A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.

And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ.

Since this life is God's and cannot die, it follows that everyone born anew into possessing this life is said to have eternal life.

Frequently the enemy entices Christians to harbor an unforgiving spirit - a very common symptom indeed among God's children. Such bitterness and fault-finding and enmity inflict a severe blow upon spiritual life.

People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.

Our prayers lay the track down which God's power can come.

Because the Lord Jesus died on the Cross, I have received forgiveness of sins; because the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, I have received new life; because the Lord Jesus has been exalted to the right hand of the Father, I have received the outpoured Spirit. All is because of Him; nothing is because of me.