Sermons & Devotionals by Reuben Archer Torrey
Reuben Archer Torrey
The Way Of Salvation Made As Plain As Day
"Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. and thy house."-ACTS xvi. 29-31. The Philippian goaler, by a... Read More
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The Day of Golden Opportunity
"The Holy Spirit says, Today" - Hebrews 3:7 THE DAY OF GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY is today. Golden opportunities, opportunities of priceless worth, are open to every one of us today. But "tomorrow" has no sure promise for any one of us. "The Holy Spirit says, Today," and Conscience also cries, "Today," and ... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 6
OPEN-AIR MEETINGS I. THEIR IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAGES. 1. THEY ARE SCRIPTURAL. Jesus said, "Go out quickly INTO THE STREETS and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind." Every great preacher of the Bible was an open-air preacher. Peter was an open-... Read More
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How To Pray 4 - PRAYING IN THE NAME OF CHRIST AND ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD
1. It was a wonderful word about prayer that Jesus spoke to His disciples on the night before His crucifixion, "Whatsoever ye shall ask IN MY NAME, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it." Prayer in the name of Christ has power ... Read More
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How to Study the Bible: Part 1: Chapter 7: Practical Usefulness
THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE FOR PRACTICAL USEFULNESS IN DEALING WITH MEN. The seventh and last method of study is the Study of the Bible for Practical Usefulness in Dealing with Men. To study the Bible in this way, make as complete a classification as possible of all the classes of men that one will meet... Read More
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Three Fires
"He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire."-MATTHEW iii. 11. One night, years ago, I was sitting at my desk in my study late at night, and the work of the day was done. There was a great deal of confusion about my study table, for I had just moved that day, and had not had time to rea... Read More
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit 13. The Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christlike Graces of Character
There is a singular charm, a charm that one can scarcely explain, in the words of Paul in Gal. v. 22, 23, R. V., "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, temperance." What a catalogue we have here of lovely moral characteristics. Paul t... Read More
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How To Pray 5 - PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
1. Over and over again in what has already been said, we have seen our dependence upon the Holy Spirit in prayer. This comes out very definitely in Eph. 6:18, "Praying always with all prayer and supplication IN THE SPIRIT," and in Jude 20, "Praying IN THE HOLY GHOST." Indeed the whole secret of pray... Read More
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How to Study the Bible: Part 2: Chapter 1: The Fundamental Conditions
FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS OF PROFITABLE BIBLE STUDY. We have considered seven profitable methods of Bible study. There is something, however, in Bible study more important than the best methods, that is, The Fundamental Conditions of Profitable Study. The one who meets these conditions will get more ou... Read More
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit 14. The Holy Spirit Guiding the Believer Into a Life as a Son
The Apostle Paul writes in Rom. viii. 14, R. V., "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God." In this passage we see the Holy Spirit taking the conduct of the believer's life. A true Christian life is a personally conducted life, conducted at every turn by a Divine Perso... Read More
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How To Pray 6 - ALWAYS PRAYING AND NOT FAINTING
In two parables in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus teaches with great emphasis the lesson that men ought always to pray and not to faint. The first parable is found in Luke 11:5-8, and the other in Luke 18:1-8. "And He said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, an... Read More
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How to Study the Bible: Part 2: Chapter 2: Final Suggestions
There are some suggestions that remain to be given before we close this book. i. Study the Bible daily. Regularity counts for more in Bible study than most people fancy. The spasmodic student, who at certain seasons gives a great deal of time to the study of the Word, and at other seasons quite negl... Read More
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Keep Praying Until God Answers
throw a flood of light upon the question, "What sort of praying is it that prevails with God and obtains what it seeks from Him?" and also upon the question, "Why is it that many prayers of God's own children come short of obtaining that which we seek of God?" The first of these two passages you wil... Read More
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True Christian Union and the Devil's Counterfeit
My subject this morning is TRUE CHRISTIAN UNION AND THE DEVIL'S COUNTERFEIT. I have seven texts: The first is Ephesians 4:1-3, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbear... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 7
TENT WORK I. ITS IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAGES. 1. YOU CAN REACH PEOPLE BY THE TENT YOU CAN REACH BY NO OTHER METHOD. People that you cannot get inside of a church or mission hall, people that will not even listen to the preaching from a Gospel wagon, people that you could not step up to and talk with p... Read More
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How To Pray 7 - ABIDING IN CHRIST
"If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." (John 15:7) The whole secret of prayer is found in these words of our Lord. Here is prayer that has unbounded power: "Ask WHAT YE WILL, and it shall be done unto you." There is a way then of ask... Read More
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Looking to Jesus
If we are to run with patience the race that is set before us, we must always keep looking to Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-3). One of the simplest and yet one of the mightiest secrets of abiding joy and victory is to never lose sight of Jesus. 1. First of all, we must keep looking at Jesus as the ground of o... Read More
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How to Work for Christ: Book 2: Methods of Christian Work, Chapter 8
THE USE OF AUTOS, TRAILERS, ETC. The Christian worker should always watch for new methods and new means of presenting the gospel. The message is changeless, but we must not be blind to the changes in our civilization which offer the possibility of fresh approach with our message. I. MEANS OF REACHIN... Read More
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The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit 15. The Holy Spirit Bearing Witness to our Sonship
One of the most precious passages in the Bible regarding the work of the Holy Spirit is found in Rom. viii. 15, 16, R. V., "For ye received not the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our spirit... Read More
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Difficulties in the Bible: 18. Some Important "Contradictions" in the Bible
I am constantly meeting men who say that the Bible is full of contradictions. When I ask them to show me one, they reply, "It is full of them." When I press them to point out one, usually they have no more to say. But now and then I meet an infidel who does know enough about his Bible to point out s... Read More
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Reuben Archer Torrey was one of America's best-known evangelists and Bible teachers. He was educated at Yale and also at various German universities. During his early years he went through a time of extreme skepticism, but emerged as a staunch preacher of the faith.
In 1889, while in the pastorate, D. L. Moody invited him to become become the superintendent of his new school in Chicago (now the Moody Bible Institute.) He also served as pastor to the Chicago Avenue Church, now the Moody Church. He and Charles Alexander conducted evangelistic meetings together in many parts of the world.
From the years 1912-19 R A Torrey served as dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. He also served from 1914 as pastor of the Church of the Open Door. From 1924 to his death, he ministered in conferences and taught at the Moody Bible Institute.