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TWO QUESTIONS

"And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.  And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?  And I answered, Who art Thou, Lord? And He said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, Whom thou persecutest.  And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of Him that spake to me.  And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do." (Paul's account of his conversion, Acts 22:6-10).   What an extraordinary conversion Paul had!   To have a light shine on him from above, and to have the Lord speak to him directly from heaven is incredible; but what really intrigues me is how violent this religious man had become toward the followers of Chr...
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IS THERE ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR ME?

Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me? (Jeremiah 32:27).   There are many of you who are sincere Christians, but you struggle with some besetting sin or another, and don't know how to get free once and for all.  You feel hypocritical every time you fall, and you are battered by your guilt, and hindered in your ministry.  This message is for you.  There is an answer to your dilemma, and it is much simpler than you might imagine.   I recently read a tract by the great Charles G. Finney which was first published in 1839 in the Oberlin Evangelist .  The tract was entitled, How to Overcome Sin , and the portions that I quote were edited by the late Keith Green.  In it he writes:   “There are multitudes of anxious Christians who are inquiring what they shall do to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil...They ask, "Why am I overcome by sin?  Why can't I get above its’ power?  Why am I ...
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WHY SIT HERE TILL WE DIE?

"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it." (Amos 8:11, 12).       In a day when there are more churches in most cities than there are gas stations and pizza places, and the Word of God has gone out over the air waves of radio and television to every corner of the world, it is difficult to imagine that the prophet Amos could have been describing this present time when he spoke of a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.   The key to understanding this prophecy, however, is in the wording.   God was speaking of a time when there would be, not an absence of the Word itself, but of hearing the Word.   We are told in Romans 10 , " So then faith cometh by hearing, and h...
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