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NO VICTORY WITHOUT THE POWER OF GOD

"Praying always with all prayer." - Ephesians 6:18 [KJV]   A person by way of banter, once said to me, “I will treat you with a play, if you will go with me to-night.” I thanked him, and told him, I would accompany him, if I could be sure it would bring more of the love of Christ into my heart . This, this is worth living for, using any means to promote, and going any where to procure. But, here is a weapon, which defends us against all temptations to go to such places, or do such things as are contrary to the peace of our souls, and which tend to damp the love of Christ in our hearts. That soul, who keeps up sweet fellowship with God, at a throne of grace, is dead to sensual gratifications.    The more prayer, the more spiritual life from Christ. The more spiritual life, the more prayer to Christ. Praying. This is the last weapon of our warfare: it will be used by soldiers at the last moment of life . God be merciful to me a sinner : Jesus save or I perish...
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Blessed Forever be GOD for JESUS Christ!

"The transgressions of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes ." -Psalm 36:1 [KJV]   How striking is this scripture, and how true! Yes, my soul; thou needest not to look abroad into another's heart to see iniquity; for at home, in thine own, a voice may be heard continually proclaiming it. Renewed as thou art by grace, still thou feelest the workings of corrupt nature: and though, as the apostle said, with thy mind thou thyself servest the law of God, yet with thy flesh the law of sin , see Romans 7:25.   Pause over the solemn subject, and observe the working of a body of sin and death, which is virtually all sin: "the carnal mind, (the apostle saith) is enmity against God , " Romans 8:7; not only an enemy, but in enmity: so that the very nature is so; it is averse, naturally averse to God, and is everlastingly rising in opposition to His holy law. And this not only (as some have supposed, but all men, if ...
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The Beauty of the LORD of Life & Glory

"Every one that loveth Him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of Him." -I John 5:1 [KJV]   Where there is love to Jesus, there will be love to those who are His by redemption, His by regeneration, and His by personal possession. The more, too, that we see and the more that we know of the beauty and blessedness of the Lord of life and glory, the more we shall love His image as we behold it visibly marked in His dear people, and the more we shall cleave to them as being Christ's with tender affection.    It is our dim, scanty, and imperfect knowledge of God the Father in His eternal love, and of the Lord Jesus Christ in His grace and glory, which leaves us so often cold, lifeless, and dead in our affections towards Him; and with the declension of love towards the Head comes on decay of love towards His members. If there were more blessed revelations to our soul of the Person and work, grace and glory, beauty and blessedness of the Lord Jesus Christ, i...
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD

“ For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”  -Romans 14:17 [KJV]   What is, “ the kingdom of God?” It is saying the same thing as salvation is of the Lord, “ Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God ” (John 3:5). The word, “ kingdom” is the same as, “ reign ” in Romans 5:21. Paul is declaring the same message here as in Romans chapter 8 and 9. Salvation is not of creature merit, “ meat and drink ” or doing (I Corinthians 8:8) , but rather of God’s sovereign grace, “ So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy ” (Romans 9:16) .      It is good for us to know what salvation is not; not of works (II Timothy 1:9) , not of freewill (John 1:12-13), not of man’s righteousness (Titus 3:5) . Paul also tells us upon what ground salvation is, “but righteousness, and peace, an...
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Sin is the Problem

"The very root of all the trouble we see going on in this world right now is nothing more than a sin problem. People can tag whatever name they want to use for all the trouble, but the real problem is sin. Sin is what we are, sins are what we do because of what we are. Until sin is finally gone, we will continue as we are; trouble, trouble and more trouble." -preacher John Chapman                                                                  
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The Gospel of Joy & Peace in Believing

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.” -Romans 15:13 [KJV]   These words of inspiration encourage my weary heart. The gospel of God in Christ is so designed to give God all the glory for the salvation of sinners (I Corinthians 1:30-31) . But thank God, it is also designed to give to broken, sinful and weary sinners joy and peace through the gospel (Romans 5:1) . Notice this also, it is “ joy and peace in believing , ” not working, not ceremony and the traditions of men, but by simple faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, that we may abound in hope (Hebrews 11:6) .    The Lord Jesus Christ is the whole believer’s hope before God and men (see Colossians 1:27; 2:9-10; 3:11). This is constantly brought into our heart and thoughts through the power of the Holy Spirit, Who shall take the things of Christ and shows them unto us, “ Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, ...
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The Most High GOD is Able to Save

Able To Save   " Able to save " means something more than just de­livering men from hell. " Able to save " is the whole work of salvation from the first conviction of sin, to complete glorification. Christ is not only " able to save " those who REPENT, but He is able to make men repent.    Christ is not only " able to save " those who BELIEVE, but He is able to give a new heart and work faith in men (Ephesians 2:8-9) .    Christ is not only " able to save " those who CONTINUE IN THE FAITH, but He is able to keep us from falling and give us a holy desire to be like Him (Jude 1:24-25.)   -preacher Henry Mahan Audio Gospel Sermons here, friends: https://www.sermonaudio.com/speakers/12763/  
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