Sermons & Devotionals by Classic Christian Writings

For some years the Spirit of God has been alerting humble, hungry Christians over the world to be ready for the soon coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to catch away those who are ready for His appearing. In Finney’s day, though God sent mighty revivals and souls by the thousands were saved, yet not at... Read More

One of the most precious promises in the whole Word of God for this present dispensation is found in John 14:16-17: "And I will pray the Father and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; Whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him ... Read More

The entire inner world of thought must be brought under the control of the Holy Spirit so that the Spirit may bring "into capitvity" every thought to the obedience of Christ, and cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God. The conquest of the mind m... Read More

As he meditated on Christ’s Cross and its meaning, the Apostle Paul saw that Christ’s death was revolutionary in its application. "The love of Christ controls us," he states, "having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, that they who live should no longer l... Read More

Let us consider prayer in the light of our crucifixion with Christ. Prayer is nothing if it is not communion with God. The old life cannot have fellowship with God inasmuch as in Christ it was condemned and potentially put to death. True communion is only possible when the old life is terminated. Th... Read More

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). There can be no true experience of "dying daily" where there is no intellig... Read More

What is revival? It is another dimension, in which tremendous things happen and God’s people are at last moved. William B. Sprague summarized some of its major aspects and manifestations as follows: 1. There is a revival of scriptural knowledge -- People really come to know their Bibles and, when th... Read More

"Who hath despised the day of small things?" (Zech. 4:10). No wise Christian ever despises the day of small things, especially if he see the hand of God in them. Spiritual awakenings in a church very often have small beginnings; one or two persons who have become thoroughly aroused awaken others. So... Read More

We are rapidly approaching the time when "we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad" (2 Corinthians 5:10). None of us for a moment would think of taking a dagger and going am... Read More

It is a glorious thing to be desperate after God always! I am oftentimes ashamed of the lack of desperation after my God in my own life. Indeed, greater by far than the cry, "God, help me!" is the plea, "God, I want You!" There is a difference. I ask the reader to read the account of blind Bartimaeu... Read More

A number of people tell me how sometimes it is difficult to pray, and that confirms my own experience. The universal admission is that whenever people give themselves to prayer, they never find it easy. Stagnation in prayer may be encountered through lack of information, smallness of outlook, absenc... Read More

Fasting is a God-ordained form of self-denial. The very nature of intercession calls for as much or more self-denial than any other form of spiritual activity. The major work of prayer and fasting from food is normally in secret. We think of fasting as abstaining primarily from food. However, fastin... Read More

For many years, Christians have worked on the spiritual disciplines in their lives. Discipline can be a very negative word for many people. It can speak of punishment for doing wrong. But the main focus of discipline is learning or training. We train ourselves to accomplish a particular task or abil... Read More

Prayer is not limited to the humanly possible. Prayer is a work of faith. The purpose of prevailing prayer is to bring to pass things that are divinely possible and that are in God’s will. Our prayer is an essential condition to most of God’s sovereign workings in redemption. Conditioning His works ... Read More

Our Savior’s last great command to His followers was to go into all nations and take the Gospel to every creature (Mk. 16:15). We have woefully failed. Considering the worldwide population explosion, we have been failing at a tragic rate to do His will. There are many souls born to die without Chris... Read More

In 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, Paul climaxes his treatment of the grace of giving with some weighty words on the enriching ministry of Christian stewardship. He is determined not to leave his readers until he has impressed upon them the all-important fact that the grace of giving is God’s supreme method o... Read More

One mark of a genuine baptism with the Holy Ghost is the exaltation of Christ. "He shall glorify Me," said Jesus with reference to the promised Paraclete (John 16:14). One result of Pentecost in apostolic days was the determination "to know nothing among men save Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (Act... Read More

In the vision of the Isle of Patmos, John beholds the Lord walking in the midst of seven golden candlesticks. He holds in His hand seven stars, which are the seven angels of the seven churches. The seven golden candlesticks, or lightholders, represent the seven churches. This revelation to John unve... Read More

Fear--a being afraid, a feeling that danger is near; to regard with fear, to feel concern of or about; an anxious thought, concern; awe, dread or terror Respect--honor, esteem Reverence--a feeling of deep respect, mixed with wonder, awe and love. There is clearly a difference between fearing, respec... Read More

In I Timothy 6:12 we are commanded to fight the good fight of faith, and this shows us that just as soon as we believe what God says, an enemy will rise up against us, because we do not fight anybody except enemies. Of course, this enemy is Satan, but he comes in so many ways that we do not always k... Read More