Sermons & Devotionals by Allan Halton

I mentioned last time the price tag that is on the Testimony of Christ in our lives—the Testimony of the Spirit that means the Presence of Christ Himself is with us. This will garner us the same thing it garnered Him. But there is a price tag—a far heavier price tag—on being the friend of this world... Lee mas

I’ll probably be in trouble for this one, but I commend it to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. Tim Tebow is the U.S. football star who recently made quite a stir for having John 3:16 in the—what do you call it—the blacking below his eyes. It was his way of openly declaring to all the world... Lee mas

The writer of Hebrews says it was Noah’s building the ark that justified God in bringing the flood on the world of the ungodly. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became h... Lee mas

The writer of Hebrews addresses a “holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling” (Heb. 3.1). It’s the calling to participate in the priesthood of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose priesthood is after the order (or, model) of Melchizedek. That’s why it’s a heavenly calling. The Levitical priesthood wa... Lee mas

We Christians in this present age are to live the life of another age. We now have that life of the age to come—eternal life—in seed form, and the more we fall into the ground and die as the original Seed Himself fell into the ground and died, the more do we sow unto eternal life, the more do we rel... Lee mas

George Fox exhorted the early Friends to be valiant for the truth in this day of trial and persecution. For if we are Christians, this is our portion in this day, as many in other lands have already discovered. We Christians here in western lands need to arm ourselves with the same mind—and thus be ... Lee mas

One of the things we know as a result of the primal fault is that our world requires substantial ordering. A house requires regular maintenance. A garden must be tended. It must be watered and weeded. Left to itself it quickly goes to grass. Now, certain Scriptures are very beautiful with the idea t... Lee mas

Three times in his letters the apostle Paul refers to something he calls “my gospel” (Rom. 2.16, 16.25 and 2 Tim. 2.8). There is of course only one Gospel—the Good News of our salvation. But Paul was able to call this Gospel his own. How so? It’s because the gospel of God was not just hearsay to him... Lee mas

Last time we talked of individuals who had the testimony of Jesus Christ. John on Patmos had this testimony. The messenger who was showing John the things he wrote about in the Revelation had this testimony—so powerful a testimony of Jesus Christ that John was tempted to worship him. He thought the ... Lee mas

Just about everybody, I suppose, wants peace, so they can do the things they want to do and live a happy untroubled life. But how many want righteousness? It’s interesting to note in the Bible how consistently peace and righteousness are linked together. In fact they are inseparable. According to th... Lee mas

I can sum up in one sentence a book I’ve been reading on early Christian history. The early Christians lived in a world that hated God and loved blood. The populace of Rome and other cities of the Empire came out to the arenas for their blood sports as passionately—and as routinely—as North American... Lee mas

What is the evidence we are born again, and therefore involved in the reversal of the primal fault? Love. Peter again: “Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born... Lee mas

Here is a young man walking along a dusty road with sure but urgent step. He is leading a donkey upon which a very pregnant young woman is riding. This young woman so obvious with child could give birth at any moment: why then are they travelling in the first place? It’s because a prophet seven hund... Lee mas

One thing about the Internet is that it has brought into being an information overload. There is an overwhelming sea of information available. We have been deluged with knowledge… and you pretty much need an “ark” to get through it all safely. For, though it was never God’s intention, even Christian... Lee mas

Last time we talked of the Testimony in the days of the Old Covenant. God’s testimony in the Old Covenant was the Law. For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel… (Ps. 78.5). Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples (Isa. 8.16). Under the Old Covenant the la... Lee mas

I have been held in thrall for a long time by the phrase, “the testimony of Jesus Christ.” (You know the meaning of enthral. It means “to hold in or reduce to slavery, to hold spellbound.” A thrall is a servant slave, a bondman.) And so—the testimony of Jesus Christ. It’s an absolutely captivating p... Lee mas

Last time we talked about the apostle John being in the isle of Patmos for “the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.” I think John is speaking of the testimony that back on the mainland got him in trouble. Jesus had said to His disciples: But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send un... Lee mas

Be valiant and faithful for God’s truth upon the earth in this day of trial and persecution. This is from the letters of George Fox the Quaker apostle, which I have been reading. Fox often encouraged his friends with words such as these. The early Quakers suffered grievously at the hands of the apos... Lee mas

We’ve been talking about the great flood of Noah’s day and the ark he built, and how that is a figure of the atonement of Christ on Calvary. We saw that Peter likened the flood to a great baptism, and the ark to God’s salvation in that baptism. Peter said that the Christian’s baptism in water is “a ... Lee mas

I am still grieving the deaths of these young people the news has been telling us about. I am mourning for them, hurting with their hurting families. When this kind of thing happens you can hear very loudly the travail pains of a groaning creation. And it causes a groaning in me as well. How long, L... Lee mas