“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God, our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3,4 We do not know how many times the Lord Jesus used the illustration of the shepherd who lost one of his sheep,…
“And I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.” Exodus 33:19 There is a great hymn by J. Hart, which goes like this: “How…
“Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.” James 5:17 It was during the seige of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans that Jeremiah was shut up in prison. …
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace are ye saved;) and hath raised us up together and made us to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:5,6 In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian believers, he provides every beleiver in the body of Christ…
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2 If the blood of Christ testifies to us of a redemptive price paid to purchase the sinner, cleanse from all and every sin, provide a righteousness that is perfect and complete…
“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I unto the world.” Galatians 6:14 As the blood of Christ, and the covenant according to that shed blood, is the great basis, essence, and reason for the first great…
“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7 There are at least four significant, major positions faith that are essential to take, and maintain, if one would be…
“Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only deceiving your own selves.” James 1:22 From the beginning of the church at Pentecost, the body of Christ has been on a steep learning curve. It is a curve that is steep because of the blessing of Pentecost, the provision of the Spirit in His…
“And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp; but his servant Joshua, son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.” Exodus 33:11 What is the great characteristic that we see in every man or woman who…
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.” Galatians 2:20 The whole of true Christianity, with respect to its small beginnings to the enduring legacy of its endurance and experience, has its beginning and basis in one central fact, expressed by the Lord Jesus on the cross:…