Isaiah 12:4-6 / Исаиа 12:4-6

      4 “ Praise the LORD, call upon His name; 

      Declare His deeds among the peoples,
      Make mention that His name is exalted.
       ⁵ Sing to the LORD,
      For He has done excellent things;
      This is known in all the earth.
       ⁶ Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,
      For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

4 Тэр өдөр та нар ингэж хэлэх болно.
"ЭЗЭНд талархлыг өргө, Түүний нэрийг дууд.
Түүний үйлсийг хүмүүсийн дунд мэдэгд.
Түүний нэр өргөмжлөгдсөнийг тэдэнд сануул.
5 Гайхамшигт зүйлсийг хийсэн ЭЗЭНийг магтан дуул.
Энэ бүхнийг газар дэлхий даяар мэдүүлэгтүн.
6 Сионд суугчид аа! Чанга дуугаар баясан хашхирагтун.
Учир нь та нарын дунд байгаа аугаа нь Израилийн Ариун Нэгэн юм".

Life So Abundant / Элбэг хангалуун амьдрал

Isaiah 12:1-3

 “ O LORD, I will praise You;
      Though You were angry with me,
      Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.
     ² Behold, God is my salvation,
      I will trust and not be afraid;
      ‘ For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song;
      He also has become my salvation.’”^{[a]
       3} Therefore with joy you will draw water
      From the wells of salvation. 

Исаиа 12:1-3

1 Тэр өдөр чи ингэж хэлэх болно.
"ЭЗЭН минь. Би Танд талархал өргөе.
Та надад уурласан хэдий ч уураа татаж,
намайг тайвшрууллаа.
2 Үзэгтүн, Бурхан бол миний аврал.
Би итгэн, айхгүй.
ЭЗЭН БУРХАН бол миний хүч ба миний дуу,
Тэр миний аврал болов"
3 Тэгээд та нар авралын худгаас баяртайгаар ус татна.

What is the "Deeper Life"?

"...life in the Spirit that is denoted by the term "deeper life" is far wider and richer than mere victory over sin, however vital that victory may be. It also includes the thought of the indwelling of Christ, acute God-consciousness, raptures worship, separation from the world, the joyous surrender of everything to God, internal union with the Trinity, the practice of the presence of God, the communion of saints and prayer without ceasing.

                  To enter upon such a life, seekers must be ready to accept without question the New Testament as the one final authority on spiritual matters. They must be willing to make Christ the one supreme Lord and ruler in their lives. They must surrender their whole being to the destructive power of the cross, to die not only to their sins but to their righteousness as well as to everything in which they formerly prided themselves.

                   If this should seem like a heavy sacrifice for anyone to make, let it be remembered that Christ is Lord and can make any demands upon us that He chooses, even to the point of requiring that we deny ourselves and bear the cross daily. The mighty anointing of the Holy Spirit that follows will restore to the soul infinitely more than has been taken away. It is a hard way, but a glorious one. Those who have known the sweetness of it will never complain about what they have lost. They will be too well pleased with what they have gained."

-A.W.Tozer

(Excerpted from The Radical Cross, pg. 15-16)

Matthew 16:13-27

¹³ When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
¹⁴ So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 
¹⁵ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 
¹⁶ Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 
¹⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸ And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed^[d] in heaven.” 
²⁰ Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.
²¹ From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. 
²² Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” 
²³ But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. ²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. ²⁶ For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.


13 Есүс Цезарь Филипийн нутагт очих үедээ шавь нараасаа
-Хүмүүс Хүний Хүүг хэн гэж ярьж байна? гэж асуув.

