“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13 In Paul’s letter to the believers in Ephesus, he makes it clear that his objective in writing is to bring them to a knowledge of God and His ways, so that Christ may not only…
“The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works.” Psalm 145:8,9 In the book of Jonah, we find him speaking to the Lord after the people of Nineveh repented, turned to God, God forgiving…
“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Proverbs 16:25 In David’s Psalm of confession, when he deals thoroughly with the matter of forgiveness, and cleansing from sin, he goes to the very root of the issue of sin in asking the Lord, “Create…
“Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, ‘That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.’” Matthew 6:28,29 Almost the entire life of Isaiah, sometimes called the Messianic Prophet, was lived when Assyria was the…
“But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be…” Matthew 24:37 The prophet Daniel lived approximately five hundred and fifty years before the coming of Christ, the Messiah. And yet, while he was in captivity in Babylon, remaining in the service of at least four kings,…
“And when Abraham was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, ‘I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou perfect.’” Genesis 17:1 Why is it that God, when Abraham was so old, would reveal Himself to him in such a manner as to call forth…
“Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished.” Isaiah 40:1 In the gospel according to Matthew, at the time when John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, Scripture tells us that, “This is he that was spoken…
“…and Moses led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.” (Exodus 3:1) There are many mountains of significance mentioned in the Bible. Predominant ones are Mount Horeb, where God in the burning bush revealed Himself to Moses concerning his role in bringing the people…
“It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63 In one of Charles Wesley’s great hymns entitled, “Come, Jesus, Lord, With Holy Fire,” he writes down his prayer to God: “Come, Jesus, Lord, with holy fire, Come and…
“Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will He teach sinners in the way. The meek will He guide in judgment: and the meek will He teach Is way.” Psalm 25:8,9 There is nothing more natural, and logical, than the fact that the God, who is Almighty, who loves us, redeems and saves us, is…