Before man fell in the Garden of Eden, he walked and talked with God. Then in the chapter immediately following the account of the fall, we read, Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord. Genesis 4:26b. Man’s religious search after God, and the awareness in his conscience that he was a… Continue reading There was no religion in Eden
Category: Living works
Faith doesn’t stagger
Progressively, we are becoming more and more free in our expression of worship. But the great freedom and the great worship is just ahead of us. We must understand something about the basic problem of our emancipation and our liberty in the Lord Jesus Christ. The problem is that liberty has to be learned; it… Continue reading Faith doesn’t stagger
Lord, work in us and through us
It has been traditional for Christian believers to say, “I want to work for Jesus,” and to a large extent that is what we do; we work for Him. Our efforts are often tainted with human ambition; sometimes we are moved by more than divine initiative. After making his plans a man might say, as… Continue reading Lord, work in us and through us
Conscience: dead or alive?
The Word the Lord is giving now is oriented to launching us into His Kingdom and into the greater living works that are to come. Basic to this Word is the need to repent from dead works. It is not enough to have the cell door open; we must walk out of the restricted conditioning… Continue reading Conscience: dead or alive?
What did I do to deserve this?
The book of Ephesians tells of the living works that God wants us to enter into. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God (He provides salvation, then gives us enough faith to believe it); not as a result of works, that no… Continue reading What did I do to deserve this?