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God In The Trenches
“Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.” —Psalm 68:1 The world has reached the place where a great many people have the feeling that if God ever did care about the earth, He has ceased to care; many feel that if He ever did have any pity, His pity has gone from Him; that if His eye ever did watch the sparrow in its fall, that eye is closed; that if He ever did count the hairs of men’s heads, the millions of headless in this war [World War I] … Read More >
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Saved By His Life
“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” —Romans 5:10 It is not the entire verse I am thinking of tonight so much as the last four words, “Saved by his life.” What are we to understand by this expression? Certainly the verse itself and the entire context makes it very plain that it is through the death of Christ our sins are put away. It is His precious atoning blood that cleanses us from all sin, thus purging our … Read More >
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The Friend At Midnight
“And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; “For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? “And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. “I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity … Read More >
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Is Baptism Essential To Salvation?
I am thinking especially of two or three things in connection with this topic. First, is baptism essential to salvation? A great many people think it is, but I want to let the Word of God answer that question. And then if we find that it is not essential to salvation, another question arises: Why then baptize at all? In the next place, I am thinking of a slightly different question: Has water baptism any place at all in this present dispensation of the grace of God or has it been done away with altogether? If not, just what place … Read More >
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Triumph Of The Cross
“He shall see of the travail of his soul and shall be satisfied.”—Isaiah 53:11 That is one of the most remarkable sentences in the whole Word of God. Gathered up in one word, we have the story of the years of toil and weariness, “the travail of his soul.” That soul that was bowed down beneath the tremendous burden of a world of sin, and that soul that was bowed in death to bring to the world life and light and hope and peace. And yet we cannot read those words of the Old Testament prophet without hearing in … Read More >
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Jesus: God's Only Savior For The World!
The Baby In The Manger: A World-Class Savior Christmas—gifts, family, and yes, of course, Jesus! We know the baby in the manger grew to become a man, died for our sins, was raised from the dead, and ascended into heaven. However, at Christmastime especially we hear it said, “Jesus came to redeem the whole world!” But as all of us know, the whole world is not redeemed. In fact, when speaking to the shepherds, the angels themselves affirmed “peace among those with whom he is pleased” (Luke 2:14). Not all people benefit from the coming of Christ; His gifts of … Read More >
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The Double Cure
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” —Isaiah 53:6 Notice how we went astray: “We have turned every one to his own way.” That is sin. Your way is not God’s way. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Those are God’s words. Your way is sin, and that is the reason He tells you that you went astray; “All we like sheep have … Read More >
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Uttermost Salvation
Opening address of the Victorious Life Conference, June 23, 1920. “Wherefore he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.” —Hebrews 7:25 Whenever people visit the city of Jerusalem they are shown a number of sights and wonderful places, and, if you believe everything you are told, you would believe a great deal. But, of course, whether the places are accurately stated or not every visitor goes to see what there is to be seen, and the most important place in Jerusalem in the opinion … Read More >
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Fundamental Or Instrumental?
Where the ordinary man speaks of “the end of the world,” the Bible knows no such phrase. There never will be an end of the world as far as the Scriptures are concerned. God divides time up into ages, periods where He is testing men out under a certain kind of revealed truth. We are not tested today by what Moses said to the Jews, but we are tested by what Christ Jesus has spoken. The Holy Ghost in our age is convincing the world of sin “Because they believe not on Him.” We are judged, in this our day, … Read More >
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If I Were A Boy Again
Synopsis of an address delivered by Pastor P.W. Philpott at the graduation exercises of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. I shall endeavor to give you a practical heart talk. Several days ago, when thinking of this address, there came to my mind some lines written by Howard Arnold Walter, I believe, at the time of his graduation from college: I would be true, for there are those that trust me;I would be pure, for there are those who care;I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;I would be brave, for there is much to dare. I … Read More >
