Sermons and Biblical Studies

There is a foolish consistency which brings us into bondage to the consciences of other people. Our Christian testimony has created a certain expectation in the minds of our friends, and rather than jeopardize our standing with them we dutifully act in accordance with their expectation even though we have no inward conviction on the … Continue reading “FREEDOM;
CONVICTION; EXPECTATIONS”

A free Christian should act from within with a total disregard for the opinions of others. If a course is right he should take it because it is right, not because he is afraid not to take it. And if it is wrong he should avoid it though he lose every earthly treasure and even … Continue reading “FREEDOM;
CONVICTION”

That is one of the great fallacies held by unbelievers—thinking that the Christian must surrender his or her freedom in order to be a Christian. The notion is one of Satan’s inventions, but it is still effective in our day. The devil is able to make sinners imagine they are free! But it is the … Continue reading “FREEDOM;
CHRISTIANS: TRUE FREEDOM”

The spirit of complete inward freedom is a precious heritage from the cross and should be treasured as one of life’s most wonderful possessions. It is our privilege to be wholly free from evil habits, from superstition, from the fear of men, from the slavery of popular customs, from the necessity of pleasing the self-elected … Continue reading “FREEDOM;
BODY OF CHRIST”

I recall a true story told us by Rev. D.C. Kopp, missionary to Africa, on one of his furloughs from the Congo. He described the office of deacon in the national church and told of a fine stalwart Christian brother who had the job of disciplining the converts. One young convert was proving to be … Continue reading “FORGIVENESS;
MERCY”

If you think that there is anyone in the world so good that God could do something for that person’s sake, you don’t know sin; and if you think there is anything that God will not do for you for His sake and for His name, you don’t know God! If you have failed, remember … Continue reading “FORGIVENESS;
GRACE; FAILURE”

One of the old German devotional philosophers took the position that God loves to forgive big sins more than He does little sins because the bigger the sin, the more glory accrues to Him for his forgiveness. I remember the writer went on to say that not only does God forgive sins and enjoy doing … Continue reading “FORGIVENESS;
GRACE”

If we truly want to follow God, we must seek to be other-worldly. This I say knowing well that word has been used with scorn by the sons of this world and applied to the Christian as a badge of reproach. So be it. Every man must choose his world. If we who follow Christ, … Continue reading “FOLLOWING
CHRIST; CHRISTIANS: OTHER-WORLDLY”

When we come into this sweet relationship, we are beginning to learn astonished reverence, breathless adoration, awesome fascination, lofty admiration of the attributes of God and something of the breathless silence that we know when God is near. You may never have realized it before, but all of those elements in our perception and consciousness … Continue reading “FEAR
OF GOD; WORSHIP: REVERENTIAL FEAR”

These experiences show that a vision of the divine transcendence soon ends all controversy between the man and his God. The fight goes out of the man and he is ready with the conquered Saul to ask meekly, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” Conversely, the self-assurance of modern Christians, the basic levity … Continue reading “FEAR
OF GOD; SUBMISSION; GOD: HIS AWESOMENESS”