Gleanings From Grace

THIS CHAPTER DEALS WITH THE WALK OF THE BELIEVER..5:1-7
The Believer is to Walk.
1 By becoming a follower of God (v.1)
2 By loving as Christ loved (v.2)
3 By being clean-bodied, that is, morally pure (v.3)
4 By being clean-mouthed (v.4) Believer, Duty-Tongue-Speech-Conversation:
a. He made an offering to God-sacrificed Himself (v.2a)
b. He became a sweet fragrance to God (v.2b)
Must keep in mind that We are saints (vv. 3-4).
That is, we are “set-apart ones” and no longer belong to the world of darkness around us. We have been “called out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9). {Read More…}

TEXT:Philippians 1:20

1. A Christian leader once took a Russian friend to see a World Series baseball game. At the end of the game, he asked the Russian what he thought of the game. The Russian answered that he had never before seen such first-class dedication to a secondary cause. {Read More…}

TEXT: Heb. 11:1-2.Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report –

INTRODUCTION: The word “faith” is used 242 times in the Scriptures; yet it is one of the most neglected doctrines of the Bible.
It is one thing to believe that God CAN; it is quite another to believe that God WILL. This principle is the real test of spiritual faith. Yes, we say we believe God CAN because God is God - and God can do anything. However, to believe that God WILL is faith in practice - predicated, of course, upon His perfect will.
Doubt is of the mind, unbelief is of the will, but faith is of the heart. Someone has said, “if your faith fizzles out before the finish, in all probability it had a flaw from the first.”
Dr. Porter Barrington says, “faith does not make anything easy, but it does make all things possible.”
The wealth of faith involves the –

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