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It is in the stages of a plant's growth, its budding and blossoming and seed bearing, that this lesson has come to me: the lesson of death in its delivering power. IT IS IN THE STAGES OF A PLANT'S GROWTH ITS BUDDING AND BLOSSOMING AND SEED BEARING THAT THIS LESSON HAS COME TO ME THE LESSON OF DEATH IN ITS DELIVERING POWER
e means of liberating a fresh life. And so the hope that lies in these parable lessons of death and life is meant for those only who are turning to Him for redemption. To those who have not turned, death stands in all its old awful doom, inevitable, irrevocable. There is no gleam of light through it for them. * * * * * * * * "The death of the Cross"--death's triumph hour--that was the point where God's gate opened; and to that gate we come again and again, as our lives unfold, and through it pass even on earth to our joyful resurrection, to a life each time more abundant, for each time the dying is a deeper dying. The Christian life is a process of deliverance out of one world into another, and "death," as has been truly said, "is the only way out of any world in which we are." "Death is the gate of life." Does it look so to us? Have we learnt to go down, once and again, into its gathering shadows in quietness and confidence, knowing that there is always "a better resurrection" beyond? A BEGINNING INSTEAD OF AN ENDING FOR IT BECOMES THE MEANS OF LIBERATING A FRESH LIFE AND SO THE HOPE THAT LIES IN THESE PARABLE LESSONS OF DEATH AND LIFE IS MEANT FOR THOSE ONLY WHO ARE TURNING TO HIM FOR REDEMPTION TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT TURNED DEATH STANDS IN ALL ITS OLD AWFUL DOOM INEVITABLE IRREVOCABLE THERE IS NO GLEAM OF LIGHT THROUGH IT FOR THEM THE DEATH OF THE CROSS DEATH'S TRIUMPH HOUR THAT WAS THE POINT WHERE GOD'S GATE OPENED AND TO THAT GATE WE COME AGAIN AND AGAIN AS OUR LIVES UNFOLD AND THROUGH IT PASS EVEN ON EARTH TO OUR JOYFUL RESURRECTION TO A LIFE EACH TIME MORE ABUNDANT FOR EACH TIME THE DYING IS A DEEPER DYING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS A PROCESS OF DELIVERANCE OUT OF ONE WORLD INTO ANOTHER AND DEATH AS HAS TRULY BEEN SAID IS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF ANY WORLD IN WHICH WE ARE DEATH IS THE GATE OF LIFE DOES IT LOOK SO TO US HAVE WE LEARNT TO GO DOWN ONCE AND AGAIN INTO ITS GATHERING SHADOWS AND QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE KNOWING THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER RESURRECTION BEYOND
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