Hidden in Time Quotes

“The only way I can help you is to tell it like it is. Then it's up to you what you want to do with it. Salvation is a serious business, and I think we need to look it in the face." "I get your point," said Slate. "I suppose I ought to be man enough to handle it." "I said that salvation is a serious business," Rev. Archer continued, "but salvation is also an exciting business. There's nothing so wonderful as making Jesus your Lord. We're not talking about a ball-and-chain life, but a new life of freedom and purpose. We're talking about a life in fellowship with a God who loves us. Loves us, Mr. Slate! And who wants nothing but the best for us. When I asked if you want to make Jesus your Lord, it's like handing you a check for ten billion dollars and saying, 'Would you like to have this? It's free for the taking.”
― Michael R. Phillips, Hidden in Time

“The implication of God's reality—that he is involved in our lives, that he speaks and directs men concerning how they should live. The significance of what we have been talking about is not in the ark itself. The ark of the covenant is but a symbol. It was originally built to house the presence of God. Symbolically, not in actual fact. The presence of God cannot be contained. This was a representation God gave the ancient Hebrews to enable them to begin understanding a far greater mystery. They were not yet capable of grasping the full magnificence of the truth that God desires to live in human hearts. So he gave them a symbol they could understand. Then he continued to reveal more and more of that mystery a little at a time throughout mankind's developing history, until finally Jesus came, God's very own Son, God himself in human form. At that point, God was ready to tell the human race plainly once and for all the resounding truth to which the ark pointed: He lives in men's and women's hearts. This artifact has no power in and of itself. The power is in the presence of God. That presence resides within all those who believe in him and who have invited his Spirit to dwell within them.”
― Michael R. Phillips, Hidden in Time