The Knowledge Of God
The Knowledge of God is not just knowing a fact, or truth of God. To know God is first of all to be cleansed from all sin, by putting one's faith in Christ alone, trusting in His precious blood shed on Calvary, to wash away all sin. Then it means to be born of the Spirit, so that by the Spirit, the very life of Christ is communicated to the believer, and through his life.
Knowing Something Of The Greatness Of God
How can one so small and limited as we are know the Eternal God, Maker of heaven and earth, and sole Redeemer in Christ for everyone who will truly believe in Him? It is possible when one considers that it is the will of God that we know Him. Secondly, that God has provided a certain way to know Him. And thirdly, that any individual who seeks Him can find Him, and thus, be found by Him.
Eternal Life The Fundamental Issue
The fundamental truth, reality, and expression of true faith, is the unveiling of the life of Christ in the heart. When one is born again of the Spirit of God, he or she is born into the family of God, one spiritually with Him. Christ dwells in the heart. The presence of Christ by His spirit in the heart is the seal of God upon the life, that not only does one HAVE eternal Life in Christ, but that he or she shall live eternally with and by Him, in the fulness of His joy.
The Way Of Fruitfulness
Fruitfulness simply means the expression, or manifestation of the life of Christ in the believer, as revealed by the Spirit of God. This occurs when the believer truly abides in Christ as his Life. In the act and attitude of setting one's life in Christ, deriving all from Him by the inward attitude of faith, one abides in Him, and Him in the believer. It is then that His life is revealed in and through the life for His glory.
The Provider And The Provision Of Seed
It is part of God's work to provide for His children, His servants, those in His service. He is also the provider of daily bread for us all. Paul declares that God will provide according to the riches of His grace, a grace that is sufficient for every need. Submission to Him, to believe Him for the provision of seed in abundance, is necessary in order to receive from Him all that He desires to give for His glory.
The Perfect Present Timing Of God
God is never late, we are. He is never early, we are. To know His peace in the circumstances of His choosing, we must be resigned to the knowledge of His will, as it is perfect and good. It was Hudson Taylor who wrote: "God's work done in God's way, will never lack God's supply."
The Effective Power Of The Gospel
The effective power of the Gospel stems from the faithfulness of God, who speaks living words, to accomplish His perfect will and way according to his word. He sends HIs words, the Gospel, forth, preached in the power of the Spirit, to accomplish His perfect purpose will and way. His word, the Gospel, is the power of God to salvation.
The Day The Sun Stood Still
How is it that God responded to Joshua's need for more time to conquer his foe, the enemy of Israel? It is because God found in Joshua someone humble enough to speak to the Lord concerning the need, but also, to believe Him in obedient faith to act under His authority. God found in Joshua a man whose heart was full of faith, and whole-heartedly obedient.
Living By Christ
Christianity is an exchanged life, one where the believer, on the basis of Christ's complete and perfect work on the cross, can, by the grace of God, put off the old life in Adam, and put on Christ. This means the turning away from all trust in the flesh and putting one's faith wholly in Christ as one's life. The Apostle Paul would sum this up in his words: "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Difficulty In Believing
There is coming a day when, as the Scriptures declare, faith will become sight, for we will see Jesus as He IS, and we shall be changed. Between now and then, our "seeing" is by faith, according to the revealed truth of God's word. The difficulty in believing comes in the form of "substitutes" of trust, which the world presents to us, as well as the devil. Only the work of the cross can deliver us from those things which are broken reeds on which we might lean. Christ alone is our eternal Rock, unmovable, unchanging, and ever present by the Spirit.