Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 1

Matt. 24.13:  He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

He that shall endure unto the end – those words come three times in the Gospels.  In Hebrews 3.6, 14 we have firm unto the end, steadfast unto the end, and twice the thought of hope is linked up with the word.  If we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end, and The full assurance of hope unto the end (Heb. 6.11).

How much easier it would be if we knew when hearts that are holding out against the Lord would yield, or when some private trial of our own would pass.  It was like that in Bible days;  there was the same temptation to tire in hope and to fail in the joy of hope, to weaken and get slack.  So we have those glorious strong words in the Gospels and in Hebrews, and there is another that is sheer joy – 1 Corinthians 1.8:  Our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also keep you steadfast to the very end (Weymouth).

So we can turn Jude 24-5 into praise and thanksgiving.  ‘Now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling and to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy… be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.’

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These words are from ’Whispers of His Power’ a collection of writings that Amy Carmichael wrote for her ‘children’ and others associated with the Dohnavur Fellowship. and are Copyright © The Dohnavur Fellowship 1982

Unless otherwise stated, biblical quotations are from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible.

The following abbreviations are used to refer to other versions and sources:

BCP:               Book of Common Prayer, the Great Bible of Coverdale

Conybeare:       W. J. Conybeare, The Epistles of Paul (a translation)

Delitzsch:        F. Delitzsch, Notes on Job and the Psalms

Kay:                W. Kay, The Psalms (a translation)

LXX:              The Septuagint

Moffatt:           J. Moffatt, The New Testament: a new translation

Rotherham:      J. B. Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible Revised Version

RV:                 Revised Version

Way:              A. Way, The Letters of St Paul (a translation)

Westcott:         F. Westcott, Notes on the Gospel of St John

Weymouth:      R. F. Weymouth, The New Testament in Modern Speech

Young:            R. Young, A Literal Translation of the Bible

Verses of poetry without quotation marks were written by Amy Carmichael.