The evidence of Christianity
November 28, 2023
Only God can see the heart. He knows what your true condition is and He knows what my true condition is. He knows whether I have saving faith, whether you have saving faith. But, you know, your neighbor can’t see saving faith, but he can see the works of faith. Saving faith will work itself out so your neighbor will get the impression that you are different—that you are a Christian. You wouldn’t have to wear a placard around. As we read a little note the other day, the statement was made, “If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?” It’s a good question. Would there be enough evidence to convict you?
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“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” A little girl was in church with her mother when the preacher read this verse in the passage of scripture, here he was reading. And when he read this verse the little girl said in a stage whisper to her mother, she says, “Mama, you can’t work out salvation unless it’s first been worked in, can you?” That’s a very good question. You can’t work out a salvation unless it’s first been worked in.
November 27, 2023
Imagine those that have taken His name in vain, hated Him, disowned Him, actually spit upon Him down here, and having to acknowledge His lordship. But they are not reconciled to God at all, because you find in the epistle to the Colossians that He “made peace through the blood of his cross, to reconcile all things unto himself.” “All things”—then that means under the earth? Oh, no. “By him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.” But not under the earth. No, hell is not reconciled to Him. But hell will have to recognize who He is. Even the Christ rejecters will have to stand before Him someday and recognize who He is.
November 24, 2023
“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him.” That is the supreme purpose of God the Father in this universe, that Jesus Christ be glorified in the universe that He created. And that He’d be glorified on the earth where man dwells, where man rebelled against God. And the thing that makes this little earth significant and important happens to be the death of Christ, nothing else. The thing that has leant dignity to man and has caused him to look up into the heavens and sing the doxology is the fact that Jesus Christ came to this earth and died on the cross for us.
November 23, 2023
“Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.” Now that is a rather stilted translation. I think I can put that in some good ole Americana. What he actually is saying here is that when He was there—at the right hand of God the Father, and He was God—He didn’t come down reluctantly. He hadn’t gone to school to become God. He wasn’t advanced from another position. He was God. There is no danger of Him losing that position. When He left heaven’s glory, He did it with delight. There was nothing that caused Him to hold back at all. He came with great joy to this earth.
November 22, 2023
One of the things that I think is the answer to envy is for every Christian to recognize that he has a gift. And the problem is that some men who do not have a gift are envious of those that have another gift. And gifts are to be exercised—as Paul told the Corinthians. He says, “It’s to be done in love.” Love never says, “Oh, my, I wish I had your gift. The Lord sure shortchanged me. I wish I could do as you do.” Well, my friend, we don’t all have the same gift. And love—if your gift is exercised in love—well, you will not envy somebody else. Everything you’ve got today, friends, God gave it to you.
November 21, 2023
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Whatever He intends for you, He’s going to see it through. My friend, that’s the most wonderful thing that I know of in the Bible. God has brought you up to the present moment, hasn’t He? Well friends, why do you think He’s going to let you down? You think now He’s going to turn loose of you? Oh, I have held onto this in a dark night when the storm outside was just beating against my little bark, and I thought I was through. But He said, “You’re not, I’ll not let you down.” This is a great verse.
November 20, 2023
We’re trying today to produce joy in the church by external means. You know we have a program that we tell folks, “Come—you’ll enjoy it.” But that actually is not joy. Because joy does not depend on outward circumstances. It depends upon the inward condition of the individual. What’s your attitude toward life? If you are complaining and whining today about your lot in life, why certainly, you’re not going to have joy in your life. When you and I get to the place where we find ourselves in the center of the will of God and, regardless of where it is, we know we’re in God’s will, then there’ll be joy in our lives.
November 17, 2023
Saints are believers in Christ. And they’re not that because of their conduct, but because of their position in Christ, which simply means this: Anything that is “saint” or “holy,” the same word here, means “separated for the use of God; that which belongs to God.” Why, the old pots and pans in the tabernacle were called holy vessels, and they were sure beaten and battered. They didn’t look holy, but they were. Why? They were set aside for the use of God. And that should be the position of every child of God—set aside for the use of God.
November 16, 2023
There’s a great hope the Christian has today. “Beloved, it doeth not yet appear what we shall be, but when He shall appear, we shall be like Him.” And today He’s the One that offers gifts. And today He’s the One that is the God of heaven, and our hope is in Him. And you may look out at the world and, if you do, you’ll be like Simon Peter, you’ll begin to sink. But don’t look to them—look to the Lord Jesus Christ. Look to Him. And, my friend, He can lift you out of this present day. May I say to you: Look to the living Christ. He is the Lord God of heaven.
November 15, 2023
The gospel has power, my beloved, and it still has power. Now, it has power for very definite things. “It is the power of God unto salvation.” That’s the end and the effect of the gospel. Salvation is the all-inclusive term of the gospel, and it simply means deliverance. And it has everything in it, from justification to glorification. It’s both an act and a process. It’s equally true: “I have been saved, I am being saved, I shall be saved.” And it’s to everyone. It embraces the entire human race irrespective of racial or religious barriers. It’s personal, for it is directed to every individual and “whosoever will may come.” It’s for everyone.
November 14, 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.