Rev. Cyril A. Stevens – Sermon 0035A recorded on March 25, 1979 teaching from Luke 6:17 – He Came Down With Them.
Pastor Cyril A. Stevens explores the divine principles of prosperity and love that Jesus shared with the multitudes. He structures the teaching around the contrast between spiritual prosperity, found through humility and dependence on God, and the woes of worldly self-sufficiency, which lead to eternal emptiness. The central theme emphasizes that love is the law of life, requiring believers to abandon self-interest by forgiving enemies and meeting the needs of others without expectation of return. Stevens ultimately argues that true security is found only by building one’s life upon the rock of Christ’s teachings, rather than the shifting sands of human philosophy. By embracing these radical spiritual values, individuals experience a divine comfort and an abundant inheritance that transcends earthly suffering and social rejection.