Lead Me in the Way Everlasting
God desires to lead us on the everlasting way, establishing us in our faith and making us immovable, but we must persevere and avoid compromise.
A.B. Simpson emphasizes the critical difference between living a life of constant victory through divine guidance versus one of frequent victory through human effort. He warns that even minor compromises in our surrender to God can lead to significant spiritual decline, urging believers to remain steadfast in their faith. Simpson encourages the congregation to trust in God's ability to lead them in the everlasting way, highlighting that today's victories prepare the way for tomorrow's triumphs. He calls for a commitment to God's keeping, ensuring that believers are established and immovable in their faith. The sermon concludes with a reminder to hold fast to hope and avoid the pitfalls of spiritual regression.
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There is often apparently but little difference in two distinct lives between the person in constant victory and the one in frequent victory. But that little difference constitutes a world of success or failure. The one is the divine, the other is the human; the one is the everlasting way, the other the transient and the imperfect way. God wants to lead us to the way everlasting and to establish us and make us immovable as He. We little know the seriousness of the slightest infraction of our surrender to God. It is but the first step in the downward progression, and only God knows where it shall end.
Let us be not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul (Hebrews 10:39).
Our victory today is preparing the way for a greater victory tomorrow; but our small compromise today is opening the door for a more terrible defeat in the days to come. Let us, therefore, whatever we have claimed from our blessed Master commit it to His keeping and take Him to establish us and hold us fast in the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Sermon Outline
- The Importance of Eternal Victory
- God's Desire to Lead Us
- The Dangers of Compromise
- Committing to God's Keeping
- Committing our victories to God
- Taking Him to establish us in our faith
Key Quotes
“Our victory today is preparing the way for a greater victory tomorrow; but our small compromise today is opening the door for a more terrible defeat in the days to come.” — A.B. Simpson
“Let us be not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul (Hebrews 10:39).” — A.B. Simpson
“We little know the seriousness of the slightest infraction of our surrender to God.” — A.B. Simpson
Application Points
- We must commit our victories to God and take Him to establish us in our faith.
- Perseverance is essential in our faith, as it prepares the way for greater victories and prevents us from opening the door for more terrible defeats.
- Surrendering to God is crucial, as it is the first step in the downward progression of sin, and only God knows where it shall end.