Sermons and Biblical Studies

But we tend to dicker with God and try to get an easy way. “Lord, I want to be blessed, but I don’t want it to cost me this much. Couldn’t we talk this thing over?” “No,” says God,” we can’t talk this thing over. My rules are my rules and my Word is my … Continue reading “OBEDIENCE:
COST OF”

The Bible gives us a straightforward message concerning Noah. It is simply this: “Demonstrate your faith in God in your everyday life!” It is evident that God did not say to Noah: “I am depending on you to hold the proper orthodox doctrines. Everything will be just fine if you stand up for the right … Continue reading “NOAH;
OBEDIENCE: NEED FOR; DOCTRINE; FAITH: DAILY WALK”

For some of us last year was one in which we did not acquit ourselves very nobly as Christians, considering the infinite power available to us through the indwelling Spirit. But through the goodness of God we may go to school to our failures. The man of illuminated mind will learn from his mistakes, yes … Continue reading “NEW
YEAR; FAILURE; REPENTANCE”

Every new year is an uncharted and unknown sea. No ship has ever sailed this way before. The wisest of earth’s sons and daughters cannot tell us what we may encounter on this journey. Familiarity with the past may afford us a general idea of what we may expect, but just where the rocks lie … Continue reading “NEW
YEAR; BOLDNESS; EVANGELISM: URGENCY OF”

I know well enough that at midnight, December 31, nothing unusual will actually happen except in my head and the heads of others like me. I will think a new year that is new only because men have arbitrarily called it so, and feel myself passing over a line that is not really there. The … Continue reading “NEW
YEAR”

Man is a born cobbler. When he wants a thing to be better he goes to work to improve it. He improves cattle by careful breeding; cars and planes by streamlining; health by diet, vitamins and surgery; plants by grafting; people by education. But God will have none of this cobbling. He makes a man … Continue reading “NEW
MAN; SALVATION: TRANSFORMATION”

The Christian is a holy rebel loose in the world with access to the throne of God. Satan never knows from what direction the danger will come. Who knows when another Elijah will arise, or another Daniel? or a Luther or a Booth? Who knows when an Edwards or a Finney may go in and … Continue reading “NEW
BELIEVER; SATAN; SPIRITUAL WARFARE”

The newborn Christian is a migrant; he has come into the kingdom of God from his old home in the kingdom of man and he must get set for the violent changes that will inevitably follow. One of the first changes will be a shift of interest from earth to heaven, from men to God, … Continue reading “NEW
BELIEVER; SALVATION: TRANSFORMATION”

Elijah found out something that we are not teaching very well to new Christians. We ought to tell them that when they follow Jesus all the way, His enemies will be their enemies. We ought to tell them that they will be rejected in this world, just as Elijah—and Jesus—were rejected. We are getting our … Continue reading “NEW
BELIEVER; OPPOSITION; CHRISTIANS: IN THE WORLD”

I think most Christians are simply uninstructed. They may have been talked into the kingdom when they were only half ready. Any convert made within the last thirty years was almost certainly told that he had but to take Jesus as his personal Saviour and all would be well. Possibly some counselor may have added … Continue reading “NEW
BELIEVER; DISCIPLESHIP”