Thru the Bible - Minute with McGee on Oneplace.com

It’s what God saw in Christ—the sweetness that came out under pressure. Now sometimes today sweetness doesn’t come out of us under pressure. But the more tension upon Him the sweeter He was, and the Lord Jesus made this statement, “And He that sent me,” He says, “is with Me. The Father hath not left Me alone, for I do always those things that please Him.” And, therefore, believers have the high pr...

It’s rather amusing to hear about these peaceful demonstrations, and they all end up in a brawl. Man today, he’s trying to perfect some very fiendish instruments of frightful destruction. That’s not the goal of man. God has another purpose and another thing in view for man. And if you want to see what He’s got in mind, look at Jesus. Here’s the man who pleased God. There was a glory in His manhood...

“This Christ, the Lamb of God, the true burnt offering shall be accepted for thee to make an atonement for thee.” My friend, between you and your sins, do you have the sacrifice of Christ? Has His blood been shed that you might live? Have you trusted Him today? I say to you that’s all-important. God sees Christ as the One that can alone satisfy Him for your sins. Have you seen Him like that? Are y...

In Deuteronomy we’re told—Deuteronomy 4:24, “For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.” My friend, you’re not going to play around and get very far with God. That’s the reason that there’s so much that’s phony today in our churches. And there’s so much that’s phony today in Christian service. My friends, I want to say it kindly, but I want to say it: You’re not serving God unle...

The spotless life of Christ and our approval of Him does not save us. Only His death can save the sinner. Only His death opens the way to God. His perfect life shuts us out. Because if what God demands is the life of Christ, I can’t reproduce it. I know that, friend. And anyone that’s honest knows they can’t. Now if that’s the minimum standard and He can only say of Him, “He is My beloved Son in w...

Paul said in Ephesians 5:2, “… He is a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.” Now this is what God sees in Christ. It may not be what you see in Him or what I see in Him; it’s what God sees in Christ, and that’s the thing that’s all important. After all, what God is doing is saying He’s satisfied with what Jesus did for your sins and my sins. And actually, the gospel is just asking man, “Wi...

The Lord Jesus said, “If any man thirst, let him come ….” This is an all-inclusive invitation to the human family. None are excluded, except those who exclude themselves. The one condition is the Lord Jesus said, “If any man thirsts.” You say, “I don’t thirst.” Well then, maybe it wasn’t for you. But if you thirst, He says come to Him. He can satisfy you. Isaiah included this in his invitation whe...

“Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.” Now you see, we have Mark giving us more or less an order of the events after the resurrection. “He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, preach the gospel to every creature.” This has been a gospel of a...

The bodily resurrection of Jesus is one of the cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith. It’s the very heart to the primitive gospel. Every sermon preached in the book of Acts is a message on the Resurrection. Every speaker got to this subject, and the early church dwelt upon it constantly. He is risen. That’s the thrilling message which electrified a lethargic and sinful generation in the Roman...

“And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.” I believe that this was the confession of faith of the centurion. He acknowledged that Jesus was God’s Son. He acknowledged who He was and certainly what He was doing. I do not believe that this man had all the details of theology. But this man knew e...

Now the gospel is translated into action. Paul could say later on, “I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received; how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. And that He was buried and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” You see, the gospel is what He did; it’s not what God’s asking you to do. It’s His action, not your action or mine to...

“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” Now this is a verse that’s been so misunderstood today. You find that the Christian doesn’t need to throw mountains around literally, but he n...

“Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.” I think probably we ought to pause there just a moment to make this comment. Today, we’re always trying to get children to become adults. Our Lord says, “I wish some of the adults would become little children.” We hear so much today about going on and growing and developing, and a...

Now, let’s look at that for just a moment, because this is quite interesting, I think, here that a crisis is arising about the person of Christ or the person of Jesus. They were two groups, coming together around Him. The first group was made of His friends, His followers, and those who loved Him. And the second group comprised His enemies who sought to destroy Him. It has ever been this way. Ther...