Sermons & Devotionals by Selwyn Hughes

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you ..." (v. 34) For reading & meditation: John 13:1-38 What other teacher has taken the Ten Commandments and had the right to add another commandment to them? But this is precisely what Jesus did, as we see from our text today. "A new com... Read More

"The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God ..." (v. 20) For reading & meditation: Galatians 2:11-21 The argument presented by pluralists that Christians must view their religion as one among many, and Jesus as only one Savior among others, must be firmly resisted. It may sound a... Read More

"The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming - not the realities themselves." (v. 1) For reading & meditation: Hebrews 10:1-18 We talked two days ago of humanity's efforts to try to reach God through philosophy and moralism or the law. The inadequacy, even bankruptcy, of trying to fi... Read More

"The men were amazed and asked, 'What kind of man is this?' " (v. 27) For reading & meditation: Matthew 8:18-34 Have you ever wondered why Jesus is never referred to as Jesus the Great? We speak of Alexander the Great, Charles the Great, and Peter the Great but never Jesus the Great. And why? Becaus... Read More

"... Jesus said, 'It is finished.' " (v. 30) For reading & meditation: John 19:28-37 The chief difference between other religions and the Christian faith as it relates to the matter of personal salvation is: every other religion teaches a form of self-salvation; Christianity teaches that God came in... Read More

"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." (v. 8) For reading & meditation: Isaiah 40:1-11 What do we mean when we say that the Bible is "inspired"? There are various views. One is natural inspiration - that the Bible is inspired in the same way that any work o... Read More

"... The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." (v. 14) For reading & meditation: Isaiah 7:13-17 Some religions, such as Hinduism, claim that their gods incarnate themselves, but those so-called incarnations are rooted in fantasy, not in fact. The Incarn... Read More

"Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep." (v. 6) For reading & meditation: Luke 15:1-10 We turn now to look at another aspect of Christianity's uniqueness - the issue of personal salvation. The vocabulary of salvation is distasteful to those of other religions and many insist we should give it ... Read More

"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." (v. 14) For reading & meditation: John 1:1-18 We continue meditating on the fact that the Christian faith is unique in that it is the Word not of a prophet but of the Son of God Himself. And when I refer to the Son of God I mean also God the So... Read More

... he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things ..." (v. 2) For reading & meditation: Hebrews 1:1-14 The words of our text today point out that though God spoke in times past through prophets and sages (referring to the religion of Judaism), His final Word to this world is i... Read More

"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance ... that he was raised on the third day ..." (vv. 3-4) For reading & meditation: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 What other world religion has at its heart such a glorious fact as our Lord's resurrection? Christianity is the only faith whose Found... Read More

"... but made himself nothing ... being made in human likeness ..." (v. 7) For reading & meditation: Philippians 2:1-11 We are reflecting on the fact that the Christian faith is not just a little better than other faiths but radically different. Religion is mankind's search for God; Christianity, ho... Read More

" ... our Savior, Christ Jesus ... has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light ..." (v. 10) For reading & meditation: 2 Timothy 1:1-18 Several of the world's religions, when faced with the perplexing issue of Christ's return from the dead, explain it in terms of reincarnation. ... Read More

"... when the centurion ... saw how he died, he said, 'Surely this man was the Son of God!' " (v. 39) For reading & meditation: Mark 15:16-39 I cannot believe that God would write a law of "saving by sacrifice" within our hearts and evade it Himself. The psalmist asks: "Does he who formed the eye no... Read More

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing ..." (v. 18) For reading & meditation: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Another of the chief differences between Christianity and the world's religions, and something which adherents of other faiths find a major stumbling block, is the cro... Read More

"... at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly." (v. 6) For reading & meditation: Romans 5:1-8 Why should the offer of free salvation in Christ be such a stumbling block to the world? Mainly because it cuts deep into people's pride. Bishop Neill, a writer, say... Read More

"... they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the brothers very glad." (v. 3) For reading & meditation: Acts 15:1-21 Salvation is the word Christians use to describe the experience of sins being forgiven and receiving the gift of eternal life. Conversion is the word to descr... Read More

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (v. 8) For reading & meditation: Romans 5:6-21 An ancient theologian - St. Augustine - suggested that "the answer to the mystery of the universe is God and the answer to the mystery of God is Christ.... Read More

"... God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions ..." (vv. 4-5) For reading & meditation: Ephesians 2:1-10 A Hindu once said in my presence: "A man may change his acts but not his character." He was saying that a change is possible, but not a vertica... Read More

... the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ..." (v. 6) For reading & meditation: Matthew 9:1-12 Perhaps one of the most significant ways in which Jesus is unlike anyone else who has ever lived is that He had the ability to forgive sins. I am sure you will know the words of the famous ... Read More