61 THINGS THAT WERE TRUE OF ME BEFORE I WAS SAVED (Received Christ)

The Ignorant Fishermen Blog ^ | 3/10/10 | GZ I.F.

[The Ignorant Fisherman]

Contemplating what God has graciously done for hell-deserving sinners ought to encourage and thrill the soul of every blood-bought child of God!

As the hymn writer has said, "Oh to grace how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be!" (Robert Robinson). Paul, in referring to the redemption and forgiveness that believers have in Christ, spoke of "the RICHES of His GRACE" (Ephesians 1:7). Elsewhere he said, "But by the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Corinthians 15:10). God has given to every believer everlasting consolation (eternal encouragement) and good hope through grace (2 Thess. 2:16-17). "For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that YE through his poverty might be RICH" (2 Corinthians 8:9).

Many believers fail to appreciate the RICHES that they have. The story is told of an aged silver miner who had spent his whole life searching for silver in the mountains of the Old West. He had become so involved with his search that his wife and children had left him. When he died, the handful of people who came to bury him found in his possessions a note instructing them to bury him under his cabin. As the shovels turned over the earth, a lustrous gray material began to appear. It was the famous Comstock Silver Vein, the richest in California history. That miner had been a billionaire all his life, but he did not know about the wealth that he had and he had never claimed it. He did not realize how rich he really was.

[The Ignorant Fisherman]

Thank God for the 215 things that are true for me now in Christ!

http://www.theignorantfishermen.com/2010/03/215-things-that-are-true-of-me-now-that.html

[RaceBannon]

Thank God for the 215 things that are true for me now in Christ!
http://www.theignorantfishermen.com/2010/03/215-things-that-are-true-of-me-now-that.html

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

As the shovels turned over the earth, a lustrous gray material began to appear. It was the famous Comstock Silver Vein, the richest in California history. That miner had been a billionaire all his life, but he did not know about the wealth that he had and he had never claimed it. He did not realize how rich he really was.

Is this an actual individual and an actual event? Or is this an Aesop's Fable type of thing, meant to tell the "moral of the story"? :-) just wondering...

[ArrogantBustard]

Google < comstock lode > ...

You will find that the actual history of its discovery is rather different from what was posted above.

[scripter]

The first time I saw a similar list it was in a book by David Needham called Birthright over 25 years ago. Sine then I've been telling people the same thing. That is, on various forums I've posted similar lists of verses and encouraged the saints to live in line with who they are, their birthright and their identity in Christ. Still, there are some groups of believers who resist the idea.

Perhaps a lot of resistance comes from legalistic attitudes and teaching.

Thanks for posting.

[Star Traveler]

I sorta suspected as much... :-)

[The Ignorant Fisherman]

thanks for your respounce! It does... it truly does... that is what I have found.

[scripter]

Often I'll ask somebody to read Colossians 3 with me and further ask what the tense of Colossians 3:3 is. And when they say it's the past tense, some start to understand what it all means. The same with Romans 6:2 and other verses. Good stuff! :-)