Author: Administrador

If Satan opposes the new convert he opposes still more bitterly the Christian who is pressing on toward a higher life in Christ. The Spirit-filled life is not, as many suppose, a life of peace and quiet pleasure. It is likely to be something quite the opposite. Viewed one way it is a pilgrimage through … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
WARFARE; SATAN; CHRISTIAN LIFE”

There are two spirits in the earth, the Spirit of God and the spirit of Satan, and these are at eternal enmity. The ostensible cause of religious hatred may be almost anything; the true cause is nearly always the same: the ancient animosity which Satan, since the time of his inglorious fall, has ever felt … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
WARFARE; SATAN; CHRISTIANS: IN THE WORLD”

Remember, we are compared with what we could be, not just what we should be. God being who He is, and Jesus Christ being His risen and all-powerful Son, anything we ought to be we can be. Anything that God has declared that we should be we can be. Romans 7:24–25; Galatians 5:22–23; Ephesians 4:26–5:2 … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
VICTORY”

The neglected heart will soon be a heart overrun with worldly thoughts; the neglected life will soon become a moral chaos; the church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
NEGLECT; CHURCH: SPIRITUAL CONDITION”

You know that I preached some time ago in Dr. A. B. Simpson’s old tabernacle church at Times Square in New York City. The pastor was a learned brother with a delightful southern drawl. After I had preached several days, we were walking together in the midst of those hurrying throngs when he turned to … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
PHILOSOPHY”

The world of sense intrudes upon our attention day and night for the whole of our lifetime. It is clamorous, insistent and self-demonstrating. It does not appeal to our faith; it is here, assaulting our five senses, demanding to be accepted as real and final. But sin has so clouded the lenses of our hearts … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
REALITY”

But why do the very ransomed children of God themselves know so little of that habitual, conscious communion with God which Scripture offers? The answer is because of our chronic unbelief. Faith enables our spiritual sense to function. Where faith is defective the result will be inward insensibility and numbness toward spiritual things. This is … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
REALITY; FAITH: DEFECTIVE”

A number of factors contribute to bad spiritual leadership.… Absence of true spiritual experience. No one can lead another farther than he himself has gone. For many ministers this explains their failure to lead. They simply do not know where to go. God Tells the Man Who Cares, 55, 56.

A number of factors contribute to bad spiritual leadership.… Ambition. When Christ is not all in all to the minister he is tempted to seek place for himself, and pleasing the crowds is a time-proved way to get on in church circles. Instead of leading his people where they ought to go he skillfully leads … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
LEADERSHIP; PASTORS: AMBITION; PASTORAL MINISTRY: PRIDE”

A number of factors contribute to bad spiritual leadership.… The economic squeeze. The Protestant ministry is notoriously underpaid and the pastor’s family is often large. Put these two facts together and you have a situation ready-made to bring trouble and temptation to the man of God. The ability of the congregation to turn off the … Continue reading “SPIRITUAL
LEADERSHIP; PASTORS: STRESS; CHURCH: FINANCES”