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…
Lesson 10: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 4
Lesson 10: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 4A great many of us try hard at times to love. We try to force ourselves to love, and I do not say that is wrong; it is better than nothing. But the end of it is always very sad. "I fail continually…
Lesson 11: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 5
Lesson 11: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 5Then there is the tongue! We sometimes speak of the tongue when we talk of the better life and the restful life, but just think what liberty many Christians give to their tongues. They say: "I have…
Lesson 12: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 6
Lesson 12: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 6We continue with the subject of loving our fellow believers. You know what John further says in that most solemn test, 1 John, 4:20: "If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar;…
Lesson 13: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 7
Lesson 13: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 7Think of the Church at large. What divisions! Think of the different bodies. Take the question of holiness, take the question of the cleansing blood, take the question of the baptism of the Spirit—…
Lesson 14: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 8
Lesson 14: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 8People often ask “What is the baptism of fire? "I have answered more than once: I know no fire like the fire of God, the fire of everlasting love that consumed the sacrifice on Calvary. The baptism…
Lesson 15: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 9
Lesson 15: "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love," part 9Oh God, baptize our ministers with a tender love, and our missionaries, and our Bible-readers, and our workers, and our young men's and young women's associations. Oh that God would begin with us…
Lesson 16: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 1
Lesson 16: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 1"Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen… and Saul. "As they ministered to the…
Lesson 17: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 2
Lesson 17: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 2The second thought: God is willing and able to reveal to His servants what His will is. Yes, blessed be God, communications come down from heaven still! As we read here what the Holy Spirit said, so…
Lesson 18: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 3
Lesson 18: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 3That brings me to the third thought: Note the disposition to which the Spirit reveals God's will. What do we read here? There were several men ministering to the Lord and fasting, and the Holy Spirit…
Lesson 19: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 4
Lesson 19: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 4The fourth thought. What is the will of God as the Holy Spirit reveals it? It is contained in one word: Separation unto the Holy Spirit. That is THE KEYNOTE OF THE MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN."Separate me Bar…
Lesson 20: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 5
Lesson 20: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 5There is a difference between the power of the Spirit as a gift, and the power of the Spirit for the grace of a holy life. A man may often have a measure of the power of the Spirit, but if there be no…
Lesson 21: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 6
Lesson 21: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 6Then comes my fifth thought, and it is this: This holy partnership with the Holy Spirit in His work becomes a matter of consciousness and of action. These men, what did they do? They set apart Paul…
Lesson 22: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 7
Lesson 22: Separated Unto the Holy Spirit, part 7I hardly know a more solemn warning in God's Word than that which we find in the third chapter of Galatians, where Paul asked: "Having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh?"Do yo…
Lesson 23: Peter’s Repentance, part 1
Lesson 23: Peter’s Repentance, part 1"And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly."—Luke 22:61…
Lesson 24: Peter’s Repentance, part 2
Lesson 24: Peter’s Repentance, part 2 Second, look next at PETER LIVING THE LIFE OF SELF, pleasing self, and trusting self, and seeking the honor of self.You recollect that just after Christ had said to him, “Flesh and blood hath not revealed it unt…
Lesson 25: Peter’s Repentance, part 3
Lesson 25: Peter’s Repentance, part 3Third, look now at PETER'S REPENTANCE. Peter denied his Lord thrice, and then the Lord looked upon him; and that look of Jesus broke the heart of Peter, and all at once there opened before him the terrible sin th…
Lesson 26: Peter’s Repentance, part 4
Lesson 26: Peter’s Repentance, part 4I read again how Peter says, “To this you are called, to suffer, even as Christ suffered." I understand what a change had come over Peter. Instead of denying Christ, he found joy and pleasure in having self denie…
Lesson 27: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 1
