i'm getting ready to speak for camp in just over a week... here's some of my notes from the first night's sermon. please pray that God would open eyes to see!
"in their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. for what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. for God, who said, 'let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." 2 corinthians 4:4-6
"in the year that king uzziah died i saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. above him stood the seraphim. each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. and one called to another and said: 'holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!' and the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. and i said: 'woe is me! for i am lost; for i am a man of unclean lips, and i dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!'" isaiah 6:1-5
"and when he had finished speaking, he said to simon, 'put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.' and simon answered, 'master, we toiled all night and took nothing! but at your word i will let down the nets.' and when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. and they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. but when simon peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, 'depart from me, for i am a sinful man, O Lord.'" luke 5:4-8
"the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves go together. that is, we never have one without the other. to know God as the sovereign God of the universe is to know ourselves as His subjects, in rebellion against Him. to know God in His holiness is to know ourselves as sinners. to know Him as love is to see ourselves as loved though unlovely. to seek God's wisdom is to see our own foolishness in spiritual things. since God is the only standard by which any of those things can be measured, we do not know anything properly unless we know Him. or to put it in other terms, if we do not know God, we consider ourselves to be sovereign over our own lives, holy, loving, wise, and so on, when in reality we are none of those things." j.m. boice
"Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. when he came near, Jesus asked him, 'what do you want me to do for you?' 'Lord, i want to see,' he replied." luke 18:40-41
