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December 11 Individuality “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself.” Matthew 16:24 Individuality is the husk of the personal life. Individuality is all elbows, it separates and isolates. It is the characteristic of the child and rightly so; but if we mistake individuality for the personal life, we will remain […] December 10 The Offering Of The Natural “Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.” Galatians 4:22 Paul is not dealing with sin in this chapter of Galatians, but with the relation of the natural to the spiritual. The natural must be turned into the spiritual by sacrifice, otherwise […] December 9 The Offence Of The Natural “And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” Galatians 5:24 The natural life is not sinful; we must be apostatized from sin, have nothing to do with sin in any shape or form. Sin belongs to hell and the devil; I, […] December 8 The Impartial Power Of God “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” Hebrews 10:14 We trample the blood of the Son of God under foot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only explanation of the forgiveness of God and […] December 7 Repentance “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.” 2 Corinthians 7:10 Conviction of sin is best portrayed in the words – “My sins, my sins, my Saviour, How sad on Thee they fall.” Conviction of sin is one of the rarest things that ever strikes a man. It is the threshold […] |
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