You Can Walk In The Path Of Your Choosing
Teaching The Truth
"There are the 'ways" of men, and the 'ways" of God; the 'paths' of sin, and the 'paths' of righteousness: there are Thy ways, and there are my ways; Thine the ways of truth, mine the ways of error; Thine which are good in Thine eyes, and mine which are good in mine eyes; Thine which lead to heaven, mine which lead to Hell. Wherefore, shew me Thy ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths, lest I mistake mine own ways for Thine; yea, lead me in Thy truth, and teach me, lest I turn out of Thy ways into mine own..." (The Treasury Of David)
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What Are You Doing Sleeping At A Time Like This?
Teaching The Truth
"A Christian is always in danger, and therefore should ever be on the watch; but the danger is greater at some times and under some circumstances...If a Christian would be secure, he must be on his guard; and the more his danger, the greater vigilance is needful for his security." (Matthew Henry)
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Putting On What Should Be Left Off
Teaching The Truth
"In the great spiritual transformation experienced by every believer, there is a twofold and coincident operation - the putting off of the old and the putting on of the new; there is an act of renunciation and unclothing and an act of reception and investment. This change is complete; it pervades the whole man, ruling every power, fashioning the character, and inspiring the entire life. This change is divine in its origin and outworking." (The Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)
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Your Design Should Be To Disturb The Ease
Teaching The Truth
"There is something very agreeable and desirable in ease. Yet, strange as the declaration may appear, this tranquility is too common; and to disturb it should be our design. For your peace may be a false peace. Before an earthquake, the air is uncommonly serene." (The Biblical Illustrator)
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How To Avoid Future Trouble
Teaching The Truth
"To cleave to anything is to grasp it firmly, to hold it tenaciously, and to prefer to be torn In pieces rather than to be torn from it...So let young converts, and even aged saints, cleave unto or continue 'to abide with the Lord'; then they will avoid every by-path." (The Biblical Illustrator)
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There's A New Sheriff In Town
Teaching The Truth
"Every Christian is a living temple of the living God. God dwelt in the Jewish temple, took possession of it, and resided in it, by that glorious cloud that was the token of His presence with that people. So Christ by His Spirit dwells in all true believers. The temple was devoted and consecrated to God, and set apart from every common to a holy use, to the immediate service of God. So all Christians are separated from common uses, and set apart for God and His service." (Matthew Henry)
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We Obey God Rather Than Men
Teaching The Truth
"As obedient children. An invariable characteristic of all Christians. The divisions between God's children and the children of this world turns on obedience to God." (The People's New Testament Commentary)
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The Way To Experience A Personal Revival
Teaching The Truth
"Let others lift up their souls to vanity, I will dare to be singular, I will lift up my soul to Thee." (The Biblical Illustrator)
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Are You Remembering?
Teaching The Truth
"Those who have God for their Savior, Protector, and Guide, have no reason to fear, but may walk through life and through the valley of the shadow of death unmoved by the enemies and dangers that may surround them." (Family Bible Notes)
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Not For Love But For Loaves
Teaching The Truth
"They seek Him with their whole heart. They do not seek themselves and their own things, but God only; this is that which they aim at...He is, and will be, the rewarder, the reward, of all those who thus seek Him diligently, seek Him with the heart, for that is it that God looks at and requires; and with the whole heart, for if the heart be divided between Him and the world, it is faulty." (Matthew Henry)
info_outline"Many of you do not give the motives and principles of the gospel, which you say you believe, a chance of influencing you, because so interruptedly and spasmodically, and at such long intervals, and for so few moments, do you gaze upon them. Steadfast and continued attention is needful if we are to be 'doers of the work.' " (The Preacher's Homiletic Commentary)