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December 7,1978
The Maroon Tiger
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Which Way
By Christopher M. Hamlin.
While watching the movie,
God.
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“Which Way Is Up?” starring
The second scripture that comes
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Richard Pryor, and listening to its
to my mind is Revelation 3:20.
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profane babblings, this thought
Here John writes: “Behold, I stand
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and question came to my mind:
at the door, and knock: if any man
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Which way is up? Not appalled
with the question, but secure in my
hear my voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup
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answer, several scriptures came to
my mind.
with him, and he with me.” When
reading or meditation on this scrip-
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The first was John 14:6. In this
scripture, Jesus is in discourse with
ture, I always visualize Jesus stand
ing at the doors of many people
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Thomas (the disciple that doubted
His resurrection). Thomas asked
trying so hard to come in. I visual
ize Him knocking and also being
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Jesus in the fifth verse: “...Lord, we
know not wither thou goest; and
ignored. But when the person
opens the door, there is so much
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how can we know the way?” Jesus
replied by telling Thomas and oth-
that lies ahead.
In these two scriptures, we see
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ers that He was “the way, the truth,
i only one way, THE WAY. You
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and the life ” When I first read
can’t get to God through dope.
this scripture several years ago, I
i You’ll be so high you’ll miss the
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asked myself: Jesus is the way to
boat. You can’t get to God through
where and to what? Now I am con-
cadilacs. You’ll be riding so fine
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fident of what Jesus meant when
that you’ll miss the rapture. You
He said: “I am the way.”
can’t get to God by being a racist or
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Jesus is God’s only begotten son.
prejudice because God has no
And in order for us to get to God,
respect of persons. You can’t get to
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we must go through His son Jesus.
God just by being intellectually
In other words, Jesus is our media-
minded because to be spiritually
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tor. Through sin, which is traced
back to Adam and Eve, man separ
ated himself from God. It was the
death of Jesus on the cross and His
resurrection that reconciled man to
minded is life and peace. Our only
means of getting to God is through
Jesus Christ our lord and Savior
who is THE WAY.
Psalms 139
O Lord, thou hast searched m?,
and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting
and mine uprising; thou under-
standest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and
my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways.
‘For there is not a word in my
tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou
knowest it altogether.
s Thou hast beset me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon
me.
‘Such knowledge is too wonder
ful for me; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy
Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from
thy presence?
•If I ascend up into heaven, thou
art there: if I make my bed in hell,
behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morn
ing, and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
“Even there shall thy hand lead
me, and they right hand shall hold
me.
"If I say, Surely the darkness
shall cover me; even the night shall
be light about me.
"Yea, the darkness hideth not
from thee; but the night shineth as
the day: the darkness and the light
are both alike to thee.
"For thou has possessed my
reins: thou hast covered me in my
mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fear
fully and wonderfully made: mar
velous are thy works; and that my
soul knoweth right well.
"My substance was not hid from
thee when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest
parts of the earth.
'‘Thine eyes did see my sub
stance, yet being unperfect; and in
thy book all my members were
written, which in continuance were
fashioned, when as yet there was
none of them.
"How precious also are thy
thoughts unto me, O God! How
great is the sum of them!
"If I should count them, they are
more in number than the sand:
when I awake, I am still with thee.
"Surely thou wilt slay the
wicked, O God: depart from me
therefore, ye bloody men.
“For they speak against thee
wickedly, and thine enemies take
thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O Lord,
that hate thee? And am not I
grieved with those that rise up
against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect
hatred: I count them mine enemies.
"Search me, O God, and know
my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts:
"And see if there be any wicked
way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
Excerpts of this Psalm was
quoted by Howard Thurman.
Religion
THE SOLID ROCK
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My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
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But lean on Jesus’ name.
When
I rest on His
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high and
veils His lovely
grace;.
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My anchor holds within the veil.
His oath His , His blood
me in the whelming flood;
my soul gives way,
When all
He then is all my hope and stay.
When He shall come with
Oh, may I then in Him be
sound,
in His righteousness alone,
to stand before the
Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
other is sinking
All
ground is
sand.
Edward Mote
Taken from '.Favorite Hymns Word Search
by: Diane Brummel Bloem
“O Lord, thou hast searched
me, and known me.”