When Emotions Are Confused
Emotional health is definitely taking a massive beating during this global pandemic. If we were to think of our emotional health as a bank account and our emotions as the currency, there are deposits and there are withdrawals. The global pandemic, the lockdown, the economic devastation, the uncertain future and many other issues surrounding the pandemic are making big-time withdrawals…
Forgiveness by Oswald Chambers
The Opened Sight-Day 1
God’s first sovereign work of grace is summed up in the words, “…that they may receive forgiveness of sins….” When a person fails in his personal Christian life, it is usually because he has never received anything. The only sign that a person is saved is that he has received something from Jesus Christ.
Substitution-Day 2
The…
The Forgiveness of God
I now send you, to open their eyes…that they may receive forgiveness of sins…
Acts 26:17-18
Beware of the pleasant view of the fatherhood of God: God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That thought, based solely on emotion, cannot be found anywhere in the New Testament. The only basis on which God can…
The “Go” of Reconciliation
If you…remember that your brother has something against you…
Matthew 5:23
This verse says, “If you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you….” It is not saying, “If you search and find something because of your unbalanced sensitivity,” but, “If you…remember….” In other words, if something is brought to your conscious mind…
Repentance
Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation…
2 Corinthians 7:10
Conviction of sin is best described in the words:
My sins, my sins, my Savior,
How sad on Thee they fall.
Conviction of sin is one of the most uncommon things that ever happens to a person. It is the beginning of an understanding of God. Jesus Christ said that when the…
The Impartial Power Of God
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Hebrews 10:14
We trample the blood of the Son of God under foot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only explanation of the forgiveness of God and of the unfathomable depth of His forgetting, is the Death of Jesus Christ.…
When He Has Come
When He has come, He will convict the world of sin…
John 16:8
Very few of us know anything about conviction of sin. We know the experience of being disturbed because we have done wrong things. But conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit blots out every relationship on earth and makes us aware of only one— “Against You, You only,…
Substitution
He hath made Him to be sin for us,…that we might be made the righteousness of God.…
2 Corinthians 5:21
The modern view of the death of Jesus is that He died for our sins out of sympathy. The New Testament view is that He bore our sin not by sympathy, but by identification. He was made to be sin.…
The Opened Sight
I now send you, to open their eyes…that they may receive forgiveness of sins…
Acts 26:17-18
This verse is the greatest example of the true essence of the message of a disciple of Jesus Christ in all of the New Testament.
God’s first sovereign work of grace is summed up in the words, “…that they may receive forgiveness of sins….” When…
Forgiveness by Oswald
His Peace, Our Peace
Peace. Who among us doesn’t long for the state of mind and heart that is quiet and calm? A place where our inner being is as tranquil and undisturbed as a quiet lake?
Peace is universally desired—the personal, interpersonal, and international varieties of it. The worldwide quest for peace accounts for a fair share of the trillions…
Listing Your Way to Serving
Look around. What do you see? Whom do you see? As Jesus walked the earth, he saw people as they were and met them at their greatest point of need. From physical and emotional issues, to their deepest pressing spiritual concerns, Jesus served the needs of others. Famously, He said that He “did not come to be served, but to…
