I made a statement not a great while ago that wherever we journeyed in different parts of the world, we had fount it literally true that wherever men were holding to the authority of the Scriptures and the deity of Jesus, the approval of God and men seemed to be given to them, but wherever we found in our journey around the world men disposed to question the deity of Jesus or the authority of the Scriptures, we found the work suffering.
Let me speak of four things this morning that enter into all successful Christian work.
“Now that God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.”—Hebrews 13:20–21
I do not know who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews; and if it did not sound so irreverent, I would be inclined to say I do not care very much. There are many professors in our theological chairs …
We are unprofitable servants; see if we are not. A good business contractor would not hire men to carry cement and sand on their backs a hundred miles to build a house when he could ship it on a railroad car to the spot; it would be unprofitable. God could use angels to tell the millions of Earth about Jesus; but He has chosen an unprofitable method and shut Himself up to us to do it. Listen!....They are depending on you. If you do not tell the folks in your circle, who will?
Growing up on a farm in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, I could never identify with peers who didn’t know what they intended to do when they grew up. As for me, I wanted to preach. When we’d get home from church, I’d sometimes climb the stairs in the old farmhouse and pretend I was standing in front of a congregation, leading the singing and preaching the sermon. And when Billy Graham rose to fame in the early 1950s, he became my hero. I listened to The Hour of Decision and read everything I could about him and his family.
It is a long way from Boston to Chicago, especially in hot weather. There is nothing in the world that would bring me this long distance and three nights on a sleeper except a conference of such importance as this,—not even the Republican Convention. This is infinitely more important than that.
The Kaiser’s throne is being sold for old junk, and he sits on a sawbuck. Was there ever such a sudden, rapid, startling, marvelous, unbelievable transformation as that? If half a dozen years ago any man had ventured to prophesy that this would be the fact today, his sanity …
“And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” —Acts 4:18–20
Here is a story with a very current subject. In our passage today, we read of Peter and John being jailed for unauthorized preaching. It followed closely the healing of the lame man in chapter three. The lame …
Address delivered at Missionary Rally, The Moody Church, April 1923
If a soul is to be led to Christ the plan as given to us in the Word of God contemplates that the Spirit of God is going to do something in that heart in preparation for an intelligent decision of Christ.
“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come he will reprove the world” …
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication …
A missionary convention was held in Rochester, NY, about eight years ago—the great Student Volunteer Convention that is held every four years, once in every college generation. Doubtless many of us who were there felt considerable satisfaction with ourselves at being at that convention. As we heard the wonderful addresses, and saw the vision of world-evangelization opened up before us, we felt that we were considerably beyond the rank and file of professing church members even to be there. We were “interested in missions;” we were not just nominal Christians, we were well beyond that. Some had gone at considerable …
“How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation.”—Hebrews 2:3
If I were to be asked by many a man, “What do you think about America’s sins?” I would answer, “Well, I think one great sin of America is the saloon.”
I think the saloon has never paid a penny, and always taken millions. I think the saloon is not a sign of civilization, but of demoralization. I think that the saloon is not a builder of homes, but a wrecker of families. I think the saloon is not an honor to the flag, but a disgrace to the …
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