14 Тэгэхэд нь тэд
-Зарим нь баптисм хүртээгч Иохан, зарим нь Елиа, харин зарим нь Иеремиа эсвэл эш үзүүлэгчдийн нэг гэж ярьдаг гэхэд,
15 Тэр
-Харин та нар Намайг хэн гэж хэлэх вэ? гэсэнд,
16 Симон Петр
-Та бол Христ, амьд Бурханы Хүү мөн гэв.
17 Есүс түүнд хариуд нь
-Бариона Симон оо, чи ерөөлтэй еэ! Учир нь үүнийг чамд мах цус нь биш, харин тэнгэр дэх Миний Эцэг илчилсэн юм.
18 Би мөн чамд хэлье. Чи бол Петр. Энэ хадан дээр Би Өөрийн чуулганыг босгох бөгөөд түүнийг Үхэгсдийн орны хаалга дийлэхгүй.
19 Би чамд тэнгэрийн хаанчлалын түлхүүрийг өгнө. Чи газар дээр юуг холбоно, тэр нь тэнгэрт холбогдоно. Газар дээр юуг тайлна, тэр нь тэнгэрт тайлагдах болно гэлээ.
20 Тэгээд Тэр Өөрийг нь Христ мөн гэдгийг хэнд ч хэлэх ёсгүйг шавь нартаа анхааруулав.
21 Тэр цагаас эхлэн Есүс Христ шавь нартаа Өөрийн Иерусалим уруу явах, ахлагчид, ахлах тахилч нар болон хуулийн багш нараас их зовлон амсах, алуулах, гурав дахь хоног дээрээ амилах ёстойгоо илэрхийлж эхлэв.
22 Петр Түүнийг татаж
-Эзэн минь, Таныг Бурхан өршөөг. Ийм юм Танд хэзээ ч тохиолдохгүй гэж зэмлэж эхэлсэнд,
23 Тэр эргэж Петрт
-Миний араас зайл, Сатан аа! Чи Надад бүдрэх чулуу болж байна. Учир нь чи Бурханы юмыг бус, харин хүнийхийг л боддог гэлээ.
24 Тэгээд Есүс шавь нартаа
-Хэрэв хэн нэг нь Миний араас явахыг хүсвэл, тэр нь өөрийгөө үгүйсгэг. Загалмайгаа үүрч, Намайг дагаг.
25 Учир нь хэн өөрийнхөө амийг аврахыг хүснэ, тэр хүн түүнийгээ алдана. Харин хэн Миний төлөө өөрийн амийг алдана, тэр хүн түүнийгээ олно.
26 Учир нь хүн бүх дэлхийг олж авсан ч амиа алдвал ямар ашиг байх билээ? Эсвэл амийнхаа оронд юугаа өгөх билээ?
27 Учир нь Хүний Хүү тэнгэр элч нарын хамт Эцэгийнхээ алдрын дотор ирж, хүн бүрд үйлсийнх нь дагуу хариуг өгнө.

The Radical Cross

"Though the cross of Christ has been beautified by the poet and the artist, the avid seeker after God is likely to find it the same savage implement of the destruction it was in the days of old. The way of the cross is still the pain-wracked path to spiritual power and fruitfulness. So do not seek to hide from it. Do not accept an easy way. Do now allow yourself to be patted to sleep in a comfortable church, void of power and barren of fruit. Do not paint the cross nor deck it with flowers. Take it for what it is, as it is, and you will find it the rugged way to death and life. Let it slay you utterly."

-A.W.Tozer
From "Coddled or Crucified?"

"A Final Warning to the Indulgent Church" by Pastor Carter Conlon

A Final Warning to the Indulgent Church

Drawing near to God

Christ is not the End but the Way. He came to reveal the Father, to bring us ‘unto God,’ to open a way in which we could draw near to God. Many Christians regard Christ as the End: if they have found him they are content. They do not understand that to have found Christ is just the beginning: the true End is to know God, and to have communion with him, to serve him, to receive the manifestation of God himself in one’s soul. This knowledge of God is given to those who cannot rest content without it.

The question may be asked, What is the difference between drawing near to Jesus, who is God, and drawing near to God? The answer is two fold. For one thing, in Jesus the divine has been clothed in human garb, and so it is hard to be sure how far it is really the divine in Jesus which attracts us. For another, in Jesus the divine grace and mercy is above all revealed, so in him we are all too apt to be seeking only our salvation, while we profess to be seeking God. The true test of the reality of our turning to God, the proof that we are not merely seeking salvation, is this: that we prize Christ and his work because he brings us to God, because in him we draw near to God.

by Andrew Murray 

(Excerpted from The Promise of the Spirit, pg. 57)