Sermons and Biblical Studies

Rarely does God send His judgment dramatically. I have wondered if we might learn our lessons of humility and obedience more quickly if God were to resist a man as one soldier to another, with the clash of sword and the letting of blood? But it does not work that way. When God resists a … Continue reading “JUDGMENT
OF GOD: PRESENT; SPIRITUAL DECLINE”

The justice of God and the wrath of God have been ignored and violated so long and so arrogantly that the day of reckoning must come. The divine lightning, the peals of thunder and the rumbling of judgment will go out from the throne. Some who have misconstrued the meaning of God’s grace will make … Continue reading “JUDGMENT
OF GOD: FUTURE; WRATH OF GOD”

I am among those who believe that the judgments of God are certain. God is indeed going to shake the earth as it has never been shaken before.… As these seals are opened, our earth experiences heavenly phenomena that rock and shake the planet. The earthquake that will take place will be devastating in its … Continue reading “JUDGMENT
OF GOD: FUTURE; PROPHECY; EARTHQUAKES”

We are missing the mark about Christian victory and the life of joy in our Savior. We ought to be standing straight and praising our God! I must agree with the psalmist that the joy of the Lord is the strength of His people. I do believe that the sad world is attracted to spiritual … Continue reading “JOY;
SPIRITUAL VICTORY”

The work of the Holy Spirit is, among other things, to rescue the redeemed man’s emotions, to restring his harp and open again the wells of sacred joy which have been stopped up by sin. That He does this is the unanimous testimony of the saints. And it is not inconsistent with the whole way … Continue reading “JOY;
PLEASURE”

The relation of faith to mood may be stated by means of a number of metaphors: if faith is the tree, mood is the blossom; if faith is the flower, mood is the fragrance; if faith is the instrument, mood is the melody. And who will deny the vital place of the blossom, the fragrance … Continue reading “JOY;
MOODS; FAITH: AND FEELINGS”

I repeat: Most modern Christians live sub-Christian lives! Most Christians are not joyful persons because they are not holy persons, and they are not holy persons because they are not filled with the Holy Spirit, and they are not filled with the Holy Spirit because they are not separated persons. The Spirit cannot fill whom … Continue reading “JOY;
HOLINESS: BASIS FOR JOY; HOLY SPIRIT: FILLING”

I am thinking about God’s dear people always praying for joy, praying for light, praying for every benediction, and yet they don’t receive. They work themselves up on Sunday, then go back down and stay on a lower level on Monday. Perhaps they work themselves up a little by Wednesday evening, but it never seems … Continue reading “JOY;
HAPPINESS”

The “Jews of Jerusalem,” who supposedly knew all the prophetic Scriptures, could not find a card for John the Baptist. It was not that the Scriptures had not foretold his coming. The Jews did not recognize him because they had put his card in the wrong file.… John did not beat around the bush with … Continue reading “JOHN
THE BAPTIST; PHARISAISM”

I cannot refrain from asking you a question here: How do you suppose the Christian church as we know it today, would be inclined to deal with John the Baptist if he came into our scene? Our generation would probably decide that such a man ought to be downright proud of the fact that God … Continue reading “JOHN
THE BAPTIST”