Contending For The Truth

Articles

How To Find God (William Booth)

Have You Been Born Again?

Christian Psychology

Twelve Rules for Raising Delinquent Children

The Old Cross and The New (A. W. Tozer)

Recapturing the Ministry of Fatherhood (Charlie Kennon)

Why Prophets Weep (Mark Bullen)

Does (Your) Love Fulfill the Law (Mark Bullen)

Do Christians Sin?

The Test of a New Creature (John Fletcher)

Working The Fields (The Chapman Family)

Preaching So As To Convert Nobody (Charles Finney)

What Is A Christian? (T. Austin-Sparks)

Biblical Modesty (Britt Williams)

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,
it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. ~ Jude 1:3

Vast multitudes of those who profess to be a part of the bride of Christ are hypocrites. They pretend to merge their self-interest in Christ’s but obviously keep a separate interest. Any attempt to make them understand that they have no separate interest will plainly show that they have no such intention.

Many “Christians,” when they made a profession, had no more expectation of living without sin than they expected to have wings and fly. They came into God’s house, pledged themselves to live entirely for Him, and married Him in this public manner. They promised to forsake all sin, to live alone for Christ, to be satisfied with His love, and to have no other lovers – yet the whole time they were doing it, in their minds they expected to commit sin and dishonor Christ.

Although Christ has done all that He could do, short of absolute force, to keep His church from sinning, the church charges her sin upon Him. They act as if He hasn’t made adequate provisions for preserving His people against temptation.

They are horrified at the very name of Christian perfection, as if it were dishonoring Christ to believe that He is able to keep His people from committing sin and falling into the snare of the devil.

~ Charles Finney

Living For God,

pg.344-345