earth trembles; under four it cannot bear up: a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is filled with food; an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.

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Solomon’s Master’s class in Wisdom – Lesson #2

October 16th, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – Gleanings from the Scripture

Prov. 30.18-19 Three things are too wonderful for me; four I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a virgin.

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Solomon’s Master’s class in WISDOM – Lesson #1

October 12th, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – Gleanings from the Scripture

From: Prov. 30.15-16 The leech has two daughters: give and Give. Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: Sheol, the barren womb, the land never satisfied with water, and the fire that never says, “Enough”.

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SO close. But yet so far away.

October 3rd, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – Gleanings from the Scripture

Acts 10.1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God…43 To Him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.

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Bold and Beautiful

October 2nd, 2007

Walk in Wisdom – Gleanings from the Scripture

Acts 4.29 “And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness.”

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