Dear Ones: There is a difference between the presence of God and the “manifest” presence of God. It is the same in the life of a Christian, a disciple of Christ. Christ is present by His Spirit, but is He manifested in the life? When Moses led his sheep to the backside of the desert,…
Dear Ones: In Bimney’s great hymn, “Eternal Light, Eternal Light,” he writes: “The spirits that surround the throne may bear the Burning Bliss; but that is surely theirs alone, since they have never known, a fallen world like this.” In light of this hymn, how elevated and true are our concepts of the holiness of…
Dear Ones: It is one thing to be resolved to BE what we should be, and to DO what we should do. It is quite another to accomplish this. We are familiar with the illustration that the Lord Jesus gave concerning two houses, one built upon the sand, the other upon the rock. We might…
Dear Ones: It is true that the Spirit of God, in His work and nature, is often represented by elements in nature depicting power and authority. But we should never forget that when the Lord Jesus was baptized, the Spirit of God “…descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice…
Dear Ones: We find mention the Spirit of God from the very beginning of Scripture: “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” (Gen. 1:2) We find Him mentioned at the end of the book of the Revelation: “And the Spirit and bride say, come.” (Rev. 22:17) Why is He so…
Dear Ones: If there is one thing that is true of this physical creation, of nature, it is that there are patterns everywhere. Science reveals to us physical laws. Nature reveals to us the out working of those laws, the intricacy and beauty of which is incomprehensible. In Romans 1:20, we read the reality of…
Dear Ones: Moses had brought the people of Israel from Egypt, through the wilderness for forty years, to the border of the land of Canaan. It was there that the Lord told him: “…Behold thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may…
Dear Ones: We have been told that there are two things that never change: taxes and death. There is a third…the calling of God. It is first a calling to fellowship with Christ, and secondly, it is a call to fellowship in service with/by/and for Him. How do we know this calling, these gifts? When…
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…