THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XVII – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XVII – Oswald J Smith OUR TWOFOLD TASK IT is necessary that we have very clear and definite views regarding our responsibility. Not only must we do God’s work; it must be done in His way. Our greatest danger perhaps is that of multiplying organizations and broadening our mission […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XVI – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XVI – Oswald J Smith CHRIST’S THREEFOLD COMMISSION IN Christ’s threefold Commission we have the complete program of missionary enterprise for this dispensation. This threefold Commission is expressed in three simple words. LOOK ”Say ye not, There are yet four months and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XV – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XV – Oswald J Smith GO AND TELL OTHERS IT is eventide. The last lingering ray of the setting sun has sunk below the horizon. The suffocating heat of the day has been replaced by the cooler air of the approaching night. The long, dark shadows cast by the […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XIV – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XIV – Oswald J Smith OUR MOST IMPORTANT WORK THE more I study God’s Word the more I am convinced that the most important work of the church is the winning of lost men and women to Jesus Christ. Among many others there are four outstanding passages that clearly […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XIII – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XIII – Oswald J Smith THE INVESTMENT OF LIFE GOD has a plan for every life. He had a plan for Jeremiah’s life even before he saw the light of day. (Jer. 1:5). He has a plan for your life; He has one for mine. And because of this […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XII – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XII – Oswald J Smith WHICH IS YOUR GOAL? HOW do you find the work among the Indians now?” I enquired of a missionary on the Pacific Coast. “Oh, harder, much harder,” was the reply. “Many of them have begun to doubt the Bible and to question the Christian […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XI – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER XI – Oswald J Smith PREACHING CHRIST THERE are two great essentials in the propagation of the Gospel–the messenger, and the message. The more I observe Christian activity and watch results, the more I am convinced that the most potent factor in it all has to do with personality. […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER X – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER X – Oswald J Smith JUST IN TIME COULD you come to see a sick woman? ” “Is it urgent? ” “Yes, very; she may not live through the night.” “All right, I’ll come at once,” and I hung up the receiver. Making my way through· the city streets, […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER IX – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER IX – Oswald J Smith THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS THERE are many to whom Jesus Christ is Saviour but not Lord; many who have been saved by Jesus who have never recognized Him as Master. But not until He has been given that place will He be satisfied. In […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER VIII – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER VIII – Oswald J Smith THE SANCTIFIED LIFE IT is not my purpose to go into the doctrinal side of Sanctification, for I have learned that it is possible to know an experience doctrinally and yet fail to appropriate it in a practical way, Therefore I am going to […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER VII – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER VII – Oswald J Smith THE SURRENDERED LIFE WHEN I talk about Surrender I like to be definite. It sometimes pays to go into detail. And so I am going to be very plain and simple in order that you may have no hazy idea as to what I […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER VI – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER VI – Oswald J Smith WHAT DOES GOD THINK OF ME? WE are going to let God search us. We want to find out if possible just what He thinks of us. Our prayer will be the cry of the Psalmist, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER V – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER V – Oswald J Smith THE VICTORIOUS LIFE THE saddest thing in the Christian life is the presence and power of sin. Many there are who would give all they possess if only they could resist temptation and live a life of unbroken fellowship with God. It is a […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER IV – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER IV – Oswald J Smith THE SUPREME TEST LOVEST thou Me?” The question was startling. The little group sitting round the fire on the shore of the Galilean sea, glanced quickly up at the speaker’s face. With expectation gleaming in His eyes, He sat quietly gazing at but one, […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER III – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER III – Oswald J Smith THE SEPARATED LIFE IT is doubtful if there ever was a time when the note of Separation needed to be sounded more than to-day. The world has become so churchy and the Church so worldly that it is hard to distinguish the one from […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER II – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER II – Oswald J Smith THE MAN GOD USES I HAVE been trying to think during these past days of the qualities that will enable God to use men in Christian service; and so far as I can discover there are at least eight that are essential. Moreover, I […]
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER I – Oswald J Smith
THE MAN GOD USES – CHAPTER I – Oswald J Smith A BIRTHDAY PRAYER ON November 8th, 1927, my thirty-eighth birthday, I prayed this prayer: “Lord, make me a man after Thine own heart.” Work faded out of sight; things that before seemed important disappeared; everything in which I was interested took a secondary place, […]
A Cry for Repentance and Revival – OSWALD J. SMITH
A Cry for Repentance and Revival – OSWALD J. SMITH God has been doing some incredible things the last few weeks at the Church at Ellerslie. He seems to be stirring and preparing us for revival. The church has been gathering each Tuesday night for the last few weeks to pray for several hours and […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER X – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER X – OSWALD J. SMITH SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES OF PRICELESS VALUE MAY 22nd IT is coming to me more and more to challenge my work; to test and prove everything. I feel quite certain that one of the outstanding reasons for failure lies in the fact that we do not […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER IX – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER IX – OSWALD J. SMITH MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD’S POWER OCTOBER 17th DAY by day we have been meeting as usual for prayer. Today we began at 9:30 this morning and continued until after 3:00. We have been asking God to break us for many weeks. About 2:00 this afternoon […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER VIII – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER VIII – OSWALD J. SMITH HEART YEARNINGS FOR REVIVAL IT was in the years 1917 and 1918 that the yearnings