Sermons & Devotionals by Utmost For His Highest

“Ye must be born again.” John 3:7 The answer to the question "How can a man he born when he is old?" is - When he is old enough to die - to die right out to his "rag rights," to his virtues, to his religion, to everything, and to receive into himself the life which never was there before. The new li... Lee mas

He comes where He commands us to leave. "When Jesus had made an end of commanding his disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities." ” Matthew 11:1 If when God said "Go," you stayed because you were so concerned about your people at home, you robbed them of the teaching and p... Lee mas

“The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water.” John 4:14 The picture Our Lord gives is not that of a channel but a fountain. "Be being filled," and the sweetness of vital relationship to Jesus will flow out of the saint as lavishly as it is imparted to him. If you find your life ... Lee mas

“Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 The great marvel of the Incarnation slips into ordinary childhood's life; the great marvel of the Transfiguration vanishes in the devil-possessed valley; the glory of the Resurrection descends into a breakfast on the sea-shore. This... Lee mas

Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?" ” John 11:40 Every time you venture out in the life of faith, you will find something in your common-sense circumstances that flatly contradicts your faith. Common sense is not faith, and faith is not common ... Lee mas

“He hath made Him to be sin for us … that we might be made the righteousness of God…” 2 Corinthians 5:21 The modern view of the death of Jesus is that He died for our sins out of sympathy. The New Testament view is that He bore our sin not by sympathy, but by identification. He was made to be sin. O... Lee mas

“Add to your faith virtue…” 2 Peter 1:5 "Add" means there is something we have to do. We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. We cannot save ourselves nor sanctify ourselves, God does that; but God will not give us good habits, He will... Lee mas

“God so loved the world that He gave…” John 3:16 Salvation is not merely deliverance from sin, nor the experience of personal holiness; the salvation of God is deliverance out of self entirely into union with Himself. My experimental knowledge of salvation will be along the line of deliverance from ... Lee mas

“He shall glorify Me.” John 16:14 The pietistic movements of to-day have none of the rugged reality of the New Testament about them; there is nothing about them that needs the Death of Jesus Christ; all that is required is a pious atmosphere, and prayer and devotion. This type of experience is not s... Lee mas

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. (Matthew 5:39, etc) These verses reveal the humiliation of being a Christian. Naturally, if a man does not hit back, it is because he is a coward; but spiritually if a man does... Lee mas

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." ” Matthew 5:39 These verses reveal the humiliation of being a Christian. Naturally, if a man does not hit back, it is because he is a coward; but spiritually if a man does not... Lee mas

“Out of the heart proceed …” Matthew 15:18-20 We begin by trusting our ignorance and calling it innocence, by trusting our innocence and calling it purity; and when we hear these rugged statements of Our Lord's, we shrink and say - But I never felt any of those awful things in my heart. We resent wh... Lee mas

“Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow Me afterwards.” John 13:36 "And when He had spoken this, He saith unto him, Follow Me." Three years before, Jesus had said - "Follow Me," and Peter had followed easily, the fascination of Jesus was upon him, he did not need the Holy ... Lee mas

“Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.” James 4:8 It is essential to give people a chance of acting on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with the individual, you cannot act for him, it must be his own deliberate act, but the evangelical message ought always to lead a man to... Lee mas

“And all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished … And they understood none of these things.” Luke 18:31,34 God called Jesus Christ to what seemed unmitigated disaster. Jesus Christ called His disciples to see Him put to death; He led every one of them... Lee mas

“When it pleased God . . to reveal His Son in me.” Galatians 1:15,16 If Jesus Christ is to regenerate me, what is the problem He is up against? I have a heredity I had no say in; I am not holy, nor likely to be; and if all Jesus Christ can do is to tell me I must he holy, His teaching plants despair... Lee mas

“Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” Romans 5:12 The Bible does not say that God punished the human race for one man's sin; but that the disposition of sin, viz., my claim to my right to myself, entered in... Lee mas

“Behold, we go up to Jerusalem.” Luke 18:31 Jerusalem stands in the life of Our Lord as the place where He reached the climax of His Father's will. "I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me." That was the one dominating interest all through our Lord's life, and the thi... Lee mas

“Being justified freely by His grace…” Romans 3:24 The Gospel of the grace of God awakens an intense longing in human souls and an equally intense resentment, because the revelation which it brings is not palatable. There is a certain pride in man that will give and give, but to come and accept is a... Lee mas

"I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth." Genesis 9:13 It is the Will of God that human beings should get into moral relationship with Him, and His covenants are for this purpose. Why does not God save me? He has saved me, but I have not ente... Lee mas