If you want to make the best use of “the rest of your time,” live in the light of the return of Jesus Christ. All Christians may not agree on the details of the event, but we can agree on the demands of the experience. We shall someday actually stand...
Jesus Christ offered just one sacrifice for our sins and settled the matter forever. This is the kind of High Priest we need! We are prone to sin daily, even hourly; we need to be able to turn to Him for spiritual help. As our High Priest, Christ gives us...
When Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a young preacher in London, his successful ministry aroused the envy of some clergymen who attacked him through slander and gossip. His sermons were labeled “trashy,” and he was called “an actor” and “a pulpit buffoon.” Even after his ministry was established, Spurgeon was lied...
Is it possible to command love? Yes, when you understand what Christian love really is. Many people have the mistaken idea that Christian love is a feeling, a special kind of “religious emotion” that makes us reach out and accept others. Certainly emotion is involved, but Christian love is basically...
Each believer has a different gift or gifts, and God has bestowed these gifts so that the local body of Christ can grow in a balanced way. But Christians must exercise gifts by faith. We may not see the results of our ministries, but the Lord sees and He blesses....
By nature, none of us enjoys suffering. Even our Lord prayed, “Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from Me” (Luke 22:42). Paul prayed three times for God to remove his painful thorn in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7-8). But suffering is part of a faithful Christian life. Christians...
To the Jews, the Gentiles were “uncircumcised dogs.” The tragedy is that the Jews depended on this physical mark instead of the spiritual reality it represented (Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 9:26; Ezekial 44:9). A true Jew is one who has had an inward spiritual experience in the heart, and not merely...
What is there about legalism that can so fascinate the Christian that he will turn from grace to law? For one thing, legalism appeals to the flesh. The flesh loves to be “religious”—to obey laws, to observe holy occasions, even to fast. Certainly there is nothing wrong with obedience, fasting,...
What is it that tempts people into unfaithfulness and dishonesty? The Lord stated that they want the praises of men instead of the approval of God. These words of Jesus are really convicting: “That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God” (Luke 16:15). Does...
The heart of every problem is a problem of the heart. The people of Israel (with exceptions like Moses, Joshua, and Caleb) erred in their hearts, meaning that their hearts wandered from God and His Word. They also had evil hearts of unbelief; they doubted that God would give them...