for revival expressed in these messages were born of God. Nothing of a spectacular nature took place for the work was of a wholly local character, nor did it […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER VII – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER VII – OSWALD J. SMITH FAITH FAITH is the key that unlocks the door of God’s power. “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down.” And in revival work one of the indispensable prerequisites is a living, vital Faith. “All things are possible to him that believeth.” The man […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER VI – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER VI – OSWALD J. SMITH OBSTACLES There is only one obstacle that can block up the channel and choke God’s power, and that is SIN. Sin is the great barrier. It alone can hinder the work of the Spirit and prevent a Revival. “If I regard iniquity in my […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER V – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER V – OSWALD J. SMITH CONVICTION THERE is one thing that was always prominent in the great Revivals of past days, viz., a deep and a true conviction of sin. And it is one of the vital elements that is lacking today. How disappointing are the methods of present-day […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER IV – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER IV – OSWALD J. SMITH THE ENDUEMENT OF POWER The Holy Spirit is able to make the Word as successful now as in the days of the apostles. He can bring in souls by hundreds and thousands as well as by ones and twos. The reason why we are […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER III – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER III – OSWALD J. SMITH SOUL-TRAVAIL WE read in Isa. 66:8, that “as soon as Zion travailed she brought forth her children;” and this is the most fundamental element in the work of God. Can children be born without pain? Can there be birth without travail? Yet how many […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER II – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER II – OSWALD J. SMITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIVAL AS far back as I can remember my heart has burned within me whenever I have heard or read accounts of the mighty work of God in the great Revivals of past years. The heroic missionaries of the […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER 1 – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – CHAPTER 1 – OSWALD J. SMITH THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT IT was in 1904. All Wales was aflame. The nation had drifted far from God. The spiritual conditions were low indeed. Church attendance was poor. And sin abounded on every side. Suddenly, like an unexpected tornado. the Spirit of […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – Foreword – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – Foreword – OSWALD J. SMITH Foreword by Jonathan Goforth MR. SMITH’S book, “The Revival We Need,” for its size is the most powerful plea for revival I have ever read. He has truly been led by the Spirit of God in preparing it. To his emphasis for the need of […]
THE REVIVAL WE NEED- Preface – OSWALD J. SMITH
THE REVIVAL WE NEED – Preface – OSWALD J. SMITH Five years ago there came into my life a spiritual experience that revolutionized my work, and resulted in a Ministry characterized by some of the manifestations that usually accompany Revivals. It was in this atmosphere that these messages were born; and while the writing […]
The Responsibility for Revival-Oswald J.Smith
The Responsibility for Revival – Oswald J.Smith AS far back as I can remember my heart has burned within me whenever I have heard or read accounts of the mighty work of God in the great Revivals of past years. The heroic missionaries of the cross in foreign lands, and the lonely men of God […]
The Outpouring of the Spirit-Oswald J.Smith
The Outpouring of the Spirit – Oswald J.Smith IT was in 1904. All Wales was aflame. The nation had drifted far from God. The spiritual conditions were low indeed. Church attendance was poor. And sin abounded on every side. Suddenly, like an unexpected tornado. the Spirit of God swept over the land. The Churches were […]
The Enduement of Power-Oswald J.Smith
The Enduement of Power – Oswald J.Smith The Holy Spirit is able to make the Word as successful now as in the days of the apostles. He can bring in souls by hundreds and thousands as well as by ones and twos. The reason why we are no more prosperous is that we have not […]
Spiritual Experiences of Priceless value-Oswald J.Smith
Spiritual Experiences of Priceless value – Oswald J.Smith MAY 22nd IT is coming to me more and more to challenge my work; to test and prove everything. I feel quite certain that one of the outstanding reasons for failure lies in the fact that we do not judge ourselves. I must challenge my preaching. God […]
Soul-Travail-Oswald J. Smith
Soul-Travail – Oswald J. Smith Can we travail for a drowning child, but not for a perishing soul? It is not hard to weep when we realize that our little one is sinking below the surface for the last time. Anguish is spontaneous then. Nor is it hard to agonize when we see the casket […]
Obstacles-Oswald J Smith
Obstacles – Oswald J Smith There is only one obstacle that can block up the channel and choke God’s power, and that is SIN. Sin is the great barrier. It alone can hinder the work of the Spirit and prevent a Revival. “If I regard iniquity in my heart,” declared David, “The Lord will not […]
No Substitute for Prayers!-Oswald J. Smith
No Substitute for Prayers! – Oswald J. Smith Intercessory prayer is the Christian’s most effective weapon. Nothing can withstand it’s power. It will do things when all else has failed. And the marvel is that we turn to other agencies in order to accomplish what only prayer can bring to pass. God has placed this […]
Manifestations of God’s Power-Oswald J Smith
Manifestations of God’s Power – Oswald J Smith OCTOBER 17th DAY by day we have been meeting as usual for prayer. Today we began at 9:30 this morning and continued until after 3:00. We have been asking God to break us for many weeks. About 2:00 this afternoon I was praying when suddenly I stopped […]
Heart Yearnings for Revival-Oswald J. Smith
Heart Yearnings for Revival – Oswald J. Smith IT was in the years 1917 and 1918 that the yearnings for revival expressed in these messages were born of God. Nothing of a spectacular nature took place for the work was of a wholly local character, nor did it seem to reach full fruition at the […]
Conviction-Oswald J. Smith
Conviction – Oswald J. Smith THERE is one thing that was always prominent in the great Revivals of past days, viz., a deep and a true conviction of sin. And it is one of the vital elements that is lacking today. How disappointing are the methods of present-day Evangelism! How shallow and unreal when compared […]
Faith-Oswald J.Smith
Faith – Oswald J.Smith FAITH is the key that unlocks the door of God’s power. “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down.” And in revival work one of the indispensable prerequisites is a living, vital Faith. “All things are possible to him that believeth.” The man who is to be used of the Lord […]
Who Can Pay So Much?
Who Can Pay So Much? – Oswald J.Smith The Russian Czar used to love to disguise himself and mingle with his subjects to hear what they might have to say. One night he visited the barracks and listened to the conversation of the soldiers. While passing a tent he observed a young officer sitting at […]