Matt 7:13 (KJV) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow} 14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. {Because: or, How}
Hebr 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims> ["exiles"-RSV] on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith} 1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers ["aliens"-RSV] and pilgrims ["exiles"-RSV], abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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GOD'S BIBLE NAMES 2/12
"OINTMENT POURED FORTH"
Song 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Does this not instantly bring to our minds Mary and her alabaster box of ointment, the fragrance of which has come down to us through the centuries? Is the name of Christ as precious ointment upon us? Do others recognize it? Are we seeking to live in such fellowship -WITH- Him that the fragrance of His Life is manifested in ours [as in Acts 4:13]? "Rich the roses' perfume, but richer far than they, The countless charms that round Thy person lay; That Name alone more fragrant than the rose, Glads everyone on whom its fragrance flows."
Dear Lord, may our lives be perfumed by Thy presence this day. Amen.
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