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…
Dear Ones: In this life of faith in Christ, there is a most essential act and attitude of faith that we must be careful to practice and live, a life of thankfulness. The Psalmist tells us that we are to, “…enter His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.” (Ps. 100:4) Why does…
Dear Ones: It was over five hundred years between the coming of Cyrus, the King of Persia, on the historical scene, and the arrival of Timothy, the Apostle Paul’s “son in the faith.” Cyrus was a man who had not only a sense of “destiny,” but the conviction that God had intervened in history in…
Dear Ones: Is it possible to go forth in the full assurance of God’s guidance and provision? The author of the book of Hebrews wrote, with regard to our drawing near to God, that we were to do so with “a true heart, in FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH.” (10:22) How can this be? How are…
Dear Ones: Is it difficult to surrender one’s life to Christ? No. It is impossible…that is, without the grace and intervention of God. This is why Nicodemus was so astounded at the declaration by Jesus, that a man must be born again, born of the Spirit, to enter the kingdom of God. No amount of…
Dear Ones: Where do we live? I do not refer to a physical address. There is a old hymn, written by A.I. Waring, in which he writes: “In heav’nly love abiding, no change my heart shall fear; And safe is such confiding, for nothing changes here.” The Psalmist wrote: “He that dwelleth in the secret…