Absolute Surrender
Lesson 37: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 1
Lesson 37: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 1The words from which I wish to address you, you will find in the Epistle to the Galatians, the third chapter, at the third verse; let us read the second verse also: “This only would I learn of you, did yo…
Lesson 38: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 2
Lesson 38: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 2Now, we have here a solemn discovery of what the great lack is in the Church of Christ. God has called the Church of Christ to live in the power of the Holy Spirit, and the church is living for the most…
Lesson 39: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 3
Lesson 39: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 3Now look, in the second place, at the great danger. You all know what shunting is on a railway. A locomotive with its train may be run in a certain direction, and the points at some place may not be prope…
Lesson 40: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 4
Lesson 40: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 4A third thought: What are the proofs or indications that a church like the Galatians, or a Christian, is serving God in the power of the flesh—is perfecting the flesh what was begun in the Spirit? The ans…
Lesson 41: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 5
Lesson 41: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 5Do not let us think, because the blessed Reformation restored the great doctrine of justification by faith, that the power of the Holy Spirit was then fully restored. If it is through our faith that God…
Lesson 42: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 6
Lesson 42: Having Begun In The Spirit, part 6I have often been asked by young Christians, “Why is it that I fail so? I so solemnly vowed with my whole heart, and desired to serve God; why have I failed? "To such I always give the one answer: “My dea…
Lesson 43: Kept by the Power of God, part 1
Lesson 43: Kept by the Power of God, part 1The words from which I speak, you will find in 1 Peter 1:5. The third and fourth verses are “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who...hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the re…
Lesson 44: Kept by the Power of God, part 2
Lesson 44: Kept by the Power of God, part 2 First, look at the divine side— KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD. Think, first of all, that this keeping is all-inclusive. What is kept? You are kept. How much of you? The whole being. Does God keep one part of yo…
Lesson 45: Kept by the Power of God, part 3
Lesson 45: Kept by the Power of God, part 3Now I bring you the message that in prosperity as in adversity, in the sunshine as in the dark, your God is ready to keep you all the time.Then again, there are others who think of this keeping thus, “God…