"He caught me"
February 3, 2023
The boy down in my southland years ago wanted to join the church. And the deacons, they were examining him. And they said, “How’d you get saved?” He said, “God did His part and I did my part.” And they thought they had him. And they said, “What was God’s part and what was your part?” “Well,” he says, “God’s part was the saving.” He said, “My part was the sinning.” He said, “I done run from Him as fast as my sinful heart and rebellious legs would take me.” And he says, “He done took out after me until He run me down.” My friend, that’s the way I got saved. Is that the way you got saved? That’s the way that it happens.
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I’m confident that for your life and my life as a child of God we’ll be able to look back over it someday and say “all of this worked out for good.” Job could say, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust Him….” That’s the kind of faith we need in God, friend, that we’re not time servants but that we know that He is going to make things work out because He’s the one motivating it. He is the one that’s energizing it, and it’s going to work out because He’s the one back of it.
February 2, 2023
“But we know”—and that means with divine knowledge. That means that we know because the Spirit of God has made it real to us. “…That for those who love God, all things are working together for good, even to them who are called ones according to his purpose.” Now we have seen in this chapter that “we know” and that this is divine knowledge—only the Spirit of God can make this real to you. And He can make it real to you—that you know that all things are working together for good.
February 1, 2023
If you have felt the whiplash of injustice of the world, if you have felt its unfairness, and you are oppressed and you find no place to turn, no appeal can be made to anyone. You’re trying to find a way out, and even today many are turning to all kinds of nostrums; some to drugs, some to drink, some to suicide. And there’s one, though, that’s calling you today, "for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which is lost," and He can help you. He wants to help you. Are you in distress? You need a Savior, and He’s calling out those that’ll come to Him today.
January 31, 2023
And now they found the Word of God. And that’s the only thing that you’ve got as a weapon, friends. It’s the Word of God that’s quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. There’s no shortcut today or easy route. There’s no new method to revival. We have a floodtide of books. What is the problem? They are presenting a method instead of presenting the Word of God. Nobody seems to be saying, "Let's come back to the Word of God." Oh, but somebody'd say, "We need to read So-and-so's book." No, we don't. We need to come back to the Word of God and forget what So-and-so’s book said. Fact of the matter is you can forget what Vernon McGee’s books said. We need to get back to the Word of God today.
January 30, 2023
God is rich today in mercy we’re told. Have you received mercy from the hand of God yet? It’s there for you. This is just part of the message that we find here in these first, actually, eight chapters of First Chronicles. It’s a genealogy. It’s the family of Adam. You and I are in it. We all belong to the same race. We’re all fallen. We’re all on equality. We’re all born equal in this sense: All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. And salvation is for mankind. What a glorious thing this genealogy is here. It’s the global genealogy.
January 27, 2023
And I’m glad the Lord loved David and that the Lord dealt with David as He did because David was so human. And I don’t know about you, but Vernon McGee is very human, and I found out God will deal with him, too, just as graciously and just as good. The Lord is good. The Lord is wonderful. Oh, that we give praise to God. I can’t build Him a temple, but, my friend, today we can offer the temple of the Holy Spirit these bodies of ours to Him. Now He doesn’t get very much; that is, when He gets me. But He’s got me. My friend, today, oh, what joy to be committed to Him.
January 26, 2023
I look back on my life and I think, “Oh, how good He’s been!" He’s merciful today toward an unsaved world. Why didn’t last night—why didn’t judgment come? Because God is merciful. He’s coming someday, but He’s longsuffering. He’s merciful. And He’s merciful to us. He pities His children; He looks upon us. And then, my friend, may I say to you there’s mercies of God for the future. God will never cease to be merciful. It’s not a happy disposition. With Him, it’s not a development of character. God is merciful. And David casts himself on the mercy of God.
January 25, 2023
You know God holds out salvation to a lost world, and on what basis? Why, He is the mercy seat. You remember John says in 1 John 2:2, "He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world." What is propitiation? The mercy seat. He has an abundance of mercy. And all you have to do if you want to be saved, friend, go into court with God, plead guilty, and then ask for mercy. He’s got plenty of it. That’s the way He’ll save you. There’s a pardon for you. You must claim it.
January 24, 2023
That’s all God is asking you to do today—by faith to take Jesus Christ. And He lifts you from the bottom, where there’s no purpose and meaning, and brings you to the light of God’s high and holy purpose for your life. Are you geared in today to Christ? Are you in that handle today that makes you useful, gives you a purpose, desire, and a direction? By simple faith “he reached out his hand and took it.”
January 23, 2023
Oh, today is there direction to your life? Are you today far from God? Oh, the greatest miracle today, my beloved, is not to go to the moon. If you this morning could go through space at the speed of light for the next million years and come to the highest heaven, you’d still have your sin upon you and you’d still be a sinner. You’d still be at the bottom of the Jordan River, far from God and lost to Him. What we need today, and what you need and what I need is to be lifted from the muck and the mire of sin and come to Christ who can give meaning to life.
January 20, 2023
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About Dr. J. Vernon McGee
John Vernon McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904. Dr. McGee remarked, "When I was born and the doctor gave me the customary whack, my mother said that I let out a yell that could be heard on all four borders of Texas!" His Creator well knew that he would need a powerful voice to deliver a powerful message.
After completing his education (including a Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary), he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, California. Dr. McGee's greatest pastorate was at the historic Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, where he served from 1949 to 1970.
He began teaching Thru the Bible in 1967. After retiring from the pastorate, he set up radio headquarters in Pasadena, and the radio ministry expanded rapidly. Listeners never seem to tire of Dr. McGee's unique brand of rubber-meets-the-road teaching, or his passion for teaching the whole Word of God.
On the morning of December 1, 1988, Dr. McGee fell asleep in his chair and quietly passed into the presence of his Savior.
After completing his education (including a Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary), he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, California. Dr. McGee's greatest pastorate was at the historic Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, where he served from 1949 to 1970.
He began teaching Thru the Bible in 1967. After retiring from the pastorate, he set up radio headquarters in Pasadena, and the radio ministry expanded rapidly. Listeners never seem to tire of Dr. McGee's unique brand of rubber-meets-the-road teaching, or his passion for teaching the whole Word of God.
On the morning of December 1, 1988, Dr. McGee fell asleep in his chair and quietly passed into the presence of his Savior.
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