Or, to put it in the words of the text we are going to stick to: "He is able to save to the end those who come to God through Him." So here are the people for whom He is praying. I only believe that the Master will now be able to meet with you and prove that "He is able to completely save those who come to God through Him." Oh, if you will only come to God through Him, you can, He will save you, no matter how far you've gone and how desperate you are.
THE SORROW THAT LEAD8 TO REPENTANCE
No," we must answer, "it is not," There is a greater cause of sorrow than this. There is a sorrow that lies deeper than this, though this seems to reach even to the abyss—it is sin.
IN THE PLACE OF GOD’S CHOOSING
Third, the text is most applicable to people who stray from their realm of usefulness. If you have grown gray and decrepit in the Master's service, serve on and take no.
FROM SORROW TO JOY
One day you will have the joy of your heart and your sorrow will turn to joy. Let his Spirit guide you and become his disciples tonight and your sorrow will turn to joy.
SAFE IN THE FATHER’S CARE,
The king of the creatures that God created in the forest is the lion. None of us can imagine the power that dwells in the Lord of hosts.
SALVATION AT THE CROSS
There are sins of luxury, sins of the world, sins that come from following the fashions of the world. And there I would that where there has been no family altar yet erected, where there has been no proclamation of the faith of Christ yet, I would that the Spirit of God would move the parents of the house this very night to call the house together and to say, "Let us pray!" It was a good one. I can't tell him; I don't know him, but oh, God knows him, and I've known many times that man has been set apart and the weapon of the Gospel has fallen and he has fallen.
Purify me, O blessed Spirit, with Thy infinite power.” May God send us much of the confession and the resulting consolation, which alone can bring peace to the soul.
GIVING GOD HIS DUE,
I will offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving and I will call on the name of the Lord.” It is just to praise God; and one of the duties of saints is to praise God's name. Get him out as soon as possible.” And the best way to heal the spleen is to offer a thank offering.
We will do this and offer a thank offering because it is one of the best ways to promote the great cause we are aiming at.
THE CHRISTIAN’S BADGE
The Lord's portion is his people, and he will not leave a Canaanite in the land. The portion of the Lord is his people," and as the tribes possessed their inheritance, so God will preserve every one of his people beyond the mighty, and in the teeth of all our adversaries. The portion of the Lord is his people." This implies great honor; for to be of God over other men is to have special honor over one.
It brings with it security, brothers, because if we are part of God, He will protect us.
FROM GLOOM TO GLORY
Man born of woman is of a few days." And this is true if you compare the life of man, first of all, with the life of God. Man born of a woman is of a few days." You've already had a few days; maybe you. Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble.” “Full of trouble.” Isn't that a gloomy sound.
For example, "A man born of a woman is a few days old." Well, who wants to live many days if they are full of problems.
THE GLORY OF THE GRACE OF GOD
But the other is his omnipotence, for wherever the grace of God comes, it is almighty grace. Yes, God's grace can do that, and that is one of the glories of grace. God's grace never interferes with any of the other great characteristics of the Most High.
And let me say that God's grace is always consistent with God's goodness.
WHEN GOD SPEAKS
Note the resolution: — "I will hear what the Lord, the Lord, shall say." It is the man brought to a dead posture. Sadly, I am afraid there are many Christians who do not care to hear the word of God in the pulpit. It's too good to be true.” Do not say so, dear brother, but decide better: "I will listen to what the Lord, the Lord, will say.
Do not go to them, but follow Him and keep in the footsteps of your Saviour.” "Let him turn no more to foolishness."
IN GOD’S GARDEN OF REST
No, there are people here who have believed and come to rest—persons of your age, and your station in life, and your mind, persons who were once guilty of your sins and are still subject to your weaknesses. We who have believed enter into rest.” The way to perfect peace with God, with conscience and with our fellow human beings is the way of faith; faith in God, faith in what God has revealed, especially faith in His Son Jesus Christ. Notice again that these persons, though they have entered into rest, are to say to you, “We have only entered into rest; we don't claim to know everything about it; we just entered.” They may have gone into peace, but they are still in the first part of the garden, so to speak.
They can hear the howling of the hellhounds at the garden gates, even though they have calmed down.
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT AND THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
It is of the nature of God that all His character traits should be full and perfect. But then the next part of the ceremony of the Day of Atonement was the bringing out of the scapegoat. When the Day of Atonement was over, Israel was commanded to gather the fruits of the land.
I believe - and I think there is good reason to believe this - that our Lord Jesus Christ was born on the day of the Feast of Tabernacles, or somewhere in that month of September.
HELD AND KEPT
When we are as we should be, we trust ourselves with all our soup needs in the hands of Jesus. Next, Paul knew the Savior, because no doubt he had gathered all he could about Him; he knew Luke intimately; he had the means to know Mark—knew it—and doubtless he spoke to Matthew; and with John he was familiar. I know that He was with me when I faced the lion-like Emperor, and how I was able to “speak the right word, and my life was saved.” Such one as the aged Paul, shivering in his disgusting dungeon, but yet with a heart warm with love for his Master, as he writes his letter, and now and then bends his knee before the God and Father of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, feeling as if his dungeon glowed until it was infinitely brighter then Nero's golden house with the glory of the Crucified One – he knew his Master; he knew He was a good friend, knew He kept His word, knew that sweet word,” Lo.
He knew Christ and knew how safe he was with Christ, and, therefore, he was not ashamed.
A COMPREHENSIVE PRAYER
Indeed, what is their service worth, if it is not in the communion of the Holy One. Of whom it may be emphatically said that He is our shield and God's anointed--of whom, I say, but of the Lord Jesus Christ, who stands between us and God--who protects us and is anointed by God that He could do this. When God thinks of manhood it is not enough to make Him feel weary in his very name's heart.
The example of the Passover brings it immediately before us, for the Lord said,.
SATAN WITH THE SONS OF GOD
And all the preaching in the world is no better than the washing of the Ethiopian, until the Spirit of God applies it to the heart, until the divine power produces faith in the soul. The sons of God gathered together, "and Satan also came among them." What does this teach us? First, that we must not leave the council of saints because there are unworthy people there.
Yes, when you descend the steps of the tabernacle, one of those birds in the sky will be waiting for you.
PLAYING THE FOOL
So some of you could not say that you are so busy that you do not have time to think about your souls. You should be very thankful that you were spared to see that time. Others were bankrupt; you have seen many that are ruined in the sea of life; and you escaped.
Just the fact that you were employed here and there is an excuse that incriminates you.
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OPENING THE STOREHOUSES OF GRACE
And note, salvation is in Christ, but there is no salvation in any other. Whenever you think of Jesus Christ and have a high opinion of him, heart, say to yourself, "All this is for sinners in need." In Christ there is nothing of self. From morning to evening - when you are young and when you are old - there is not a single minute of man's existence, but that if he seeks the Lord, he will find him.
Him that cometh to me I will by no means cast out.” There is the freedom and richness of God's word directed to every soul that comes to him.