“I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5 What is fruitfulness in the spiritual life but first of all that revelation of Christ’s life in and through the heart of the believer, and…
“Ye are the light of the world. A city set on an hill cannot be hid.” Matthew 5:14 It was written of the land of Zabulon, specifically in “Galilee of the Gentiles,”…”The people which sat in darkness saw a great LIGHT and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death, LIGHT is…
“O send out Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy holy hill, and to Thy tabernacles.” Psalm 43:3 If the Psalms are read in a cursory manner, looking at them from a literary standpoint, or even, the testimony of many men, we are apt to pass over…
“Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will O God.” Hebrews 10:7 It is recorded in John’s gospel, just after the meeting of Jesus with the Samaritan woman, that the disciples urged the Lord Jesus to eat, as He must have been…
“I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.” Psalm 40:1 Throughout the Bible there is a dominant theme concerning how the believer is to live, and it is that of living in the present moment, constantly “waiting” on God. The matter of waiting is not just an attitude…
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” Ephesians 1:3 When Jesus cried upon the cross, “It is finished,” there was settled in heaven for time and eternity the perfect work of salvation for lost men. It was a…
“…That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside Me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.” Isaiah 45:6 If there is one dominating message that must be communicated to the church, the body of believers in Christ, today, it is that the…
“…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.” Ephesians 1:17 Though Christ through His persecuted church, revealed Himself to His persecutors as they afflicted suffering on His followers, there was one man in particular who didn’t…
“…wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come there: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live wherever the river cometh.” Ezekiel 47:9 As there is a monumental difference between bread that we consume to strengthen our bodies, and…
“Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes…” Isaiah 54:1 In the book of Isaiah, chapter 53, we find perhaps the greatest, and most concise revelation of the suffering Servant of Jehovah, the Son of God, Christ Jesus,…