TRANSFORMED BY INSIGHT We all, with open face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image. — 2 Corinthians 3:1 The outstanding characteristic of a Christian is this unveiled frankness before God so that the life becomes a mirror for other lives. By being filled with the [...]
VISION AND DARKNESS
VISION AND DARKNESS An horror of great darkness fell upon him. Genesis 15:1 Whenever God gives a vision to a saint, He puts him, as it were, in the shadow of His hand, and the saint’s duty is to be still and listen. There is a darkness which comes from excess of light, and then [...]
YESTERDAY
YESTERDAY The God of Israel will be your rereward. — Isaiah 52:12 Security from Yesterday. “God requireth that which is past.” At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise from remembering the yesterdays. Our present enjoyment of God’s [...]
LET US KEEP TO THE POINT
LET US KEEP TO THE POINT My eager desire and hope being that I may never feel ashamed, but that now as ever I may do honour to Christ in my own person by fearless courage. — Philippians 1:20 My Utmost for His Highest. “My eager desire and hope being that I may never feel [...]
WILL YOU GO OUT WITHOUT KNOWING?
WILL YOU GO OUT WITHOUT KNOWING? He went out, not knowing whither he went. — Hebrews 11:8 Have you been “out” in this way? If so, there is no logical statement possible when anyone asks you what you are doing. One of the difficulties in Christian work is this question – “What do you expect [...]
WHERE THE BATTLE’S LOST AND WON
WHERE THE BATTLE’S LOST AND WON I thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord… . — Jeremiah 4:1 The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. The Spirit of God apprehends me and I am obliged to get alone with God [...]
CONTINUOUS CONVERSION
CONTINUOUS CONVERSION Except ye be converted, and become as little children… — Matthew 18:3 These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually to turn to God as children. If we trust to our wits instead of to God, [...]
PLACED IN THE LIGHT
PLACED IN THE LIGHT If we walk in the light, as He is in the light the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin. — 1 John 1:7 To mistake conscious freedom from sin for deliverance from sin by the Atonement is a great error. No man knows what sin is [...]
John 6:44
THE DRAWING OF THE FATHER No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him. — John 6:44 When God draws me, the issue of my will comes in at once – will I react on the revelation which God gives – will I come to Him? Discussion on spiritual [...]
HOW CAN I PERSONALLY PARTAKE IN THE ATONEMENT?
HOW CAN I PERSONALLY PARTAKE IN THE ATONEMENT? But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ. — Galatians 6:14 The Gospel of Jesus Christ always forces an issue of will. Do I accept God’s verdict on sin in the Cross of Christ? Have I the slightest interest [...]
THE HIDDEN LIFE
THE HIDDEN LIFE Your life is hid with Christ in God. — Colossians 3:3 The Spirit of God witnesses to the simple almighty security of the life hid with Christ in God and this is continually brought out in the Epistles. We talk as if it were the most precarious thing to live the sanctified [...]
HIS BIRTH AND OUR NEW BIRTH
HIS BIRTH AND OUR NEW BIRTH Behold, a virgin shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. — Isaiah 7:14 His Birth in History. “Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35.) [...]
THE RIGHT LINES OF WORK
THE RIGHT LINES OF WORK I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto Me. — John 12:32 Very few of us have any understanding of the reason why Jesus Christ died. If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is a farce, there was no need for [...]
EXPERIENCE OR REVELATION
EXPERIENCE OR REVELATION We have received … the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. — 1 Corinthians 2:12 Reality is Redemption, not my experience of Redemption; but Redemption has no meaning for me until it speaks the language of my conscious life. [...]
WHAT TO CONCENTRATE ON
WHAT TO CONCENTRATE ON I came not to send peace, but a sword. — Matthew 10:34 Never be sympathetic with the soul whose case makes you come to the conclusion that God is hard. God is more tender than we can conceive, and every now and again He gives us the chance of being the [...]
