Forsake All for Him
Consecration Requires Decisions So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:33. God does not force the will of His creatures. He can not accept an homage that is not willingly and intelligently given. A mere forced submission would prevent all real development […]
I Turned My Feet
Consecration Requires Decisions I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. Psalm 119:59. Age will never excuse us from obeying God. Our faith should be prolific of good works; for faith without works is dead. Every duty performed, every sacrifice made in the name of Jesus, brings an exceeding great reward. […]
Who Then Is Willing?
Consecration Requires Decisions And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? 1 Chronicles 29:5. It is not safe for us to linger to contemplate the advantages to be reaped through yielding to Satan’s suggestions. Sin means dishonor and disaster to every soul that indulges in it; but it is […]
Present Your Bodies
Consecration I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1. You are not your own. Jesus has purchased you with His blood. Do not bury your talents in the earth. Use them for Him. In […]
Yield Your Members
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. Romans 6:13. God’s stamp is upon us. He has bought us, and He desires us to remember that our physical, mental, and […]
Righteousness Fulfilled in Him
Christ Our Righteousness And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Matthew 3:15. Jesus did not receive baptism as a confession of guilt on His own account. He identified Himself with sinners, taking the steps that we are to take, and doing […]
