We're in a family
April 6, 2023
Fellowship, you see—we’re in a family. That’s the thing that’s important today. I don’t care about these little rules that you’re following and you think that somehow or another that you are going to live the Christian life like that. My friend, God doesn’t want you to be a programmed computer. He’s not trying to make that out of you. You’re a human being with your own free will, but you’re a member of His family, and He wants to have fellowship with you. And I think we can talk to Him as we talk to no one else. If we are to have fellowship with the Father and enjoy it and have an assurance in our own heart, we must keep His commandments. Don’t say that we’re free do as we please. A Christian doesn’t do as he pleases; he does as Christ pleases.
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The sincere child of God wants to please the Father. And he walks along with that in mind, as the Psalmist expressed it in Psalm 139:23, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts.” And every child of God wants, therefore, to please the Father. And thank God we have propitiation. Now that means Christ is really our mercy seat. He is the One. Friends, you see, Christianity today is not a ritual, it’s not a ceremony, it’s not a system, and it’s not even the church. Christianity is a Person, and that Person is Christ. He is our mercy seat. Now He’s a mercy seat for the whole world.
April 5, 2023
Now fellowship for a believer means that we meet and share the things of Christ. In fact, this Bible study we have together here each day, I trust is a fellowship with many of you. As we talk about the Lord Jesus and about His Word, we trust that you enter into it and that it becomes meaningful to you, and that you and I share the things of Christ. We can have fellowship one with another when we share the things of Christ and we can have fellowship with Him. And I think right now He’s listening in to us and that He’s watching you and me both. And He’s saying, “McGee, why don’t you do a better job than you’re doing?" I wish I could present Him in a more wonderful way because, friends, that’s one of His names. He’s wonderful.
April 4, 2023
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." And until you are ready to take that verse and put it at the first of the Bible and accept it, my friend, you’re not prepared to read very much farther in the Word of God. Because that’s where it all rests. Did God create this universe? Or is it a happenstance? And it’s almost ridiculous to think that it just happened, that this universe just came into existence. It is like Dr. Conklin said, to make a statement like that, that it just happened, is just as ridiculous to say that as it is to say that the dictionary came into existence because they had an explosion in a print shop. There is intelligence back of this universe that you and I live in.
April 3, 2023
“Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed who feareth the Lord.” You can’t get away from that. Thus, there’s that reverential fear of God. Obedience unto Him. The children know whether you love the Lord, whether you’re serving Him, whether you’re obeying Him, whether He’s important in your life. My friend, there’s no substitute for that. You never have a happy home until you get rightly related with God. And when you get rightly related with God, then it’ll be amazing how many of these other problems that they just fall into place and take care of themselves.
March 31, 2023
“Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.” What is it that makes a happy family? What’s the foundation? Oh, I know that there’s all kinds of conferences today for the family, the young family, and how they can adopt certain methods and adjust themselves to certain procedures. My friend, you can never have a happy home until there is the fear of the Lord in that home. And a home where they walk day by day in the home in the ways of the Lord. There must be the fear of the Lord.
March 30, 2023
And the very interesting thing is that many of the writers of the Talmud pointed it out. And the thing they pointed out was this: That their life is like this. We come to God as a sinner. We’re away from Him, separated from Him, alienated from Him. And then we come to Him, and as we come to Him in salvation, we come to Him in our sanctification, that we might grow in grace and the knowledge of Him. And so, it’s a constant “going up.” And we’re climbing a spiritual way. And, friends, you and I ought to be farther along today than we were last year, and we ought to recognize that.
March 29, 2023
“Thy word have I hidden in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” I think frankly what it means is this: “Thy word have I hidden in my heart,” which means “I obey it.” That’s the important thing. It’s not that you would be able to stand up and by rote be able to give verse after verse. Now that’s wonderful. I hope you won't misunderstand me, that I'm criticizing that. I believe in that. I think it’s a great program that several men are carrying on today getting young people to memorize the Word of God. But we also need to recognize that this means more than that. It means to obey it. That’s what it means to hide it in your heart.
March 28, 2023
“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.” My, we like to get in our little corner down here and fix it up and think it’s going to be permanent. And we get our little blanket, and we get our little false security down here. May I say to you, the best we are—we’re a pilgrim and a stranger down here. And that’s the way we ought to live this life, friend. And we’re journeying—we seek a city “whose builder and maker is God.”
March 27, 2023
And again, let me say it, the Psalms are full of Christ. There is a more complete picture of Him in Psalms than in the Gospels. The Gospels tell us that He went to the mountain to pray, but the Psalms give us His prayer. The Gospels tell us that He was crucified, but the Psalms tells us what went on in His own heart during the crucifixion. The Gospels tell us that He went back to heaven, but the Psalms begin where the Gospels leave off and show us Christ seated in the heavens.
March 24, 2023
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” Now that is something that you and I have never seen—a world or a home or a person who has never shed a tear. This is a world that’s filled with tears. Now tears are the badge of heartbreak, home break, disappointments. You and I are in that kind of a world today. Won’t it be wonderful to be in a city, regardless of its shape, where there will be no more tears? Paul said, “You know, I’d like to be at home with the Lord." It means no more tears; never again a tear.
March 23, 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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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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