성령 안에 있는 의와 평강과 희락(롬14:17)

THE AUTHORITY OF REALITY “Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.” James 4:8 It is essential to give people a chance of acting on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with the individual, you cannot act for him, it must be his own deliberate act, but the evangelical message ought always to lead a man to act. The paralysis of refusing to act leaves a man exactly where he ..

A BOND-SLAVE OF JESUS “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” Galatians 2:20 These words mean the breaking of my independence with my own hand and surrendering to the supremacy of the Lord Jesus. No one can do this for me, I must do it myself. God may bring me up to the three hundred and sixty-five times a year, but He cannot put me through it. ..

AUTHORITY AND INDEPENDENCE “If you love me, ye will keep my commandments.” John 14:15, RV Our Lord never insists upon obedience; He tell us very emphatically what we ought to do, but He never takes means to make us do it. We have to obey Him out of a oneness of spirit. That is why whenever Our Lord talked about discipleship, He prefaced it with an IF-you do not need to unless you like. “If..

WHAT’S THE GOOD OF TEMPTATION? “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man.” 1 Corinthians 10:13. The word ‘temptation’ has come down in the world; we are apt to use it wrongly: Temptation is not sin, it is the thing we are bound to meet if we are men. Not to be tempted would be to be beneath contempt. Many of us, however, suffer from temptations..

신앙의 신성한 영역 “너는 기도할 때에 네 골방에 들어가 문을 닫고 은밀한 중에 계신 네 아버지께 기도하라.” (마 6:6) 신앙의 영역에서 중심이 되는 사상은 당신의 눈이 사람이 아니라 하나님을 향해 열려야 한다는 것입니다. 기도하는 사람으로 알려지고 싶은 욕구로 기도하지 마십시오. 당신이 기..

버려야 할 것 "이에 숨은 부끄러움의 일을 버리고 속임으로 행하지 아니하며 하나님의 말씀을 혼잡하게 하지 아니하고 오직 진리를 나타냄으로 하나님 앞에서 각 사람의 양심에 대하여 스스로 추천하노라 ." (고후 4:2) 당신은 “숨어 있는 부끄러운 것들”을 버리셨습니까? 밝혀지면 당신의 자존심이 ..

상상력(想像力) 對 영감(靈感) “뱀이 그 간계로 하와를 미혹한 것 같이 너희 마음이 그리스도를 향하는 진실함과 깨끗함에서 떠나 부패할까 두려워하노라." (고후 11:3) 그 때에 예수께서 대답하여 이르시되 천지의 주재이신 아버지여 이것을 지혜롭고 슬기 있는 자들에게는 숨기시고 어린 아이들에게..

THE ACCOUNT WITH PERSECUTION “But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Matthew 5:39, etc. These verses reveal the humiliation of being a Christian. Naturally, if a man does not hit back, it is because he is a coward; but spiritually if a man does not hit back, it is a manifestation of the Son of God in him. W..

GET A MOVE ON “And beside this…add….” 2 Peter 1:5 In the matter of Drudgery. You have inherited the Divine nature, says Peter (v.4), now screw your attention down and form habits, give diligence, concentrate. “Add” means all that character means. No man is born either naturally or supernaturally with character, he has to make character. Nor are we born with habits; ..

THE UNCRITICAL TEMPER “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Matthew 7:1 Jesus says regarding judging-Don’t. The average Christian is the most penetratingly critical individual. Criticism is a part of the ordinary faculty of man; but in the spiritual domain nothing is accomplished by criticism. The effect of criticism is a dividing up of powers of the one criticized; the Holy Ghost is the onl..