Sermons & Devotionals by Utmost For His Highest

“Then He took unto Him the twelve.” Luke 18:31 The bravery of God in trusting us! You say - "But He has been unwise to choose me, because there is nothing in me; I am not of any value." That is why He chose you. As long as you think there is something in you, He cannot choose you because you have en... Lee mas

“Did not our heart burn within us?” Luke 24:32 We need to learn this secret of the burning heart. Suddenly Jesus appears to us, the fires are kindled, we have wonderful visions, then we have to learn to keep the secret of the burning heart that will go through anything. It is the dull, bald, dreary,... Lee mas

“For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel.” 1 Corinthians 1:17 Paul states here that the call of God is to preach the gospel; but remember what Paul means by "the gospel," viz., the reality of Redemption in our Lord Jesus Christ. We are apt to make sanctification the end-all of ou... Lee mas

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree.” 1 Peter 2:24 The Cross of Jesus is the revelation of God's judgment on sin. Never tolerate the idea of martyrdom about the Cross of Jesus Christ. The Cross was a superb triumph in which the foundations of hell were shaken. There is nothin... Lee mas

“Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body's sake.” Colossians 1:24 We make calls out of our own spiritual consecration, but when we get right with God He brushes all these aside, and rivets us with a pain that is... Lee mas

Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips. (Isaiah 6:5) When I get into the presence of God, I do not realize that I am a sinner in an indefinite sense; I realize the concentration of sin in a particular feature of my life. A man will say easily - 'Oh, yes, I know I am a sinner'... Lee mas

“Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips.” Isaiah 6:5 When I get into the presence of God, I do not realize that I am a sinner in an indefinite sense; I realize the concentration of sin in a particular feature of my life. A man will say easily - 'Oh, yes, I know I am a sinner'... Lee mas

“… save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Galatians 6:14 If you want to know the energy of God (i.e., the resurrection life of Jesus) in your mortal flesh, you must brood on the tragedy of God. Cut yourself off from prying personal interest in your own spiritual symptoms and consider bare-spir... Lee mas

If any man come to Me, and hate not . . . he cannot be My disciple. (Luke 14:26, also 27, 33) If the closest relationships of life clash with the claims of Jesus Christ, He says it must be instant obedience to Himself. Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Person, Our Lord Jesus Chri... Lee mas

“If any man come to Me, and hate not … he cannot be My disciple.” Luke 14:26,27,33 If the closest relationships of life clash with the claims of Jesus Christ, He says it must be instant obedience to Himself. Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Person, Our Lord Jesus Christ. There i... Lee mas

“For necessity is laid upon me: yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!” 1 Corinthians 9:16 We are apt to forget the mystical, supernatural touch of God. If you can tell where you got the call of God and all about it, I question whether you have ever had a call. The call of God does not com... Lee mas

“By whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” Galatians 6:14 If I brood on the Cross of Christ, I do not become a subjective pietist, interested in my own whiteness; I become dominantly concentrated on Jesus Christ's interests. Our Lord was not a recluse nor an ascetic, He did not ... Lee mas

“Woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!” 1 Corinthians 9:16 Beware of stopping your ears to the call of God. Everyone who is saved is called to testify to the fact; but that is not the call to preach, it is merely an illustration in preaching. Paul is referring to the pangs produced in him by t... Lee mas

“At that day ye shall ask in My name.” John 16:26 We are too much given to thinking of the Cross as something we have to get through; we get through it only in order to get into it. The Cross stands for one thing only for us - a complete and entire and absolute identification with the Lord Jesus Chr... Lee mas

“And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.” Revelation 1:17 It may be that like the apostle John you know Jesus Christ intimately, when suddenly He appears with no familiar characteristic at all, and the only thing you can do is to fall at His feet as dead. There are times when God cannot reve... Lee mas

“I will very gladly spend and be spent for you;” 2 Corinthians 12:15 When the Spirit of God has shed abroad the love of God in our hearts, we begin deliberately to identify ourselves with Jesus Christ's interests in other people, and Jesus Christ is interested in every kind of man there is. We have ... Lee mas

“Though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.” 2 Corinthians 12:15 Natural love expects some return, but Paul says - I do not care whether you love me or not, I am willing to destitute myself completely, not merely for your sakes, but that I may get you to God. "For ye know the grace ... Lee mas

“The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” Matthew 20:28 Paul's idea of service is the same as Our Lord's: "I am among you as He that serveth;" "ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." We have the idea that a man called to the ministry is called to be a different kind of bei... Lee mas

“Speak; for Thy servant heareth.” 1 Samuel 3:10 Because I have listened definitely to one thing from God, it does not follow that I will listen to everything He says. The way in which I show God that I neither love nor respect Him is by the obtuseness of my heart and mind towards what He says. If I ... Lee mas

“And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.” 1 Samuel 3:15 God never speaks to us in startling ways, but in ways that are easy to misunderstand, and we say, "I wonder if that is God's voice?" Isaiah said that the Lord spake to him "with a strong hand," that is, by the pressure of circumstances. Nothi... Lee mas