Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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January 21 “For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One the many will be made righteous.” — Romans 5:19

An Imputed Righteousness

Many today think that they are good enough to make it into heaven. But what they don’t reckon with is their actual sinfulness. They are clothed in the filthy rags of their own self-righteousness, but they are too blind to see it. How about you? You could get hit by a car and killed this very afternoon, and you could find yourself dressed for the worst ultimate, eternal disaster that you have ever even imagined. In what are you... More
“…then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” — 2 Chronicles 7:14

Spiritual State of the Union

The “spiritual state of the union”? If it were a patient, it probably would have been pronounced dead on arrival—frozen in ice—no spiritual pulse at all. This is what many think, and this is what many unbelievers find reason to rejoice over. Across our nation we see: sexual promiscuity and perversion and rampant abortion; television and movies, with all of their terrible demonstrations of every kind and... More
January 19 “God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” — 2 Corinthians 5:21

He Is Our Righteousness

I am perfect. I have no sin, no guilt, and am in absolutely perfect one-hundred percent obedience to every command of God in thought, word, and deed. That is my righteousness; but, of course, you realize I didn’t live it—not any of it. In fact, I ran the other way. I violated His commandments in every way. It was Christ who lived that perfect life, Christ who took away my sin, Christ who gave me His obedience that made me... More
January 18 “…then beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” — Deuteronomy 6:12

Don’t Forget God

America has been blessed by God, but because of our prosperity we have forgotten Him. We think we don’t have to worry; we are not going to have a bitter winter like the Pilgrims had, where half of the population is going to starve. We are not left naked upon the brink of destruction; no, we have much goods laid up for many years. We are strong and self-sufficient. America has been mightily and marvelously helped until she was strong,... More
January 17 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” — Proverbs 16:18

The Problem of Prosperity

There are many people who can withstand the temptations of failure, the temptations of lack or poverty, who have discovered that they could not withstand the perils and temptations of success. How many men and women have you known who did well in their spiritual life and made great progress in studying His word in Sunday School and Bible classes? They were engaged in His work and seeking the Lord; God blessed them and they were marvelously... More
January 16 “And as he grew strong, his heart grew more proud, leading to his destruction. Then he acted unfaithfully against the Lord his God, for he entered the temple main hall of the Lord to burn incense on the altar.” — 2 Chronicles 26:16

Beware of Pride In the Heart

One day, Judah’s King Uzziah transgressed against the Lord God by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense, and God punished him with leprosy. Well, you say that wasn’t such a great crime. Or was it? If you understand what was meant by it you would understand that it was. He was not a priest of God. He was not set aside and sanctified unto the priesthood. But he decided that this is what he would... More
January 15 “[King Uzziah] sought after God in the days of Zechariah, the one who instructed him in the fear of the Lord. And in the days that he sought after the Lord, God caused him to succeed.” — 2 Chronicles 26:5

Being Faithful In Season and Out

Following God often brings joy and contentment. But the devil is constantly engaged in his one most successful stratagem of reaching his slimy arm out of the pit of Hell and holding some bauble in front of our eyes and turning it this way and that and saying, “Ahhh, will not this bless your life, will not this make you happy, will not this fulfill your wildest dream?” And you say, “Yes,” and you bite and there is a... More