성령 안에 있는 의와 평강과 희락(롬14:17)

THE STAGGERING QUESTION “Son of man, can these bones live?” Ezekiel 37:3 Can that sinner be turned into a saint? Can that twisted life be put right? There is only one answer: “O Lord, Thou knowest, I don’t.” Never trample in with religious common sense and say— “Oh, yes, with a little more Bible reading and devotion and prayer, I see how it can be done.” It..

GOD FIRST “Jesus did not commit Himself unto them, . . . for He knew what was in man.” John 2:24-25 Put God First in Trust. Our Lord trusted no man; yet He was never suspicious, never bitter, never in despair about any man because He put God first in trust; He trusted absolutely in what God’s grace could do for any man. If I put my trust in human beings first, I will end..

“Yes—But . . . !” “Lord, I will follow Thee; but . . . .” Luke 9:61 Supposing God tells you to do something which is an enormous test to your common sense, what are you going to do? Hang back? If you get into the habit of doing a thing in the physical domain, you will do it every time until you break the habit determinedly; and the same is true spiritually. Again..

UNDISTURBED RELATIONSHIP “At that day ye shall ask in My name . . . . The Father Himself loveth you.” John 16:26-27 “At that day ye shall ask in My name,” i.e., in My nature. Not—“You shall use My name as a magic word,” but—“You will be so intimate with Me that you will be one with Me.” “That day” is not a day hereafter, but a day meant for here..

UNQUESTIONED REVELATION “And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing.” John 16:23 When is “that day”? When the Ascended Lord makes you one with the Father. In that day you will be one with the Father as Jesus is, and “in that day,” Jesus says, “ye shall ask Me nothing.” Until the resurrection life of Jesus is manifested in you, you want to ask this and that; then a..

THE LIFE THAT LIVES “Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.” Luke 24:49 The disciples had to tarry until the day of Pentecost not for their own preparation only; they had to wait until the Lord was glorified historically. As soon as He was glorified, what happened? “Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having recei..

THINK AS JESUS TAUGHT “Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts, we think rightly. The blood flows ceaselessly, and breathing continues ceaselessly; we are not conscious of it, but it is alway..

THE TEST OF SELF-INTEREST “If thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.” Genesis 13:9 As soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and luxurious prospects will open up before you, and these things are yours by right; but if you are living the life of faith you will exerc..

VICARIOUS INTERCESSION "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus." Hebrews 10:19 Beware of imagining that intercession means bringing our personal sympathies into the presence of God and demanding that He does what we ask. Our approach to God is due entirely to the vicarious identification of our Lord with sin. We have “boldness to..

VITAL INTERCESSION "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit." Ephesians 6:18 As we go on in intercession we may find that our obedience to God is going to cost other people more than we thought. The danger then is to begin to intercede in sympathy with those whom God was gradually lifting to a totally different sphere in answer to our prayers. Whenever we..