“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!’” Luke 2:13,14 The night when Jesus was born in Bethlehem in a stable, there was certainly great joy in the hearts of Mary and Joseph,…
“And the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” Jonah 1:17 When Jonah the prophet of God was in the belly of the fish for three days and nights, there was no light there. Physically speaking, there was complete…
“Who is among you that fears the Lord, that obeys the voice of His servant, that walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God.” Isaiah 50:10 In Haggai’s day the faith of the remnant of the people of Israel living in Jerusalem…
“Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:19 In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the believers in Galatia, he wrote concerning the Law,…
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Timothy 1:17 In Paul’s letters to Timothy, of which there are two in the Bible, he writes to his spiritual son in the faith, and this in light of “that Day,” that moment…
“And he (Elijah) arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb (Mt. Sinai), the mountain of God.” 1 Kings 19:8 Mt. Sinai, or Horeb, mentioned frequently in the Old Testament, is very significant, not so much because of its location…
“Then the seventy returned with joy saying, ‘Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.’ And He (Jesus) said to them, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.’” Luke 10:17,18 What does being a Christian really mean? And how important is it in a world of unbelief, where faithlessness is so…
“Then the seventy (disciples) returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your Name.” Luke 10:17 When Jesus began His ministry on earth, after His baptism and temptation in the wilderness, He chose twelve men to be His disciples. They would be those of His inner circle who would not…
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Isaiah 40:3 When John the Baptist came, preceding the unveiling of Christ the Son of God, the Savior of the world, he came with both a commission and a message. His…
“Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 One of the great truths of the twenty-third Psalm is found in David’s declaration: “…The Lord is My Shepherd, I shall not want.” (v.1) We find in another of David’s Psalms, Psalm thirty-four,…