Sermons & Devotionals by Selwyn Hughes

"They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)" (v. 9) For reading & meditation: John 20:1-18 The late Bishop John Robinson stated: "The resurrection of the body of Christ is no essential belief for Christian people, and it would make no difference to their fait... consulte Mais informação

"And a voice came from heaven: 'You are my Son, whom I love ... ' " (v. 11) For reading & meditation: Mark 1:1-12 We continue with the thought that what makes the Bible unique is its Author. Some years ago a cartoon appeared in a Christian magazine depicting a woman at the counter of a lending libra... consulte Mais informação

"For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it." (v. 24) For reading & meditation: Luke 9:18-27 Suppose a tiny seed had a will of its own and decided to save itself by refusing to be buried. It would abide alone. It would save itself but would not sa... consulte Mais informação

"'He saved others,' they said, 'but he can't save himself!' " (v. 42) For reading & meditation: Matthew 27:32-44 What humiliation and shame our Lord endured for us on the cross of Calvary. Cicero, a Roman philosopher, said of crucifixion: "Far be the very name of a cross not only from the bodies of ... consulte Mais informação

"God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood." (v. 25) For reading & meditation: Romans 3:21-31 Herbert Spencer, whom we quoted earlier, wrote: "The task of religion is at-one-ment: atonement. If it fails to do this it fails at the vital point." Its ritual may be beauti... consulte Mais informação

"... he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead ..." (v. 18) For reading & meditation: Colossians 1:1-20 Does salvation come up from mankind through striving, helped by the Divine, or does it come down to us from above, through the act of God and our receptivity of that act? Is it an ... consulte Mais informação

"... you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ ..." (v. 11) For reading & meditation: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 In his book Conversion - Christian and Non-Christian, C. Underwood says that the future of religion lies with the religions of the East, such... consulte Mais informação

"... in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value." (v. 6) For reading & meditation: Galatians 5:1-15 Permit me to pause in our meditations on the chief differences between the Christian faith and non-Christian religions to turn our eyes inward to the state of affairs within... consulte Mais informação

"... he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law." (v. 29) For reading & meditation: Matthew 7:13-29 If the men and women of this world took an unbiased look at Jesus as presented to us in the four Gospels, they would see, as Bishop Stephen Neill put it, that "Jesus Chri... consulte Mais informação

"... God ... sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him." (v. 9) For reading & meditation: 1 John 4:7-21 There have been two great attempts to find God throughout the ages," said Dr. E. Stanley Jones, "one, philosophy, the other, moralism." The attempts of philosophy to ... consulte Mais informação

"... and the Scripture cannot be broken ..." (v. 35) For reading & meditation: John 10:1-18 I said yesterday that I subscribe to the supervisal inspiration of the Bible. I believe God led the minds and hearts of the writers of Scripture to go to the right sources for information, to come up with the... consulte Mais informação

"Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?" (v. 46) For reading & meditation: John 8:31-47 Jesus publicly made the challenge: " Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?" Here we are face to face with a kind of person who had not been seen since Adam in his pre-fallen condition - a man without sin. The di... consulte Mais informação

"You diligently study the Scriptures. ... These are the Scriptures that testify about me ..." (v. 39) For reading & meditation: John 5:31-47 Jesus claimed to be greater than the Scriptures. Everyone else has to put themselves under the authority of the Scriptures. In one sense, of course, Christ sub... consulte Mais informação

"Were not our hearts burning ... while he talked with us ... and opened the Scriptures to us?" (v. 32) For reading & meditation: Luke 24:13-35 The Bible is unique in its varied penmanship. The Scriptures were written over a period of some fifteen hundred years by about forty different penmen, and ye... consulte Mais informação

"Thomas said to him, ' My Lord and my God!' " (v. 28) For reading & meditation: John 20:24-31 Jesus Christ accepted worship as God. What other person in his right mind has ever made such a claim? Earlier Simon Peter had made the confession "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matt. 16:16... consulte Mais informação

"... let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith ..." (v. 22) For reading & meditation: Hebrews 10:19-25 In every religion in the world apart from Christianity there is a note of uncertainty concerning this matter of personal salvation. Many modern religious attitudes are... consulte Mais informação

"Greet ... Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia." (v. 5) For reading & meditation: Romans 16:1-16 A word which the gospel associates with salvation is the word "conversion." Salvation is the offer of divine forgiveness and the gift of eternal life; conversion is the ... consulte Mais informação

"Salvation is found in no one else ..." (v. 12) For reading & meditation: Acts 4:1-12 We looked yesterday at the statement to the effect that all religions are the same. We must watch out for such statements, for when they are repeated over and over again, and by seemingly sincere people, we can be ... consulte Mais informação

"... contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints." (v. 3) For reading & meditation: Jude 1:1-16 What makes the Christian faith different from every other faith? Prince Charles, who is next in line to the British throne, has let it be known that if and when he becomes king he ... consulte Mais informação

"For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts ..." (v. 21) For reading & meditation: Mark 7:8-23 We need to be reminded that there is in life a dark and terrible problem - the problem of evil. Herbert Spencer in Natural Law in the Spiritual World defines physical life as "inward correspo... consulte Mais informação