“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 The peace of God is not of this world, that is, it does not have its beginning, or essence from this creation. …
“Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest believe thou shouldest see the glory of God?” John 11:40 One of the most important parts of the ministry of the Lord Jesus was to bring men and women to faith in Him. His method of doing this varied with different individuals in different circumstances, with…
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust have eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, My great army which I sent among you.” Joel 2:25 There is no doubt that God is a just God, and that He will reveal that justice in His dealing with sin, in particular…
“…For He (God) is gracious, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth Him of the evil? Who knoweth if He will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind Him? Joel 2:13,14 There are many subjects, circumstances, and questions of eternal significance which only have their answer in the question, “What…
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of stongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 The nature of the conflict between Satan…
“I sleep but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh…” Song of Solomon 5:2 There is a great hymn written by Dora Greenwell, two stanzas of which are the following: “And oh, that He fulfilled may see The travail of His soul in me, And with His work contented be,…
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” John 7:37,38 Things were heating up in Israel, especially…
“Neither do men put new wine into old bottles (wineskins): else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish.” Matthew 9:17 When the Lord Jesus deliberately passed through Samaria, He stopped at a well, where He rested, sitting on it. There came a woman, who identified herself to the Lord as…
“And they (the two angels) say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him.” John 20:13 When the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, it was certainly the beginning of a downward descent into helplessness and hopelessness by…
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge.” Deuteronomy 31:14 It is one thing to be called by men to accomplish a certain task or mission. It is quite another to…