Sword of the Spirit

Working with God - 3 by Andrew Murray Son, go Work Son, go work to day in my vineyard. —Matthew 21:28 KJV The father had two sons.  To each he gave the command to go and work in his vineyard.  The one went, the other went not.  God has given the command and the power to every child of His to work in His vineyard, with the world as the field.  The majority of God’s children are not working for Him and the world is perishing. Of all the mysteries that surround us in the world,  is not one of the strangest and most incomprehensible this —that after 1800 years the very name of the Son of God should be unknown to the larger half of the human race. Just consider what this means.  To restore the ruin sin had wrought, God, the Almighty Creator, actually sent His own Son to the world to tell men of His love, and to bring them His life and salvation.  When Christ made His disciples partakers of that salvation, and the unspeakable joy it brings,  it was with...

A word of Wisdom: Churchianity or Christianity  In your everyday life,  Are you occupied with going to church and doing church centric activities? Or Are you occupied with following Christ in observing in whatsoever that Christ has commanded us and doing the good works and greater works for the Kingdom of God? There is a big difference between these two believers. The former way, truth and life seeks to closely follow and to obey the teachings and traditions of the church,  which is essentially Churchianity.  The latter way, truth and life seeks to closely follow and to observe the Way, the Truth and the Life in Christ, with Christ and for Christ according to that which is written in the Word of God,  essentially followers of Christ or Christian. Luke 10:21 KJV I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,  that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,  and hast revealed them unto babes:  even so, Father;  for so it seemed go...

Working with God by Andrew Murray Good Works the Light of the World Ye are the light of the world.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. —Matthew 5:14,16 A light is always meant for the use of those who are in darkness, that by it they may see.  The sun lights up the darkness of this world.  A lamp is hung in a room to give it light.  The Church of Christ is the light of men.  The God of this world hath blinded their eyes;  Christ’s disciples are to shine into their darkness and give them light.  As the rays of light stream forth from the sun and scatter that light all about,  so the good works of believers are the light that streams out from them to conquer the surrounding darkness,  with its ignorance of God and estrangement from Him. What a high and holy place is thus given to our good works.  What power is attributed to them.  How much depends upon the...

Working with God  by Andrew Murray Waiting and Working They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;  Neither hath the eye seen,  O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him. —Isaiah 40:31, 64:4 KJV   Here we have two texts in which the connection between waiting and working is made clear.  In the first we see that waiting brings the needed strength for working—that it fits for joyful and unwearied work.  'They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;  they shall mount up with wings as eagles;  they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.' Waiting on God has its value in this:  it makes us strong in work for God.  The second reveals the secret of this strength. God worketh for Him that waiteth for Him. The waiting on God secures the working of God for us and in us,  out of which our work must spring. The two passages teach the great lesson,  that as waiti...