======================================================================== WORLDLY WINNING by Mary Wilder Tileston ======================================================================== Summary: Victory over the world is achieved by cutting off worldly influences and seeking strength in God's power. Topics: "Spiritual Growth", "Overcoming Temptation" Scripture References: Matthew 16:24, Romans 12:2, Galatians 5:16, Philippians 4:13, 1 John 5:4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mary Wilder Tileston preaches on the victory over the world through faith, emphasizing the need to identify and overcome the various temptations that hinder our spiritual growth. Edward B. Pusey highlights the importance of cutting off worldly influences and seeking strength in God to overcome weaknesses. Charles G. Gordon stresses the necessity of sacrificing things of value to walk in the power of the new life. Brooke Foss Westcott explains how faith enables us to fulfill our noblest desires by the Spirit's guidance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1 JOHN 5:4 WHAT is victory over the world? It is to cut off as far as we may, every hold which everything out of God has over us; to study wherein we are weak, and there seek in His strength to be made strong. Be your temptation the love of pleasure, it is to forego it; if of food, to restrain it; it of praise, to put forward others rather than yourself; if of being right in the sight of men, be content to be misjudged, and to keep silence; if of self-indulgence, use hardness; if of display, cut off the occasions and give to the poor; if of having thine own will, practice the submission of it to the wills of others. EDWARD B. PUSEY If we aspire to walk in the power of the new life, we must cast away all hindrances, and it must cost something we really value. CHARLES G. GORDON The Faith presses upon man his noblest desires as obligations, and makes their attainment possible by the gift of the Spirit. BROOKE FOSS WESTCOTT ======================================================================== Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/worldly-winning/ ========================================================================