Description
The awesome sense of the greatness of God and the cosmic and eternal proportions of the work that He is doing seems largely absent from Christianity today. Could this be why so many carry the self-imposed burdens of man-made “programs” they are trying to put into effect in order to “live victorious lives” or to “advance the cause of Christ”? When we see that the task is totally beyond our capabilities, then we cease from our striving and begin to allow Him to work in and through us by His mighty power.
Many object to this heavenly/eternal perspective as “pie-in-the-sky in the sweet by-and-by” talk. There are warnings about being so “heavenly minded” that one is of “no earthly good.” We must be practical, so the argument goes, meeting first of all the earthly needs of ourselves and of others and doing our best to make this world a better place for everyone.Yet Christ himself continually turned the focus of His followers from earth to heaven.
Throughout Scripture, we are counselled to live at all times with the understanding that life on this earth is very brief and is followed by an eternal existence of either indescribable bliss in God’s presence or unbearable agony in separation from Him. Peter declares that the knowledge that “the heavens shall pass away with a great noise…[and] the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10) causes us to live godly lives. And John adds that the hope of being transformed into His likeness when He shall appear causes us to purify ourselves (1 John 3:2,3). Many would have us believe that self-love is the answer to the world’s ills. Both Christian leaders and the unsaved are teaching and preaching this lie. In fact, it is self-love that has wrought the ills of the world: greed, lust, envy, and strife. What we actually need is a passionate love for God and His Word, turning us from earthly ambitions to heavenly hope. Not even a kingdom ruled by Christ on this earth is our hope, but heaven itself.
Chapters
1) The Necessity of Certainty
2) Of God and Human Destiny
3) Of Bodies and Spirits
4) In Search of the True Faith
5) Shortcut to Truth
6) Facing the Facts
7) Prophetic Proof
8) Concerning Prayer
9) What Is the Gospel?
10) Mercy vs. Works
11) The Call to Discipleship
12) What Is the Christian Life?
13) The Sufficiency of Scripture
14) All the Counsel of God
15) Humility, Accountability, and Awe
16) The Commandment to Love
17) “Love the Lord Your God”’
18) Knowing and Loving God
19) The Problem of Self-Love
20) The Importance of Understanding the Cross
21) The Cross that Saves Us
22) Victory Over Sin
23) In Everything Give Thanks
24) Understanding the Trinity
25) Understanding the Incarnation
26) Understanding the Church
27) Eternally Secure
28) Are We Living in the Last Days?
29) The Reality of Heaven for the Believer
30) The Believer’s Hope
31) The Bride of Christ
What's new in this book?
This beautiful hardback edition includes the revised and expanded content of Seeking and Finding God (Dave’s favorite evangelistic book),which was originally derived from an earlier edition of An Urgent Call. This edition is aimed at believers who understand the times and who desire to be equipped from God’s Word to minister effectively today.“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil” — Ephesians 5:14-16.