Lesson 27: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 1"And He said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."—Luke 18:27. Christ had said to the rich young ruler, “Sell all that thou hast…and come, follow me." The young man…
Lesson 28: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 2
Lesson 28: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 2God leads His children on to a third stage when a man comes to take that word, It is impossible, in its full truth, and yet at the same time says “I must do it, and I will do it—it is impossib…
Lesson 29: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 3
Lesson 29: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 3Now comes the second lesson. "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God." I said previously that there are many men who have learned the lesson, It is impossible with men,…
Lesson 30: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 4
Lesson 30: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 4The cause of the weakness of your Christian life is that you want to work it out partly, and to let God help you. And that cannot be. You must come to be utterly helpless, to let God work, and…
Lesson 31: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 5
Lesson 31: Impossible With Man, Possible With God, part 5Some are weary of thinking about sanctification. You pray, you have longed and cried for it, and yet it appeared so far off! The holiness and humility of Jesus—you are so conscious of how dist…
Lesson 32: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 1
Lesson 32: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 1"Oh wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord."—Romans 7:24-25. You know the wonderful place that this text has in the wonderful ep…
Lesson 33: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 2
Lesson 33: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 2Secondly: The regenerate man is also AN IMPOTENT MAN. Here is the great mistake made by many Christian people. They think that when there is a renewed will it is enough; but that is not the case. This rege…
Lesson 34: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 3
Lesson 34: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 3Thirdly: Not only is the man who makes this confession a regenerate and an impotent man, but he is also A WRETCHED MAN. He is utterly unhappy and miserable; and what is it that makes him so utterly miserab…
Lesson 35: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 4
Lesson 35: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 4Fourthly: When a man comes here he is ON THE VERY BRINK OF DELIVERANCE.The man has tried to obey the beautiful law of God. He has loved it, he has wept over his sin, he has tried to conquer, he has tried…
Lesson 36: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 5
Lesson 36: Oh Wretched Man That I Am, part 5What the Holy Spirit does is to give the victory. "If you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live." It is the Holy Spirit who does this—the third Person of the Godhead. It is…
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…
Lesson 46: Kept by the Power of God, part 4
Lesson 46: Kept by the Power of God, part 4Secondly, if you want to understand this keeping, remember that it is not only an all-inclusive keeping, but it is AN ALMIGHTY KEEPING.I want to get that truth burned into my soul, I want to worship God unt…
Lesson 47: Kept by the Power of God, part 5
Lesson 47: Kept by the Power of God, part 5 If you want to grow in grace, learn to begin here. In all your judgings and meditations and thoughts and deeds and questionings and studies and prayers, learn to be kept by your Almighty God. What is Almig…
Lesson 48: Kept by the Power of God, part 6
Lesson 48: Kept by the Power of God, part 6Will our God, in His tender-hearted love towards us, not keep us every moment when He has promised to do so? If we once got hold of the thought: Our whole religious life is to be God's doing—"It is God who…
Lesson 49: Kept by the Power of God, part 7
Lesson 49: Kept by the Power of God, part 7Do you want to enter what people call "the higher life"? Then go a step lower down. I remember Dr. Boardman telling how that once he was invited by a gentleman to go and see some works where they made fine…
Lesson 50: Kept by the Power of God, part 8
Lesson 50: Kept by the Power of God, part 8Perhaps I can make it more plain if I tell the story of how the Keswick Convention began. Canon Battersby was an evangelical clergyman of the Church of England for more than twenty years, a man of deep and…
Lesson 51: Kept by the Power of God, part 9
Lesson 51: Kept by the Power of God, part 9That brings me to just one more thought in regard to faith—faith implies FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.Many people want to take the Word and believe that, and they find they cannot believe it. You cannot separate God…
Lesson 52: Kept by the Power of God, part 10
Lesson 52: Kept by the Power of God, part 10I close by asking if you are willing to experience to the very full the heavenly keeping for the heavenly inheritance? Robert Murray M'Cheyne says, “Oh, God, make me as holy as a pardoned sinner can be mad…
Absolute Surrender
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