Faith
Without faith it is impossible to please Him. Hebrews 11:6. Faith in antagonism to common sense is fanaticism, and common sense in antagonism to faith is rationalism. The life of faith brings the two into a right relation. Common sense…
Substitution
He hath made Him to be sin for us, . . . that we might be made the righteousness of God. . . . 2 Cor. 5: 21. The modern view of the death of Jesus is that He died…
Justification by faith
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Romans 5:10. I am not saved by believing; I realize I am…
The method of missions
Go ye therefore and teach (disciple) all nations. Matthew 28:19. Jesus Christ did not say—‘Go and save souls’ (the salvation of souls is the supernatural work of God), but—“Go and teach,” i.e., disciple, “all nations,” and you cannot make disciples…
What is a missionary?
As My Father hath sent Me, even so send I you. John 20:21. A missionary is one sent by Jesus Christ as He was sent by God. The great dominant note is not the needs of men, but the command…
The external crush of things
I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 1 Cor. 9:22. A Christian worker has to learn how to be God’s noble man or woman amid a crowd of ignoble things. Never…
The viewpoint
Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. 2 Cor. 2:14. The viewpoint of a worker for God must not be as near the highest as he can get, it must be the highest. Be…
Not a bit of it!
If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away. 2 Cor. 5:17. Our Lord never nurses our prejudices, He mortifies them, runs clean athwart them. We imagine that God has a special interest…
The witness of the Spirit
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit. . . Romans 8:16. We are in danger of getting the barter spirit when we come to God, we want the witness before we have done what God tells us to do.…
Direction by impulse
Building up yourselves on your most holy faith. Jude 20. There was nothing either of the nature of impulse or of coldbloodedness about Our Lord, but only a calm strength that never got into panic. Most of us develop our…