Absolute Surrender
Lesson 1: Surrender is Absolute, part 1
Lesson 1: Surrender is Absolute, part 11 Kings 20:1-4 (ESV) 1 Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. Thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and closed in on Samaria and fought against it.2 And…
Lesson 2: Surrender is Absolute, part 2
Lesson 2: Surrender is Absolute, part 2 Let me begin this lesson with this: God claims “absolute surrender” from us.Yes, it has its foundation in the very nature of God.God cannot do otherwise. Who is God? He is the Fountain of life, the only Source…
Lesson 3: Surrender is Absolute, part 3
Lesson 3: Surrender is Absolute, part 3 Look at the men in the Old Testament, like Abraham. Do you think it was by accident that God found that man, the father of the Faithful and the Friend of God, and that it was Abraham himself, apart from God,…
Lesson 4: Surrender is Absolute, part 4
Lesson 4: Surrender is Absolute, part 4 Have you never yet learned the lesson that the Holy Spirit works with mighty power while on the human side everything appears weak? Look at the Lord Jesus Christ in Gethsemane. We read that He, "through the…
Lesson 5: Surrender is Absolute, part 5
Lesson 5: Surrender is Absolute, part 5 A life of absolute surrender has its difficulties. I do not deny that. Yes, it has something far more than difficulties; it is a life that with men is absolutely impossible. But by the grace of God, by the pow…
Lesson 6: Surrender is Absolute, part 6
Lesson 6: Surrender is Absolute, part 6 The last thought. This absolute surrender to God will wonderfully bless us. What Ahab said to his enemy, King Benhadad, "My lord, oh king, according to your word I am yours, and all that I have" shall we not…
Lesson 7: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love, " part 1
Lesson 7: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love, " part 1I want to look at the fact of a life filled with the Holy Spirit more from the practical side, and to show how this life will show itself in our daily walk and conduct. In the Old Testament you kno…
Lesson 8: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 2
Lesson 8: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 2Now, why is it that the fruit of the Spirit is love? Because God is love. (1 John 4:8) What does that mean?It is the very nature and being of God to delight in communicating Himself. God has no self…
Lesson 9: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 3
Lesson 9: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 3What was the preparation for the promise of the Holy Spirit? You know that promise as found in the fourteenth chapter of John's gospel. But remember what precedes, in the thirteenth chapter. Before…