Classics

The Threefold Means of Victory It becomes evident that the secret of victory is simply the Abiding Life. As we abide we put ourselves in the way of appropriating every provision He has made for a life of victory. Were we able perfectly to abide in Him, our life would approximate His life. Could our…

The Three Tense Victory The very soul of our Epistle [of 1 John] is the victory of the Christian life – the victory of a genuine Christian experience. – It is victory through our Lord JESUS CHRIST. – It is victory through the HOLY SPIRIT, in the reality of the Abiding Life. – It is…

THE VICTORY – THREEFOLD AND THREE TENSE [A Study in 1 John] “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (I John 5:4) The experience of Light, Love and Life, as depicted by the Apostle, beautiful in its simplicity and wholly satisfying, is not altogether easy of attainment. It has its enemies.…

This is a testimony from a servant of God who had a fruitful ministry through the Welsh revival and deeper Life devotional writings. She was born in 1861 in South Wales; even decades after her home-going, thousands of her books are sold yearly. In spite of her gender [in turn-of-the-century culture] and poor health, God…

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world,but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 5:4,5). . There is only one Overcomer in the universe, and that is the Lord Jesus…

“Simon Peter said to them [the other Disciples], ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We are going with you also.’ They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know…

Occasionally, I hear people use the label “Keswick” in a derogatory way. Yet others use the term quite positively. Someone who did not know the term would wonder if “Keswick” is a good word or a bad one. The issue, of course, is not the term, but what one means by the term. Historical Background…

Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior]. For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin…

[Introduction Sometimes “perfection” (Greek, “telieos”) is used to indicate the goal of maturity and completeness that is the grace-based goal for the Spirit-filled Christian. “[Jesus Christ] Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus” (Col. 1:28). “Let us therefore, as…

Testimony of John C. Rule November, 2010 . The title of my testimony is ‘Receiving Jesus as Life’. I grew up in cotton country in West Tennessee. My father was raised on a farm near Sevierville. It’s a multi-generation homeplace and I live there now in retirement from a Soil Scientist position with the Federal…