Perfect Love (St. John 17:26)
This chapter has often been referred to as Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer. My text is a record of the last words that concludes this prayer for His disciples. In the opening words of this prayer Jesus is praying for Himself, following which He prays for His disciples that He is leaving behind, and He further [...]
Christ’s Commission to the Church (St. John 20:21)
Comments OffChrist calls the believer to partner with Him in reaching this lost world. The church is the only institution that ministers to man’s deepest needs in this world while preparing them for the world to come. We are His witnesses commissioned to go into all the world and proclaim the message of full salvation. The [...]
The Believer’s Rest (Hebrews 4:1-11)
There seems to be a restless spirit that hangs like a pall over this age. This spirit is characteristic of a deep dissatisfaction with life. We see it in the world where there is a constant demand for change, but now we are witnessing it within the organized church. Many of this post-modern age, while [...]
The Woman at Jacob’s Well (St. John 4:1-30)
One day while the Syrian sun was beating down on the city of Samaria, Jesus sat down at the curb of Jacob’s well. The intense heat had taken its toll on Jesus as He was very weary from His journey. A Samaritan woman came to draw water from the well, and being thirsty, Jesus asked [...]
Evil Heart of Unbelief
It has been my observation that much of the church seems to be lacking something. Their Christian experience is not what they expected it would be. Victory often has recurring defeat, instead of advancement one is often losing ground. Is this all Christ meant when He said, “Come unto Me?” The Word of God says emphatically NO!…One does not need a forum to discuss, argue, debate, or strategize on the 2nd Work of Grace. We need an Altar where we can have our own personal Gethsemane (where we get alone with God) make a complete consecration of our lives to Him and plead the merits of His blood and experience the Baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire that will burn this damnable thing, called the Evil Heart of Unbelief, out of our Nature and be Filled with the Holy Spirit!
Forgetting and Reaching Forth
Comments OffIn Philippians 3:13, Paul gives to us the secret of spiritual development: “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do; forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before…”…Some people have no life at all, except in retrospect and in prospect. They always dwell on the memories of the past or the anticipation of the future while the present (from which the future flows) slips from their grasp…May in this New Year we follow Paul’s example.
The Death of Jesus: Tragedy Turned Triumph
Comments OffWhy did the Father forsake His Son and leave Him to die alone?
Perhaps one of the reasons was to reveal the true nature of sin. Jesus did not die the death of a martyr nor was He a victim of mob violence. He died, not only vicariously but also voluntarily. He was made sin for us, He who knew no sin…But, following the awful tragedy of Calvary came the glorious triumph of the resurrection…Now that Jesus has made the provisions and given us the promise of a full and free salvation, let us not fail to appropriate them so that they become actualities in our lives.
