Only faith
September 27, 2023
Now faith is the instrumental cause of salvation. It’s the only element that the sinner brings to the great transaction of faith. But we’re told it’s the gift of God. And now somebody’s going to say to me, “Well then, preacher, since it’s the gift of God and God hadn’t given it to me, then I guess I’m not to blame.” Oh, my friend, may I say to you? God’s made that very clear. “Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” My friend, if you want to trust Christ, you’ll have to listen to the Word of God. And God will give faith to all therefore who will give heed to the message of the gospel.
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“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it’s the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” Now this is the great verse that consummates this section in which he’s given to us, actually, the past, the present, and the future of the believer. We were dead in trespasses and sins, walking according to the course of the world. And now God, by His infinite, marvelous, wonderful grace has reached down and saved us. And then what a future we have. We’ll be on display revealing the grace of God.
September 26, 2023
God has His arms outstretched to a lost world and says, “If you’ll come My way.” And by the way this is His universe. He’s doing it His way. You may have a better way, but you don’t have a universe. He does. This is His. He makes the rules. And you’re going to have to come His way. He loves you. Oh, you can’t keep Him from loving you. Now it’s what you can do, you can’t keep the sun from shining, but you can get out of the sunshine. And by sin today—by being out of the will of God, turning your back on Him—you won’t experience the love of God. But if you will come to Him through Christ, He will save you. God is rich in mercy.
September 25, 2023
Now there’s many organized groups down here today that are not listening to the Lord Jesus, I can tell you that. And it’s a paralyzed church. You see, the most tragic thing in the world is to see some dear, especially child of God, lying on a bed helpless because the brain has been detached from the body. Well, I’ve been in many churches that are like that, haven’t you? Where actually the church is detached, and there are many individual Christians today that are detached from the head. My friend, He is the head of the body. “For as the body is one, hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many are one body: so also is Christ.”
September 22, 2023
Oh, my friend, the Spirit of God wants to teach us. And one of the reasons that God’s people are not in the Word of God today is because they’re not willing for the Spirit of God to teach them. Why don’t you let the Spirit of God teach you, Christian friend? When you read a passage of Scripture and you say, “I don’t understand that. I read that.” I have people say that—“I read that many times, and I never saw that in it.” Well, when you didn’t get anything out of it, you get to a barren place in Scripture—and I get there many times even today—just get down on your knees or just turn to the Lord and say, “Lord, I missed the point, and You’ll have to teach me.” And He’ll teach you.
September 21, 2023
“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.” Now “the eyes of your heart being enlightened,” and you’ll notice here that this is quite remarkable. The eyes of your heart—not the eyes of your mind—that your heart might understand. You see that, you may be very brilliant intellectually, but that does not guarantee that you can understand spiritual truth. Because “eye hath not seen, neither ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things that God hath prepared for them that love him.” And only the Spirit of God can teach them to you.
September 20, 2023
“That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.” Now that adds purpose and meaning to life; to know that your life and my life—and when you put both of them together, you and I don’t have very much, do we, to offer? But we’re going to be for the praise of His glory. God will be able throughout the endless ages of eternity future to point to you and me and say, “Look there. You know? They weren’t worth saving, but I loved them and I saved them.” And that’s the thing that gives worth and standing and dignity and purpose and joy and glory to us. We exist today for the praise of His glory.
September 19, 2023
We are told in Luke 21:28, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Now that’s a marvelous word. It means now to set free, to pay a price and to set free. It means to liberate when the ransom is paid. It means to buy out of slavery in order to set a person free. Now man’s been sold under sin, and he’s in the bondage of sin. Man is a rotten, corrupt sinner and he can’t do anything else but sin. And he’s a slave to sin. Now Christ came to pay the price of his freedom, and that’s what the Lord Jesus meant when He said, “If the Son make you free, you’ll be free indeed.”
September 18, 2023
My friend, I’m going to be in heaven someday. And I’m not going to be there because Vernon McGee is a nice little boy. He’s not. You just don’t know me like I know myself. If you did, you’d tune your radio out. But wait a minute. Don’t tune it out. Because if I knew you like you know yourself, well I wouldn’t speak to you. So let’s stay together, will you? Because we’re both in the same boat, by the way. We’re all lost sinners. And the reason that I’m going to be in heaven is not because I joined the church. The reason I’m going to be in heaven is because of the mercy of God. I’m a lost sinner. And until you and I are willing to come to God as a nobody and then let Him make us a somebody, you and I’ll never get saved.
September 15, 2023
The Father chose us in Christ, and the Father predestinated us to the place of a sonship. The Father made us accepted in the Beloved. And all of this is to the praise of the glory of His grace. He’s the One that gets the credit. He’s the One did it all. And you know, that’s going to be for your good and my good. I don’t know about you today, I’m going to revel in this. I’m going to rejoice in this. And my friend, I’m going to talk about this because it’s worth talking about. Oh, my friend, how we need to see the grace of God as it’s revealed in Christ.
September 14, 2023
You’re lost, friend. That’s your condition. And God is prepared to extend mercy to you. Our problem today is that the Bible condemns the sin in our lives. And that’s the problem because of the fact when the heart is willing to turn to God, God will save you. Now that is something that’s, I know, rather strong. But maybe somebody today needs to say it like this. And He’s done this in order that He might bring you and me into heaven someday. When we get there, we’re going to find out He did it.
September 13, 2023
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Get ready to fight the good fight against legalism in Galatians. When this letter was written, it defended the gospel of Christ from people who wanted to reduce it to rules. Not surprising, Galatians has provided the backbone for several great spiritual revivals around the world. Freedom, we learn, is a serious fight. Allow grace to revolutionize your own life through these seven lessons from Dr. J. Vernon McGee.
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From the same incredible heritage ministry and timeless voice of Dr. J. Vernon McGee, we are thrilled to present to you brand-new programming from Thru the Bible. The content of these programs has been carefully curated from both the daily program and the sermons that Dr. McGee delivered over the years.
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Thru the Bible - Sunday Sermon
Thru the Bible International
A Través de la Biblia
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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