“With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Luke 22:151,6 (NASV) It was the celebration of the Passover when Jesus met with His disciples in an upper…
“And they sung a new song, saying, ‘Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.” (Revelation 5:9) When God was to deliver the people of Israel out…
“Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.” Matthew 4:10 In the vision that God gave to Isaiah, in the year that King Uzziah died, he saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, “…high and lifted up, and HIs train filled the…
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.” 1 Timothy 1:5 Blessed be God for that inner provision, and mechanism, of the Spirit by which God gives to man to realize that first, there is a Creator and a Redeemer, but…
“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, ‘Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.’” Jeremiah 31:3 It was G. Matheson who wrote, “O Love, that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee, I give Thee back the life I…
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1 John 2:15 When John the Apostle wrote the Gospel of John, and penned the phrase, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten…
“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” Genesis 18:25 How can one reconcile the fact that God is, as Abraham declared, “the Judge of all the earth,” and yet, Jeremiah would declare: “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every…
“…And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be notend…” Isaiah 9:6,7 Why is it that idolatry is such a heinous sin in the eyes of God? And why did God, in speaking to and…
“And He withdrew Himself into the wilderness, and prayed.” Luke 5:16 There has never been anyone so calm under pressure as the Lord Jesus. Why? It is because of his abiding relationship with His Father, and that utter dependence upon the Spirit of peace, the Holy Spirit. However, there were times when there was the…
“For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; ‘In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.’” Isaiah 30:15 It was J.S. Pigott who wrote the stanza of the hymn: “Jesus! I am resting, resting, In the joy of what…