Victorious Living
It is one thing to speak of a life of victory over our enemies, and the difficulty of circumstances. It is quite another to know such a victory, with the final result being a greater knowledge of Christ. All things are possible to Christ in us.
The Power Of The
How does God work in the heart? He speaks to it by the word of God. According to that truth, He arrests our attention, to reveal to us the things freely given to us of God, in particular, the knowledge of His will, and the strengthening by the Spirit.
New Cloth, New Wine
When God works in the heart, He does not use the material of the old life outside of Christ. He works according to the eternal truth of His word, and the power of His Spirit, to effect change and transformation. From beginning His work stands, and will ever be for His glory.
Incomparable Glory
How can we compare the glory of God to anything in His creation? It is impossible, as He is the Creator, the Divine Designer of it all. How can we compare the love of God with that of man, especially sinful man? It is impossible. Only in studying the love of God, according to the Scriptures, trusting in the Spirit, can we truly begin to know something of this love.
In The Latter Days
The difficult times of the Latter Days are also times when the Light in the darkness shines brightest. The essential element of the testimony of Christ in those days will be the power of the Spirit of God, strengthening the believer to overcome. Since Pentecost, we have been in the latter days...it is a time of great opportunity to trust in the power of the Spirit of Christ.
About Our Father's Business
The follower of Christ is always to be about his Father's business. Jesus knew this even at the age of 12 years old. Life for the believer is not haphazard, nor by chance. We have been graciously placed into Christ, by the Spirit, that there we should learn to receive direction from God, and the enablement to accomplish His will.
The Wonderful Counselor
The Lord Jesus Christ never ceases to be our faithful Counselor. His promises of instruction and counsel, "with His eye upon us," remain a bedrock for faith, to KNOW that He will not fail, nor forsake us, in this manner. He waits to give His wisdom to those who truly ask, and are willing to receive.
The Unaltering Gifts And Calling Of God
There is great stability in the knowledge that God's gifts and calling to us are unchanging. There is great certainty in the fact that God will meet us today according to these gifts and calling, if we are walking in the light as Christ is in the light. He gives, not to take back, but to bless and manifest His goodness and power, in the blessing of others through us.
The Testimony Of Those Gone Before
Those believers who have lived, and gone before us, carry with them a knowledge of Christ that is theirs alone. It is a knowledge that they have received according to the revelation of God to their hearts, and the confirmation of its truth by the Spirit. They have proved the faithfulness of God so that we might be encouraged to overcome as they did.
The Significance Of The Spirit
What is the importance of the Spirit? What should be the effect of His ministry to the believer? And how, are we to respond to Him, His teaching and leading, in the will of God for the glory of Christ?