You can depend on Him
January 8, 2024
Need help today? You need a partner today? I want to recommend one to you. He’ll never desert you. Never leave you nor forsake you. And He says, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end.” You may desert Vernon McGee but He never will. And that’s the reason I depend on Him more than I depend on you, my friend. And that’s the reason you ought to depend on Him instead of depending on me. Oh, that there might be praise in your mouth and in my mouth, and your life and my life, and your heart and my heart today. Praise to God.
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“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.” Now you’re complete. Actually, this is a nautical term, and you could translate it like this in a very vivid way: “You are ready for the voyage of life in Him.” Isn’t that a wonderful way of putting it? You’re ready for the voyage of life in Christ and whatever you need for the voyage of life. Now that is where we say Christ is the answer. What’s your question? What is it you need today? Are you carried away by philosophy? Then turn to Christ. Are you carried away today by enticing words? Turn to Christ.
January 5, 2024
He speaks of “the tradition of men.” That’s quite interesting. This is the thing, you remember, that the Lord Jesus condemned the religious rulers for in His day—that they taught the tradition of men rather than the Word of God. And that, very frankly, is one of the things that has turned us to teach the total Word of God, because it’s so easy for all of us to lift out some peculiar interpretation that we have of a particular passage. Now I believe in prophecy, but there’s more in the Word of God than prophecy. And that’s one reason, I think, today that we ought to study the total Word of God; not just part of it, but the total Word of God.
January 4, 2024
“In whom [and that’s Christ] are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” We’re told here that He is the reservoir of all knowledge. In the science building where I went to college, there was a motto on the bulletin board: “Next to knowing is knowing where to find out.” Well, friends, I don’t know everything, and I’m sure many of you’ve discovered that by now—but I know where to find out. Because I know somebody who does. “Christ has been made unto us wisdom,” and we need to rest in that. “All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” are in Him. And how wonderful this is.
January 3, 2024
That their hearts might be comforted….” Now “heart” here indicates the entire inner man. That means the whole, propulsive nature of man. That’s our humanity. That their hearts, their humanity, their persons might be comforted. The word here actually means “knit together” and might be comforted—being knit together in love. And that means compacted. Love just draws them together. After all, the thing that unites a church is not gifts or even what we call today spirituality. The thing that unites believers is love, friends. It’s the cement that holds us together. It’s Elmer’s glue, if you please.
January 2, 2024
Are you resting, Christian, resting in His arms of tender care, that God will meet your situation? Will you trust Him, do you dare? Oh, they seek to overwhelm us, trials soar that wear and tear. But our God is able, willing—everything to help us bear. Call upon Him, call upon Him. He will hear and answer, too. He is one of great compassions; every morning they are new. Earthly friends are oft unable; then again, they prove untrue. But our God will not forsake us; He will see us safely through.
January 1, 2024
“Having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.” That means that by His paying the penalty on the cross for your sin and my sin, that it’s made peace between God and the sinner—so that God today is not approaching man on the basis of saying, “Look here, fellow, I’m against you. You’ve been rebelling against Me and I’m going to have to punish you.” No. God is saying to the lost sinner today and to you and me—“I’ve already paid the penalty, and if you come to Me, then there’s peace.”
December 29, 2023
"Paul calls himself “an apostle of Jesus Christ” and always “by the will of God.” And the important thing today: Are you in the will of God when you’re serving Christ? Are you sure you’re in the proper place? Are you sure you’re doing the proper thing? I believe every believer is called to function in the body of believers. We’ve got too many people active, doing something they’re not supposed to be doing. They just think, “I’ve got to get busy doing what brother so-and-so is doing.” All of us have different gifts, and I think we’re going to function a little differently, but we ought to be functioning. And when you know you’re in the will of God, there’ll be a deep satisfaction.
December 28, 2023
“I can do all things in Christ which strengtheneth me.” You can do all things in Christ, and that means in the context of the will of Christ for your life. Whatever He has for you to do, He supplies the power. Whatever gift that He gives you, He’ll give you the power to exercise that gift. And that is, after all, what a gift is. A gift is a manifestation of the Spirit of God in the life of the believer. And therefore, power is in this context of the will of Christ. You are in Christ. As long as you function in Christ, you will have power to do what He wants you to do.
December 27, 2023
Even in the Old Testament, man did not have access to God. The tabernacle shut man out. There were three entrances, but there was also three closed gates. No Israelite, except the high priest, ever went there, and he but once a year. A careful study of the tabernacle will reveal the fact that the wonderful person who came to this earth over 1900 years ago actually shut man out from God until He went to the cross and died for the sins of the world. And one of the glorious things of this day in which we live is the fact that we have access, direct and immediate, to God through the Lord Jesus Christ.
December 26, 2023
“God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son….” And that’s what Christmas is all about. God gave His Son, friends, “that whosoever believeth on Him ….” You see, the gospel is not something you do, it’s something you believe. Do you believe God? All God asks you to do is—He says, “I’ve got a gift for you this Christmas—My Son. Will you take it?” You don’t have to pay for it. You have to receive it. And that is yours. And I trust in this hour in which we live that many of you today, if you’ve not yet received God’s gift, that you’ll avail yourself of the opportunity, because right where you are you can receive God’s gift.
December 25, 2023
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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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