How to Succeed in the Christian Life [Paperback]

R. A. Torrey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1984

Contents:

Beginning Right
The Open Confession Of Christ
Assurance Of Salvation
Receiving The Holy Spirit
Looking Unto Jesus
Church Membership
Bible Study
Difficulties In The Bible
Prayer
Working For Christ
Foreign Missions
Companions
Amusements
Persecution
Guidance

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an excerpt from the beginning of the first chapter:

BEGINNING RIGHT

There is nothing more important in the Christian life than beginning right. If we begin right we can go on right. If we begin wrong the whole life that follows is likely to be wrong. If any one who reads these pages has begun wrong, it is a very simple matter to begin over again and begin right. What the right beginning in the Christian life is we are told in John 1:12, " But as many as Received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name." The right way to begin the Christian life is by receiving Jesus Christ. To any one who receives Him, He at once gives power to become a child of God. If the reader of this book should be the wickedest man on earth and should at this moment receive Jesus Christ, that very instant he would become a child of God. God says so in the most unqualified way in the verse quoted above. No one can become a child of God in any other way. No man, no matter how carefully he has been reared, no matter how well he has been sheltered from the vices and evils of this world, is a child of God until he receives Jesus Christ. We are " sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus " (Gal. 3: 26, R. v.), and in no other way.

What does it mean to receive Jesus Christ? It means to take Christ to be to yourself all that God offers Him to be to everybody. Jesus Christ is God's gift. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3: 16). Some accept this wondrous gift of God. Every one who does accept this gift becomes a child of God. Many others refuse this wondrous gift of God, and every one who refuses this gift of God perishes. He is condemned already. " He that believeth on the Son is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God " (John 3:18).

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Whitaker House (June 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883681439
• ISBN-13: 978-0883681435
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Book!, June 23, 2000

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This review is from: How to Succeed in the Christian Life (Paperback)

I have bought dozens of these books and have given them away to others, especially those who have had struggles in their walk. In one of several incidents I could relate if I had space, one man who visited our church was really struggling and he looked down and haggard. I counseled with him and told him to read this book. A few months later while attending a service at another church, someone walked up to me but I did not recognize the person. He explained to me that he was the man I gave this book too. He said that the book changed his life. I did not recognize him because he had the joy of Christ beaming all over him whereas a few months ago he looked terrible. Although he did not stay at our church, praise be to God that this man is serving the Lord. I highly recommend this book.