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Harry Ironside

Henry Allan “Harry” Ironside (1876–1951). Born on October 14, 1876, in Toronto, Canada, to John and Sophia Ironside, Harry Ironside was a prolific Bible teacher, pastor, and author in the Plymouth Brethren and dispensationalist traditions. Converted at age 12 through his mother’s influence and his own Bible reading, he began preaching at 14 with the Salvation Army in California after moving there in 1886. Largely self-taught, he never attended seminary but memorized much of Scripture, earning an honorary D.D. from Wheaton College in 1942. Joining the Plymouth Brethren in 1896, he itinerated across North America, preaching at revival meetings and Bible conferences, known for clear, anecdotal sermons. In 1930, he became pastor of Moody Memorial Church in Chicago, serving until 1948, growing its influence through radio broadcasts. Ironside authored over 100 books and commentaries, including Holiness: The False and the True (1912), Lectures on Daniel the Prophet (1911), and The Minor Prophets (1904), emphasizing practical biblical application. Married to Helen Schofield in 1898 until her death in 1948, then to Ann Hightower in 1949, he had two sons, Edmund and John. He died on January 15, 1951, in Cambridge, New Zealand, while preaching, saying, “The Word of God is living and powerful—trust it fully.”
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In this sermon, the speaker shares his personal testimony of coming to the Lord Jesus Christ as a sinner. He emphasizes the understanding of breaking God's law and being under condemnation. However, he found that Christ had given himself as a ransom for his soul, bringing joy and blessing to his heart. The speaker encourages the audience to trust in Christ and experience the deliverance from the curse of the law and the blessing of Abraham through faith. He also emphasizes the importance of repentance and acknowledging one's guilt before God.
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So, what does the scripture mean when it says, Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law? As it's written, curse it is everyone that hangeth on a tree. We were under the curse, he became a curse for us, he went down into the grave, and now he has risen again in triumph, and he's able to save from the uttermost those who come unto God by him. Have you trusted him? Have you ever acknowledged the fact that you're a sinner? Have you ever come to God confessing your guilt? This, you know, is really repentance, and God commanded all men everywhere to repent as they come to the knowledge of the truth. When I take my place before God as a self-confessed sinner, when I cease trying to hide or to cover my guilt, when I acknowledge that I'm just what God says I am, lost and undone, that's repentance. And now, as a repentance sinner, I put my trust in the Lord Jesus Christ who died for me, who shed his precious blood that I might be cleansed from all my sins. And the moment I do that, the moment I thus receive him, the blessing of Abraham comes to me. Do you remember what the blessing of Abraham was? God said to Abraham, in thee and in thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed. The Lord Jesus Christ is the seed of Abraham after the flesh, and he's the one through whom all blessings come. What blessing is it that I receive when I trust in him? Well, I receive the blessing of salvation, and that includes regeneration, a new heart, a new life, a new birth, and also forgiveness of sins and justification from all things. So, I'm blessed with all spiritual blessings and heavenly places in Christ when I trust his blessed Savior. You know, even if I could be justified by works of my own, I wouldn't want it now because I found such a wonderful Savior in Jesus. I would rather owe everything for eternity to him, and be able to give him alone the glory for saving my soul, than enter heaven and give myself the credit for it. Because it means so much more to think that God's own blessed Son thought enough of me to come all the way from the glory that he had with the Father before ever the world was, and to lay down his precious life, a ransom for my guilty soul. This little hymn I love to sing, O Jesus, O Jesus, how vast thy love to me! I'll bathe in its full ocean to all eternity, and wending on to glory this all my song shall be. I was a guilty sinner, but Jesus died for me. O Calvary, O Calvary, the thorn crown in his ear, is there thy love, Lord Jesus, in flowing wounds of fear. O depth of grace and mercy to those dear wounds I flee. I was a guilty sinner, but Jesus died for me. I'm coming, I'm coming, Lord Jesus, to thy throne. A few more fleeting hours and I shall be at home. And when I reach those pearly gates, then I'll put in this plea, admit a ransom sinner, for Jesus died for me. That's the ground on which I'm going to heaven. Let me give my personal testimony. Fifty-three years ago, I came to the Lord Jesus Christ as a sinner. I knew I'd broken God's law many times. I knew that I was under condemnation. I knew that that law was to me a ministry of death, a curse. But I found that Christ had given himself a ransom for my soul. I trusted him, and oh, the joy and the blessing that came to my heart when I realized that because of what Christ had done, God had delivered me from the curse of the law, and that blessing of Abraham, free unmerited grace, was mine through faith in the blessed Lord Jesus Christ. And you know, I've spent the years since trying, as well as I knew how, to point other people to Christ. It's been such a joy down through the years to see oh so many turn to him and give the same testimony when they came to him, when they trusted him. He was more to them than they ever thought he would be. And now I just press this upon you. If you don't know him, if you've never yet trusted him, turn to him today. Receive him now as your own savior, and you will know the joy of the blessing of Abraham.
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Henry Allan “Harry” Ironside (1876–1951). Born on October 14, 1876, in Toronto, Canada, to John and Sophia Ironside, Harry Ironside was a prolific Bible teacher, pastor, and author in the Plymouth Brethren and dispensationalist traditions. Converted at age 12 through his mother’s influence and his own Bible reading, he began preaching at 14 with the Salvation Army in California after moving there in 1886. Largely self-taught, he never attended seminary but memorized much of Scripture, earning an honorary D.D. from Wheaton College in 1942. Joining the Plymouth Brethren in 1896, he itinerated across North America, preaching at revival meetings and Bible conferences, known for clear, anecdotal sermons. In 1930, he became pastor of Moody Memorial Church in Chicago, serving until 1948, growing its influence through radio broadcasts. Ironside authored over 100 books and commentaries, including Holiness: The False and the True (1912), Lectures on Daniel the Prophet (1911), and The Minor Prophets (1904), emphasizing practical biblical application. Married to Helen Schofield in 1898 until her death in 1948, then to Ann Hightower in 1949, he had two sons, Edmund and John. He died on January 15, 1951, in Cambridge, New Zealand, while preaching, saying, “The Word of God is living and powerful—trust it fully.”