F.B. Meyer
Christian Living
“I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” Gal 2:20. The heart of true religion is to believe that Christ is literally within us. We must not simply look to Him as our Mediator, Advocate, and Example, but as being possessed by Him. He is our Life, the…
Read MoreThe Receptivity of Faith
“Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith.”– Heb 10:22. “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.”– Eph 3:17. FAITH IS our power of appropriation. The pity is that we are so slow to make use of our Lord’s resources! He does not force Himself upon us. Though…
Read MoreThe Messiah’s Words for the Weary
[Isaiah 50:4-11 is the third of four “Servant Songs” that prophesy the coming of the Jesus, Messiah.] “The Lord God has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To…
Read MoreThe Blameless Life
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and…
Read MoreBroken Cisterns
“They have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water” (Jeremiah 2:13). “If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink” (John 7:37). . WHAT AN infinite mistake to miss the fountain freely flowing to quench our thirst, and to hew out…
Read MoreThe Law of the Spirit of Life
“For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2). The Law of Gravitation The simplest child knows something of the law of gravitation. The word is from the Latin gravitas, which is the attraction of weight by weight. What gravitation…
Read MoreThe Glory of this Mystery
[“I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the…
Read MoreClaiming God’s Promises
David’s Prayer “Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: ‘Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house…
Read MoreThe Spiritual Solution to Ethnic Strife
As racial and ethnic tensions rise, those who belong to God’s new community in Christ need to renounce prejudice. Instead, we are called to model love, forgiveness, and harmony. A biographical and doctrinal excerpt from the epistle to the Galatians shows us how.* “Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I [Paul] withstood him to…
Read MoreThe Secret of the Indwelling Christ (Part 2)
[“To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which[a] is Christ in you, the hope of glory” Col. 1:27 NKJV] It is very wonderful. Yes; the heavens, even the heavens of heavens, with all their light and glory, alone seem worthy of Jesus…
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