“Be filled with the Spirit.”—Ephesians, 5:18. I may have some air, a little air, in my lungs, but not enough to keep up a healthy, vigorous life. But everyone seeks to have his lungs well filled with air, and the benefit of it will be felt in his blood and through his whole being. And… Continue reading The blessing secured
Category: The deeper Christian life
Out of and into
And He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which He sware unto our Fathers.”—Deut. 6:23. I have spoken of the crisis that comes in the life of the man who sees that his Christian experience is low and carnal, and who desires to enter into… Continue reading Out of and into
Carnal or spiritual?
“And Peter went out and wept bitterly.”—Luke 22:62. These words indicate the turning point in the life of Peter,—a crisis. There is often a question about the life of holiness. Do you grow into it? or do you come into it be a crisis suddenly? Peter has been growing for three years under the training… Continue reading Carnal or spiritual?
The cause of this discrepancy between God’s gifts, and our low experience
The believer is complaining that God has never given him a kid. Or, God has given him some blessing but has never given the full blessing. He has never filled him with His Spirit. “I never,” he says, “had my heart, as a fountain, giving forth the rivers of living water promised in John vii.… Continue reading The cause of this discrepancy between God’s gifts, and our low experience
The low experience of too many of us
The elder son was living with his father and serving him “these many years,” and he complains that his father never gave him a kid, while he gave his prodigal brother the fatted calf. Why was this? Simply because he did not ask it. He did not believe that he would get it, and therefore… Continue reading The low experience of too many of us
Privilege and experience
“And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.”—Luke 15:31. The words of the text are familiar to us all. The elder son had complained and said, that though his father had made a feast, and had killed the fatted calf for the prodigal son, he… Continue reading Privilege and experience
Daily fellowship with God
The first and chief need of our Christian life is, Fellowship with God. The Divine life within us comes from God, and is entirely dependent upon Him. As I need every moment afresh the air to breathe, as the s sun every moment afresh sends down its light, so it is only in direct living… Continue reading Daily fellowship with God