Sermons and Biblical Studies

It has been the unanimous testimony of the greatest Christian souls that the nearer they drew to God the more acute became their consciousness of sin and their sense of personal unworthiness. The purest souls never knew how pure they were and the greatest saints never guessed that they were great. The very thought that … Continue reading “HUMILITY;
UNWORTHINESS”

The enemy never quite knows how to deal with a humble man; he is so used to dealing with proud, stubborn people that a meek man upsets his timetable. And furthermore, the man of true humility has God fighting on his side—who can win against God? Strange as it may seem we often win over … Continue reading “HUMILITY;
PRIDE: HUMAN; SPIRITUAL WARFARE”

Again, there is a close relation between humility and the perception of truth. “The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way” (Psa. 25:9). In the Scriptures I find no shred of encouragement for the proud. Only the tame sheep can be led; only the humble child need expect … Continue reading “HUMILITY;
PRIDE: HUMAN”

Lord, make me childlike. Deliver me from the urge to compete with another for place or prestige or position. I would be simple and artless as a little child. Deliver me from pose and pretense. Forgive me for thinking of myself. Help me to forget myself and find my true peace in beholding Thee. That … Continue reading “HUMILITY;
PRAYERS”

Had it happened in North America in our era, some publisher would have flown in to offer John a five- or six-figure check for book rights to his story. But I do not think John would have been concerned about turning a personal financial profit from his experience. The present-day financial value of a “born … Continue reading “HUMBLE
SERVICE; SUCCESS; SERVANTHOOD”

We can never get too weak for the Lord to use us—but we can get too strong, if it is our own strength. We can never be too ignorant for the Lord to use us—but we can be too wise in our own conceit. We can never get too small for the Lord to use … Continue reading “HUMBLE
SERVICE; PRIDE: HUMAN”

O God, let Thy glory be revealed once more to men: through me if it please Thee, or without me or apart from me, it matters not. Restore Thy church to the place of moral beauty that becomes her as the Bride of Christ: through me, or apart from me; only let this prayer be … Continue reading “HUMBLE
SERVICE; PRAYERS”

The world is staggering on to no foreseeable future. We’re having a mixed-up time of it because we are putting God down and putting men up. When humanism came along about a generation ago and made the human mind to be the criterion of all thought and put God down, theology ceased to be the … Continue reading “HUMANISM;
REDEMPTION”

Leaders and groups and nations often think they have something great and enduring and superior going for them in human society, and because we don’t jump on the bandwagon and remark, instead, that “This, too, will pass away,” we get a look of anger with the comment, “You are a cynical pessimist.” Let me say … Continue reading “HUMANISM;
OPPOSITION”

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun—one that grows and does not diminish.… It is the evil of giving to them that have and withholding from them that have not. It is the evil of blessing with a loud voice them that are already blessed and letting the unblessed and the … Continue reading “HOSPITALITY;
POVERTY”