Walking In God's Light
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Two Men And Mount Sinai
Mt. Sinai is a place where two men in particular met God, or rather God met them. Both had needs which God alone could meet. Both men would wait upon God to meet those needs. For one, Moses, the revelation of God's holiness would transform a nation. For the other, Elijah, a successor would be appointed to take his place at a crucial point in history. Both men would be changed by God.
The Importance Of Belonging To Christ
When one comes to Christ, one ceases to belong to the world, and this world system. To belong to Christ is to be His forever, secure in the love and goodness of God, nothing being able to separate one from Him. This is security indeed, for it is eternal, beginning on earth, and continuing in heaven.
Praying In The Last Days
How should one pray when the end of life approaches? How should one pray when Christ may come for His church at any time? What are the priorities of God in prayer, and that for which He can be sought and heard? There is certainty in prayer when we pray according to the will of God.
The Stirring Up By The Spirit
There are times when only a specific moving by the Holy Spirit to stir up the Lord's servants to action can remedy a stagnant situation, where the work of the Lord does not seem to be progressing. It is a valid prayer to pray for such, not only as a local body, but individually, believing God to work in the heart. As He works wonderfully in the heart of one individual, He can work in the hearts of many to bring about His good and perfect will.
The Effective Power Of Preaching
The true preaching of the word of God is a work of God in the heart whereby His servant is strengthened not only to know God's message, and His word to those to whom it is destined, but to speak the word in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power. This is why Jesus' words were so powerful, they came directly from the Father and were given in the power of the Spirit.
The Commands Of God
What are the commands of God but those declarations, and revelations of His holy and perfect will, appealing to the will of men to not only hear them, but to obey them. His commands are destined not only to save and sanctify the sinner, but to provide for men the means by which they can know God. The reality of the salvation of God is found in this, God gives the power to obey to the one who will truly trust in Him.
The Basics Of Ministry
What is true ministry? It is the communicating of Christ's life and blessing to others, so that by the knowledge of the truth, and the revelation of the love of God, they too might not only testify of the reality of salvation in Christ, but express the very goodness of God, and His power. Ministry is simply the act and attitude of sharing Christ by word and deed, and this by the Spirit.
Devotion To Christ
What does it mean to be devoted to Christ. David Livingstone once wrote: "If follow Thee, my Lord, And glory in Thy Cross. I gladly leave the world behind and count all gain as loss." Livingstone had a true grasp of what it mean to be devoted to Christ, to not only see Him as first in his life, but "all in all."
Christ The Ever-present Deliverer
Christ is at the right hand of the Father, and yet, His Spirit, the Holy Spirit, dwells in the heart of every believer. He is the constant Savior and Lord of the believer, and will never fail or forsake the one who trusts in Him.
The Wind Of The Spirit
When God reveals Himself, and His mighty working, He does so with great words i the Scriptures concerning great events, like the moving of mountains, or the rising tides of the ocean. When the Spirit of God came at Pentecost, God spoke of the sound of a mighty, rushing wind. Why? It is because He calls us to realize that He is doing something so monumental by His power, that men need to see, understand, believe, and abide by. God will work in power to fulfill His will on earth as it is in heaven.