Sermons & Devotionals by Jessie Penn Lewis
Jessie Penn Lewis
THE WORLD ISSUES OF TO-DAY
Several letters have reached me concerning the brief paper " Soul Force verses Spirit Force " given in our last issue. A ministerial reader describes it as being epochal in importance, whilst others confirm from personal experience some of the statements made, showing how truly the present increase ... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Appendix
Note.--The page references in all cases refer to preceding chapters in "War on the Saints." The attitude of the Early Fathers to evil spirits. See page 30. "Tertullian says, in his Apology addressed to the Rulers of the roman Empire: . . Let a person be brought before your tribunals who is plainly u... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Brief Notes
Brief Notes Thoughts of impatience, pp. 158, 159. i.e. directly physical, not moral, and result of d.p. Remedy is regaining of normal condition, and refusal of d.p. as cause. Rom. 6: 11 must be kept as spiritual basis in all cases. Daydreams in meetings, p. 158. Resist by active refusal of e.s. inte... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 1
A Biblical Survey of Satanic Deception Truth of every kind makes free, while lies bind up in bonds. Ignorance also binds up, because it gives ground to Satan. Man's ignorance is a primary and essential condition for deception by evil spirits. The ignorance of the people of God concerning the powers ... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 10
Victory in Conflict In a previous chapter we have seen the way of deliverance from possession by evil spirits. The great question here is, how to be victorious over the powers of darkness as a whole. How to have authority, and victory over the wicked spirits in place of their mastery over the believ... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 11
War upon the Powers of Darkness In the path to freedom from deception and possession, the believer discovers the need of MAKING WAR AGAINST THE POWERS OF DARKNESS, for the undeceiving and the dispossession which follows, reveals to him the depths of the wickedness of Satan and his hosts of wicked sp... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 12
Revival Dawn and the Baptism of the Spirit We have seen that the period in the believer's life wherein he receives the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the special time of danger from the evil supernatural world, and the Baptism of the Spirit is THE ESSENCE OF REVIVAL. Revival dawn, is, therefore, the ... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 2
The Satanic confederacy of wicked spirits A perspective view of the ages covered by the history in Bible records, shows that the rise and fall in spiritual power of the people of God, was marked by the recognition of the existence of the demoniacal hosts of evil. When the Church of God in the old an... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 3
Deception by evil spirits in modern times In the special onslaught of the deceiver, which will come upon the whole of the true Church of Christ at the close of the age, through the army of deceiving spirits, there are some more than others who are specially attacked by the powers of darkness, who ne... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 4
Passivity the chief basis of possession That believers--true, fully surrendered children of God--can be deceived, and then up to the degree of deception, "possessed" by deceiving spirits, we have seen in the preceding chapters. The primary cause must now be made clear, and the conditions for decepti... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 5
Deception and possession To be deceived by lying spirits does not mean that the believer is necessarily possessed by an evil spirit; and a person may be "possessed" without having been deceived. For instance, a believer may be misled in guidance, or be deceived by counterfeit visions and manifestati... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 6
Counterfeits of the Divine In seeking to obtain full control of the believer, the first great effort of evil spirits is directed toward getting the man to accept their suggestions, and workings, as the speaking, working, or leading of God. Their initial device is to counterfeit a "Divine Presence," ... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 7
Ground and Symptoms of Possession In Column 2 of the summary given on page 102, the various ways in which ground is given for the deception and possession of evil spirits are briefly summarized. Communication is possible with the believer without ground being given, but evil spirits can never interf... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 8
The Path to Freedom It has been thought almost universally that the only way to deal with demon- possession is by the casting out of the evil spirit,note 1 by some Divinely equipped believer. But facts prove that this method is not always successful, for though the diagnosis of the intruder's presen... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Part 9
The Volition and Spirit of Man It is now necessary to see from the Scriptures the true way in which God works in the believer, in contradistinction to the way of Satan and his wicked spirits; for the principle of co-operation with God,note 1 and not passive control by Him, must be fully understood, ... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Seeking radical cause in ground"
Seeking radical cause in ground In seeking for radical cause of e.s. possession, the believer must look to the opposite to discover the ground of access, e.g., as in the following instances. Believer thought he opened to God to obtain Believer opened to e.s., which actually resulted in Knowledge Str... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - Summary of "Ground"
Summary of "Ground" Evil spirits must have ground: p. 54. Degree of ground for possession cannot be defined. p. 94. Ground can be deepened. pp. 95, 161. Cannot interfere with faculties unless ground given. p. 154. They deceive and attack to obtain ground. p. 199. The ground given to e.s. for access:... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
War On The Saints - The true workings of God, and the Counterfeits of Satan
The True Workings of God, and Counterfeits of Satan "Knowledge and all discernment; so that ye may prove the things that differ, that ye may be sincere and void of offence. . . ." Phil. 1: 9,10, m. True. Counterfeit. 1. The Baptism, or Fullness of the Spirit: An influx of the Spirit of God into the ... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
The Leading of the Lord
by Jessie Penn-Lewis A Spiritual Autobiography This is a testimony from a servant of God who had a fruitful through the Welsh revival and deeper Life devotional writings. She was born in 1861 in South Wales; even decades after her home-going, thousands of her books are sold yearly. In spite of her g... Read More
Jessie Penn Lewis
The Battle for the Mind
(2 Cor. 11.3, A.V.) "I fear lest, by any means, as the serpent, beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." THERE is a great battle to-day over the use and control of the mind, not only in the world, but among the children of God. 1. T... Read More
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Jessie Penn Lewis (1861 - 1927)
was a Welsh evangelical speaker and author of a number of Christian evangelical works. Penn-Lewis was close to Evan Roberts and there is some controversy associated with her influence over him. After the breakdown by Roberts cut the revival short, he stayed with the Penn-Lewises for a couple of years, but never fully recovered.Penn-Lewis was influenced by the Dutch Reformed, South African writer Andrew Murray among others, and her books contain quotes from him and references to his works. Frank Buchman, the founder of the Oxford Group, credits Penn-Lewis with helping him to turn his life around from depression when he heard her speak at a Keswick Convention.[5] She also influenced Johan Oscar Smith, the founder of Brunstad Christian Church[6] and the missionary statesman Norman Grubb.
Born in 1861 in South Wales, this daughter of a mining engineer was nurtured in the "lap of Calvinistic Methodism," as she put it. Surrounded by love and a large library, she ventured into a life of learning and activity which always seemed far beyond the capability of her persistently frail body. Strong-willed and independent, she walked at the age of nine months, and by the age of four could read the Bible freely, without having been taught to read.
She married at the age of eighteen, was converted to Christ eighteen months later, and set about to learn to follow God.
At the age of thirty-one she was baptized with the Spirit, and her simple motto became, ''Keep free to follow the will of God." God gave her remarkable insight into the Scriptures, and it became obvious that He had fashioned her to be a teacher.
Her ministry took her to Sweden, Russia, Finland, India, Canada and the United States. Her life became linked to the spiritual giants of her generation- F. B. Meyer, Andrew Murray, D. L. Moody .
She founded The Overcomer, a serious journal on the pursuit of the deeper Christian life. For many years she addressed great audiences at vast conventions of Christians. Finally, after one such series of talks she arrived home obviously ill. Her strength waned rapidly and she slipped into the presence of Christ in 1927 at the age of sixty-six.
Few women in modern times have left so profound an impression on their generation, and few have so boldly and biblically stated the value of their gender. Jessie Penn-Lewis was the embodiment of Women's Liberation in its best and noblest sense.