Symbols Of The Church Of Jesus Christ:
The Anchor
The Anchor, a symbol in the church, represents, hope.
Hebrews 6:17-20 NLT
17 God also bound Himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that He would never change His mind.
18 So God has given both His promise and His oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to Him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.
19 This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.
20 Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Many ships come to anchor in the storm, and the storms will come. But during the relentless pounding of the sea, and the crashes of the lightning, some, anchors fail, some hold.
Certainly it is not during the storm, to discover that one's anchor, is worthless. Because to discover such, is also to discover that one will, be lost.
The Apostle Paul told the Hebrew believers, that the Oath and Promises of God, like a mighty tried and tested anchor, hold the believer fixed in his faith.
Yes the storms will come, sickness, death, discouragement, poverty, and loss of friends, but they cannot prevail, against the child of God, whose anchor is the Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour, and Intercessory High Priest.
What is your anchor, today? Upon what does the eternal destiny of your soul, rest?
II Corinthians 1:20 NLT “For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen,...”
II Corinthians 5:21 KJV “For He (God the Father) hath made Him (Jesus Christ His Son) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
I Timothy 2:3,4 KJV
[3] For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
[4] Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
John 1:12,13 KJV
[12] But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:
[13] Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Proverbs 11:28 KJV “He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.”
Hebrews 13:5 KJV “...I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
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