To be a disciple is to be committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and committed to following Him every day. To be a disciple is also to be disciplined in our bodies, minds, and souls.
Let us always remember that Christ calls men and women not only to trust Him as Savior, but also to follow Him as Lord. That call to discipleship must be part of our message if we are to be faithful to Him.
As long as Satan is loose in the world and our hearts are dominated by his evil passions, it will never be easy or popular to be a follower of Christ.
In John 6 we read that when great multitudes went after Him, He told them three times that unless they were willing to pay the price, they could not be His followers.
The same Book that tells us over and over again of God’s love warns us constantly of the devil who would come between us and God, the devil who is ever waiting to ensnare men’s souls.
Gratitude is one of the greatest Christian virtues; ingratitude, one of the most vicious sins.
Joy is not gush; Joy is not jolliness. Joy is simply perfect acquiescence in God’s will, because the soul delights itself in God Himself.
We have largely lost sight of the holiness and purity of God today. This is one reason why we tolerate sin so easily.
The devil will try to discourage you, to divert you; he will seek to dilute your testimony; he will attempt anything to destroy your relationship to Christ and your influence upon others.
God’s will is that we would be righteous in our living. God is holy, and the whole scheme of redemption has holiness for its goal.
The church was designed to proclaim God’s love and forgiveness to all people and declare that Jesus Christ came to eradicate sin in people’s hearts.
Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.
The greatest barrier to knowing God’s will is simply that we want to run our own lives. Our problem is that a battle is going on in our hearts – a battle between our wills and God’s will.
We don’t need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin – because God has provided the cure.
The unbelieving world should see our testimony lived out daily because it just may point them to the Savior.
If I stick to the Bible and preach the principles and the teachings of the Bible, and quote the Bible, it has an impact of its own.
We can trust the Bible because it points us to the most important events in human history: the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Never forget: Satan’s goal is to turn us away from God.
One of the most conspicuous modes of escape is alcoholism, which is now a national catastrophe.
We say to our children, “Act like grown-ups,” but Jesus said to the grown-ups, “Be like children.