Our hiding place
March 20, 2024
“A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Now He’s not only King, you see. He’s a Savior King. He bore the winds and the tempest of the judgment of sin for us. And He’s a Rock for our protection today. And He was set before us, you remember, back in Isaiah 26:4 as the Rock of Ages. And this is another aspect of His ministry under the figure of the Rock. He is a place of hiding today.
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Back of the thrones of this world today stands God, keeping watch over His own. And His purpose is being fulfilled in this world today. As I’ve been studying Isaiah, I am convinced of this. As you see God penetrating into the life of these pagan, heathen nations that God does overrule nations. And He proves it. Because God wrote down before it happened, He says, “This will happen to this nation and that will happen to that nation.” And it’s all come to pass. Maybe some of us that are discouraged today, maybe we need to get into the presence of God and make the discovery that He’s still on the throne.
March 19, 2024
If you have sin in your life that you’ve not dealt with; if you’re harboring this morning bitterness and hatred and wrong feelings toward someone else, the Holy Spirit cannot manifest Himself in His fullness through your life. And there are multitudes right here in my presence today and listening in that have that kind of an attitude today. And because of that, you hinder the work of the Holy Spirit in your life. Because you can do that. That is the only way as I see it the Holy Spirit can be limited and withdrawn today. Because each believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and he will continue to be indwelt, and he’s sealed with the Holy Spirit, until the day of redemption.
March 18, 2024
Woe to you and me today when we turn away from God and expect to turn to some little materialistic or human help. Don’t misunderstand; God expects you to be reasonable. But in the final analysis, what does have top priority as far as help is concerned? Where do you go to for help? To your banker? Even to your preacher? Or to this radio teacher here? Where do you go for help? Don’t go to us. Friends, I don’t know what to do in many of the problems that arise in my own life. Now it’s nice to ask for advice, but in the final analysis, we go to God for help.
March 15, 2024
Now don’t hurry. Don’t say, “Oh, we are at the end of the age.” Who told you that? God says, “You let Me work this out because I have not given you any dates.” Isaiah will tell us, “They that wait on the Lord will renew their strength ….” All of this tension and pressure today, trying to rush God. Friends, He’s in no hurry. And maybe things over there are not like you think they ought to be, and you and I’d like to rearrange it. You let the Lord work it out. He’s got eternity ahead of Him and, apparently, He doesn’t seem to be in a hurry. And when you and I get in step with Him, it’s going to make life lots easier for us down here.
March 14, 2024
May I say to you the curse of the world is religion, and God would like for you to get rid of religion and come to Christ. I mentioned that to a man not too long ago, and immediately he countered by saying to me, “I want you to know, Dr. McGee, I’m a religious man.” He said, “You know, I’m a religious man by nature.” And I think I shocked him. I said to him, “Brother, you ought to get rid of your religion.” He says, “Why, aren’t you a religious man?” I said, “No, I’m not. I’m one that came as a sinner to Christ, and I have a relationship today with a Person.” That’s no religion; it’s a relationship. And that’s the important thing.
March 13, 2024
Well, now, what’s the answer to the falsehood and the lies and the deception that is abroad today? Well, God’s already put down the answer. It’s a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. And the one that believes in it, he doesn’t need to be in a hurry today. He can rest in Him. And Peter made it very clear—1 Peter 2:6-8. “Wherefore, also is contained in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion a chief stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.” Now Simon Peter makes it very clear that this stone is Christ.
March 12, 2024
There is no shortcut to the Christian life. There is no easy way. You want to know the Word of the Lord? “The word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept.” Precept upon precept—just a daily grind of getting into the Word of God; line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little. That’s the reason that so many Christians today are in a backslidden condition. It’s not actually that they’re weaker than anybody else. They just don’t spend enough time in the Word of God.
March 11, 2024
“O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” This is praise to God for deliverance now. They now are in a time of great blessing, and this is a song of sheer delight and wonder and worship. And this comes from a heart overflowing. For the worshipper now has come into a new knowledge of who God is and what He’s done. This is not the average song service that you have in a church on Wednesday night. May I say to you, this is those that are eager to worship God because of faithfulness and truth.
March 8, 2024
You can’t have a kingdom without a king. When they rejected the King, there’s no kingdom, and then He could say privately, personally, now: “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden; I will rest you.” That’s still His invitation today. It is a message to be sent out to individuals to exercise their free will. And my friend, you’re making a decision, whether you know it or not, whether you believe it or not. You either make a decision for Him or reject Him. And somebody says, “You don’t get me on that. I will not make a decision. I will not accept Him, and I don’t reject Him.” You don’t? Listen to Him: “He that is not for Me, is against Me ….” There’s no such thing as neutral ground.
March 7, 2024
The devil is the deceiver. And how many people today are deceived? They’re deceived about life. How many people today are even thinking of eternity? Just things of the here and now. And today we find even science, the great organization, now rejecting for the first time the creation account. They don’t want it. It’s a great day of deception. You can be deceived today by science. You can be deceived today by politicians. You can be deceived today by educators. You can be deceived today by the military, and you can be deceived today by all these protests. And the only help today is to turn to Jesus Christ. He’s been “made unto us wisdom” and the only hope.
March 6, 2024
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Get ready to fight the good fight against legalism in Galatians. When this letter was written, it defended the gospel of Christ from people who wanted to reduce it to rules. Not surprising, Galatians has provided the backbone for several great spiritual revivals around the world. Freedom, we learn, is a serious fight. Allow grace to revolutionize your own life through these seven lessons from Dr. J. Vernon McGee.