Evidence of the Spirit’s Work
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10. The Holy Spirit is a free, working, independent agency. The God of heaven uses His Spirit as it pleases Him; and human minds, human judgment, and human methods can no more set boundaries to its working … than […]
Be Honest With God
For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil. Ecclesiastes 12:14. God reveals Christ to sinners, and they behold Him dying upon Calvary for the sin of His creatures. They then understand how they are condemned by the law of God, for the Spirit works upon their consciences, […]
How Faith Works
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6. When through repentance and faith we accept Christ as our Savior, the Lord pardons our sins and remits the penalty prescribed […]
Would You Have Peace?
Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; for the future of that man is peace. Psalm 37:37. The peace of Christ is not a boisterous, untamable element made manifest in loud voices and bodily exercises. The peace of Christ is an intelligent peace, and it does not make those who possess it bear the […]
Two Vital Lessons
Gather my saints together to Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. Psalm 50:5. If the soul is to be purified and ennobled and made fit for the heavenly courts, there are two lessons to be learned—self-sacrifice and self-control. Some learn these important lessons more easily than do others, for they […]
Walk in Christ
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him. Colossians 2:6. “Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.” … Obedience to the law of God is sanctification. There are many who have […]
