True Fellowship With God
The call of God to lost man is to fellowship with Him, Christ and the Father, by the Spirit. Eternal Life is to know God, to have fellowship with Him. It is that experience of Christ dwelling in the heart by faith, that living by the power of the Spirit, being led by the Spirit. To have fellowship with God is to know His love, peace, and joy, while living for Him and by Him.
The Power Of God's Peace
The peace that God gives to the soul that believes in Him is very powerful in that it testifies to God's presence and provision, His love and goodness. It is also that which propels man through adversity and opposition to overcome in order to accomplish the work that God gives him to do. The peace of God is also that confirmation of God's guidance, the proof that all is well in His presence.
The Overcomer
When Christ comes into the heart by His Spirit at the moment of the new birth, His overcoming Life resides there. The measure of that overcoming is realized by prayer and faith, tending to the things of God, and abiding by His ways. God entrusts His power to the one who will respond to Him in obedient faith.
Revelation And Responsibility
When God reveals Himself through His word by speaking to the heart, it is in order that the individual will respond to His call, invitation, or admonition. He speaks in order to call forth life, Eternal Life by the Spirit, from the heart, to be seen and known by men. God's purpose is to reach the world with the knowledge of Christ.
No Greater Love
What is the measure of true love? Is the essence and measure of it found in man? When Christ came to walk this earth, He came as the revelation of the love of God, of the Father. His purpose in doing so was to win the hearts of men to trust Him fully. As one hymnwriter put it: "Grace alone can meet me and love alone can win."
Jesus The Lover Of My Soul
It is one thing that God should love the entire world. It is quite another when the individual comes to the realization that "Jesus loves me." Personal love by a personal God for a single person, and yet, it is a love for all individuals to know. How does one come to know this love? It is only by faith, a faith that God gives in answer to the cry of the heart.
The Greatest Sin
If sin is unbelief with regard to God and what He has revealed and declared, certainly the greatest sin, which puts mankind beyond the saving grace of God, is that sin of blasphemy against God, the deliberate and forever resolved rejection of every thought and consideration of God in Christ. God can save any man who will turn to Him, seek Him, even though he has sinned greatly. However, he cannot save the man who could come, but will not, refusing and rejecting everything of God and His mercy.
Specific Prayer For Specific Needs
There is no need that Christ is not able to meet in us today. And He will meet that specific need if we are willing to trust Him for it. The promise of God is that He will supply the answer to every need in answer to faith and prayer, with thanksgiving.
Delighting In God
Finding one's joy and satisfaction in God is a key part of loving and serving God. It is a timeless truth that when one rejoices in Christ, delights in Him, that there is given to the soul to know something of the joy of Christ. The more one knows Christ, not just knowing about Him, the more one desires to fix one's hope and joy in Him. To delight in Him is one of the great expressions of faith, in the faithful One.
Decrees, Letters, And The Word Of God
The decrees and letters of men can only have a limited effect upon the weakness and frailty of men. Their effect is dependent upon the power of men, which is limited and always will come to an end. This is not the case with the word of God, which endures forever, and is living by virtue of the Holy Spirit using God's great truths, commands, and promises, to communicate life and power to the needy.