"CHRIST OUR REWARD" "To him that worketh is the reward NOT reckoned of grace, but of debt" (Rom. 4:4). To the laborer in religion, what he merits or earns can never be called a gift, a favor, or mercy; it is an obligation owed to him. If work is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN AM I STRONG" 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Three times in definite, dedicated, and sincere prayer, Paul asked the Lord to deliver him from this affliction, to remove it from him; but the Lord refused, telling Paul that His...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
ONE MESSAGE-TWO DIFFERENT RESPONSES Two men listen to the same sermon. One hears as attentively as the other and remembers as much of the sermon. One man is moved to tears over his sins and his heart broken within him, which leads him to seek...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
DOING OUR FATHER'S BUSINESS When William Carey announced that he wished to go overseas to preach to the heathen, a pastor replied, "Young man, if God wishes to save the heathen, He will do it without you!" What a bad spirit and error! Yes! God...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
NO ONE CAN PREACH A BETTER GOSPEL A preacher of old once said, "I know that however many may preach the Gospel better than I do, there is no one who can preach a better Gospel than the one I preach: for I preach the Gospel of God's free and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
OBEY THEM THAT HAVE THE RULE OVER YOU "Obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves; for they watch for your souls as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you"...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS Paul called his message "the offense of the cross," Galatians 5:11. Again and again he warned that the true Gospel of God's grace and glory would meet with great opposition from the religious world and the natural world....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"FAITH IN CHRIST" Faith in Christ is NOT TO WORK but to cease from our labor and to rest in Him for all things. Faith in Christ is NOT TO DO ANYTHING, but to believe and own that ALL IS DONE in Him, by Him, and is imputed to us so fully that we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WHAT IS YOUR REASON? If a minister compromises the message of grace and the gospel of our Lord Jesus, we begin to search for reasons. if a prominent church member becomes entangled in the world, business, or any number of interests which take him...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"GOD IS GLORIFIED" Romans 15:5-6 "Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus; that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God" (Romans 15:5-6). God is glorified when the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
