How Good Is The God We Adore
What is one of the greatest manifestations of the glory of God? When Moses asked to see the glory of God, God unveiled to Him "...all His goodness." The goodness of God fills all that He is and manifests itself in His gracious dealings with men. He is perfect goodness, unfailing, and ever seeking the lost to find, and the wayward to restore.
Four Spiritual Points Of Reference
A point of reference is a point, place, person, or thing which we can refer to when we need to regain our footing, find stability in the storms of life, but mainly find God to be just what He declares, "...a very present help in time of trouble." Spiritual points of reference are those very important truths which realign the believer with the Lord Jesus. It is then that clarity and strength come.
Be Ye Holy
When one speaks of the holiness of God, one is faced with the uniqueness of God, that He is One, and the only Redeemer by Christ. He is holy in that He is separate from all of His creation, as He is the Creator. He is also holy, in that He is singularly the only true object of faith, pure and good. Not only is He perfect in His holiness, but He is perfectly righteous and good, worthy of all man's trust.
The Reoccurring Resounding Commitment Of God
If there is one thing the Cross of Calvary teaches us, it is that God is totally committed to meet the fathomless, eternal needs of men, so that they may truly live, and not die. The call and purpose of God in Christ is to give life, hope, and certainty to the lost soul. His commitment to do so cannot be declared in a more blatant, forthright way, than the giving of His Son to die on the cross for man's sins.
The Prayer For The Holy Spirit
The greatest and most essential need of man, in particular sinful man, is for the intervention of God in his life. This is because of the incalculable need of man, and his total incapacity to truly meet that need. Only God can meet the profound needs of men. If there is one message given to us by the Gospel it is that God in Christ WILLS to meet that need, by the giving of Himself. The question is, "Who will truly, honestly call upon Him, asking Him in order to receive all from Him?
The Moving Of The Spirit
God alone can do the work of God in a heart. And this He will do by His Spirit, especially if there is a willingness on the part of the needy soul to hear the word of God, and to trust God according to it. God is faithful to move by His Spirit in answer to prayer and faith in the heart of the one who truly calls upon Him.
The Foundation Of Faith God's Faithfulness
The bedrock of all true faith is Christ. He is declared to be the "foundation," because He is unchanging, and absolute faithful concerning every word that He has given to men. He can be believed and trusted in fully because of His faithfulness. He cannot lie, for He is the truth, and can only speak the truth. Therefore, there is hope and certainty for the lost soul seeking God. Christ will be found by the one who seeks Him with the whole heart.
Much Land To Be Possessed
The Apostle Paul tells us that the Christian life is like a race, where the runner is to run in such a way as to win. He also speaks of limitations in this life, but of great possibilities by the grace of God. Thus, He declares that he is running, seeking to apprehend that for which he has been apprehended by Christ. In this life, he will not fully apprehend all that is in Christ, but there is coming a moment, a day, when all things will be changed. We shall be changed completely, and we shall know Christ as we are known.
And Such Were Some Of You
The lost condition of man, who is born into this world, is a settled reality and fact. Man will remain in this condition, without God and hope in the world, until and unless God intervenes in his life, and this, in answer to the cry of his heart. To the one who calls upon Christ with his whole heart, comes a promise, God will answer. He will meet the eternal need of the soul, because He has loved us and gave Himself on a cross to prove it.
What The Law Cannot Do
Sinful man has limits, terrible limits with respect to keeping the law of God. His limits are so small, that Scripture declares to us that all sinners are lost, cannot obey the law of God, and are without hope in this world...EXCEPT Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ has given to mankind His perfect law to reveal the incapacity of man to obey it, and this in order to point us to Christ, and Him alone as our sin bearer, and Savior from sin's penalty.