Sermons & Devotionals by Daniel Steele
Daniel Steele
Exegesis
To sustain his theory of successive acts of sanctification "up to light," our brother quotes 1 John 1, 7: "The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." This is his exegesis: "It is not something finished in the past and left behind; but a perpetual present, 'cleanseth,' empowereth n... Read More
Daniel Steele
Experience Colored and Shaped by Theory
IN his difficult work of invalidating testimony to instantaneous and entire inward purification our author says: "It is the simple truth that every man's experience, and hence his testimony, is colored and shaped by his theory. He puts his profession in the particular form that his special doctrine ... Read More
Daniel Steele
FAITH HEALING
Of late there has been earnest effort to restore to modern Christianity the lost charisms or extraordinary gifts of the Spirit described in 1 Cor. 12:4-11. The Irvingites, recently organized under the name of the Catholic Apostolic Church, profess to have recovered these gifts by restoring the vario... Read More
Daniel Steele
Five Years with the Indwelling Christ
IT is the 17th of November, the anniversary of the spiritual manifestation of Jesus Christ to me as the perfect Saviour from all sin -- an event transcending all others in my sojourn on the earth. To the salvation wrought on that day so long as I can move tongue or pen I must testify. Rather, I will... Read More
Daniel Steele
FOR WHAT DID ST. PAUL ASK PRAYERS FOR HIMSELF?
The inner life of every person is inscrutable. We do not see the real self of our most intimate friend. But there are orifices through which the hidden man gleams forth. The mouth is one of these. "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." The requests for prayer for themselves which Ch... Read More
Daniel Steele
Freedom, Through Christ: Free In Christ
"O for freedom, for freedom in worshipping God, For the mountain-top feeling of generous souls, For the health, for the air, of the hearts deep and broad, Where grace not in rills, but in cataracts, rolls!" WHAT is the object of Faber's intense desire, breathed out in these words? Not what we call r... Read More
Daniel Steele
Full Salvation Immediatly Attainable
There is no denial that entire sanctification is necessary to admission to heaven. There is in many minds a doubt respecting the attainment of perfect purity before death. It is thought, so long as the soul and body are united, the flesh must in some degree taint the spirit. The inherent evil of mat... Read More
Daniel Steele
Growth in Grace
We are exhorted to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Some tell us that we find the true philosophy of Christian growth by reversing this order, and putting the knowledge of Christ first, as the means of increasing in grace. But the order of the apostle -- grace first and knowledge ... Read More
Daniel Steele
HOLINESS AND HUMANITY
James Arminius nearly three hundred years ago announced that "it is possible for a regenerate man to live without sin." This startled the high Calvinists, who charged him with a grave heresy. It was alleged that the ability not to sin, even though it be of grace through a persevering trust in Christ... Read More
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How the Guidance of the Spirit may be Discriminated
IN this chapter we propose to discuss the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and how it may be discriminated from the suggestions of our own minds and those of the tempter. The importance of this very difficult topic cannot be overstated. When Paul asserts that "as many as are led by the Spirit of God, th... Read More
Daniel Steele
In the Heavenlies
Ephesians i. 3, 20; ii. 6; iii. 10; vi. 12. FOLLOWING the custom of tourists in foreign lands, I give you a description of the country in which I have happily sojourned nearly five years. I must confess that I have more than a traveler's interest in this land, since I have become a naturalized citiz... Read More
Daniel Steele
Irrelevant Proof Texts
COMPLAINT is made of "unwarrantable perversions of Scripture to which the special advocates of this theory (the Wesleyan) find themselves driven. The utmost violence is continually done both to the text and the context." This is a sweeping accusation brought against a whole class of writers, not aga... Read More
Daniel Steele
Jason and the Sirens -- Victory in Temptation
IT is a great mistake to suppose that there is any state of grace this side of glory which puts an individual where he is entirely exempt from temptation. So long as the soul is in probation it will be tested by solicitations to sin. But there is a state in which we may, with St. Paul, always triump... Read More
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Let Go and Trust
IT is an inspiring thought, that we are addressing a multitude of readers who would know more of Christ. A languid desire is not sufficient. You must desire Jesus with an intensity which will make your soul a glowing furnace. You must reach the point where you will be willing to sell all, or hold al... Read More
Daniel Steele
Love and Perfect Love the Same
THE author labors very hard to prove that love and perfect love in John's first epistle are exactly the same. He says : "Every child of God, in having God's love, has perfect love." He assumes that "perfect love" is always divine love; that is, God's love to us. "God, as it were, takes a portion of ... Read More
Daniel Steele
Love As A Principle and Love As A Passion
The author of this book after passing his eightieth birthday was so violently prostrated by pneumonia that he and all his neighbors thought the time of his departure had come. He knows not for what purpose his life on the earth has been extended, unless it is to publish a view of Christian experienc... Read More
Daniel Steele
Love Militant
So long as sin is in the world love must make war against it. Jesus came forth from the bosom of the Father's love to send a sword upon the earth. The cross is a center of forces hostile to sin. The sinful soul is a fortress filled with armed enemies to Immanuel. The successive approaches of love to... Read More
Daniel Steele
Love Revealed
What a mystery is love! We cannot define it; we can only indicate it by describing the occasion on which it arises in the soul. If human love is inexplicable, Divine love is an ocean too deep for the plummet of man or archangel; too broad to be bounded by the thought of the loftiest intelligence in ... Read More
Daniel Steele
Love Triumphant Over Original Sin
The spirit of sin, or inbred sin, technically called original sin, because it is inherited from Adam, is the state of heart out of which acts of sin either actually flow or tend to flow. Until this state is changed, the conquest of love over the soul is incomplete. Regeneration introduces a power wh... Read More
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Metaphorical Representations of Perfect Love
1. The Dove Descending and Abiding. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, in her admirable essay on "Primitive Christian Experience," uses the following language: -- "The advantages to the Christian Church in setting before it distinct points of attainment, are very nearly the same in result as the advantages... Read More
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Daniel Steele was the first great Bible scholar and theologian of the Holiness movement. He was professor of theology at Boston University and, later, became the first president of Syracuse University, then Boston University, becoming a colleague of Borden Parker Bowne, and a writer of significant essays on the Wesleyan theology of sanctification.
His writings are well worth reading, in large part because of their emphasis on Biblical interpretation. Steele was an able defender of the teachings of Wesley and Fletcher.