An Important Lesson “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh (according to their own estimation), not many mighty (not many great, or learned), not many noble (for the noble and the great usually trust too much in themselves and are not ready to accept the Lord’s way), are called (When the lists shall be proclaimed, the names of many who have been greatly honored and esteemed amongst men and who many expected to…
A Stumbling Bock “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.” (Isa 55:8) The problem is that the vast majority of professed Christians have great difficulty in accepting this fact, that the Lord’s ways of doing things are not the same as our own, that his ways are superior to ours. This has led to much of the confusion existing in the professed Church today. They have chosen the worlds way over…
“The bringing of the natural into subjection to the spiritual is a gradual death and requires time, and is therefore called “CRUCIFYING the flesh.” Jesus could do this entirely, because perfect, but we are imperfect, therefore our Head supplies the overcoming power through the spirit, making our supply of strength to depend on our faith in Him. “This is the victory that overcomes the world, even your faith.” “The falling of the walls of Jericho serves as a great example,…
“It scarcely seems necessary to emphasize the great importance in overcoming, if we would be of those who will ultimately teach the whole human family how to overcome. It will be readily seen that we must learn how to overcome ourselves, before we would be qualified to teach others the art of overcoming. In His last message to the seven churches of Asia Minor the Lord Jesus made very plain that the receiving of the great blessings which the Father…