“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,…
“And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:18 What is the context of Christ’s address to Peter just prior to the time that He…
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light…put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ…” Romans 13:12,14 In Moses’ account of God’s instructions concerning the Passover, when the people were to slay a lamb or goat,…
“For this shall every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found.” Psalm 32:6 In the book of Isaiah, as well as that which we find in the purpose and message of John the Baptist who preceded Christ, we find a path to God, to knowing Him, a…
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 It is relatively easy to believe God’s call of Jeremiah the prophet, even when he said that He had done so before Jeremiah was born. When…
“And now come I to Thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves.” John 17:13 What is the “joy of the Lord,” but that fathomless contentment, elated sense of blessing in the love of God, that God gives in a very specific way, to be…