Dear Ones: Perhaps there is no clearer picture of what the believer is, facing the enemy of our souls, than that of the “sheep of the Shepherd” versus the wolves that would destroy it. In John 10:12, the Lord Jesus speaks of the coming of the wolf, whose sole intent is to catch the sheep,…
Dear Ones: It has been well said that, “…knowing the will of God is not difficult; we are difficult.” Is it not so with the matter of devotion to Christ? It is not difficult to understand; we are difficult in the grasping and implementing of it in truth. In Isaiah’s “gospel,” we read how the…
Dear Ones: In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he speaks of God’s work in us. First of all, he declares that he is confident of a specific thing: “He that hath begun a good work in you, WILL PERFORM it until the day of Jesus Christ.” (Phil. 1.6) The other passage is found in Phil.…
Dear Ones: It was written of Moses, that he was the most meek man in all the earth. (Numbers 12:3) And yet, here was a man who spent forty years in Pharoah’s court, forty years being a shepherd of sheep, and finally, forty years leading the people of Israel to the promised land. What is…
Dear Ones: The “Macedonian Call” was a very significant event in the life of the Apostle Paul. Paul and Silas went in response to that call to the town of Philippi in Asia Minor to preach Christ. There, because Paul had cast a “spirit of divination” out of a young woman, they were subsequently beaten…
Dear Ones: Christ’s mission began before the foundation of the world. The “design” of that mission was, from a human standpoint, very intricate, and impossible to realize. When one looks at the point of beginning, the creation, and then looks at Christ on the cross declaring, “It is finished,” one is transfixed and overwhelmed at…
Dear Ones: We are often troubled by that which we see. It is also true that we can be greatly comforted by that which we cannot see, but which will be revealed, if we pray. Elisha was in a difficult situation. The village (Dothan) where he was residing with his servant was surrounded by a…
Dear Ones: It has been said that, “Life reduced to fellowship with Christ makes the complicated simple.” This is true. But what of the priority within that fellowship, that supreme motive and power for living? It is simply, the love of God. The whole plan, and realization of the work of redemption, “…from the creation…
Dear Ones: There is a wonderful verse in Isaiah, which makes a most remarkable declaration. “But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham MY FRIEND.” (Is. 41:8) God calls Abraham His friend. What a most extraordinary reality, that a man could be the friend of the Eternal God. …
Dear Ones: “Time” is finite…has limits, length, and is a gift. Also, it must be said that “time” belongs to the living. As such, the “living” should have a very clear assessment of the value of time, and the opportunity that it affords us. Isaiah writes: “…surely this people is GRASS. The grass withereth, the…