Dear Ones: Towards the end of the life of Joshua, he gave an ultimatum to Israel. His words were: “…Choose you THIS DAY whom ye will serve.” (Josh. 24:15) He went on to say: “As for me and my house, we WILL serve the Lord.” Commitment is a position taken. It is also an attitude…
Dear Ones: No one truly knew what Jesus was going to do when faced with the crowd of five thousand which had come out into the “wilderness” to hear Him speak, and to be healed of various diseases. This lack of understanding did not matter. What did matter was that there was to be a…
Dear Ones: The Word of God is filled with pictures and illustrations to help us grasp spiritual realities. An example of this is the use of the “river.” What does Christ mean when He speaks of “rivers of living water?” (Jn. 7:38) What does the Psalmist mean when he declares: “…There is a river, the…
Dear Ones: The ways of God are certainly not the ways of men, and in particular, our own. Nor can His infinite, and perfectly complete knowledge, be grasped by our little minds. It is here that we must defer to the written word to understand something of His dealings with us, and His purposes in…
Dear Ones: Michael Angelos’ portrayal of the creation on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome is a remarkable piece of work. What is so expressive by the portrayal of this event, when man received life, is the touch of man with the finger of God. It is in that “point of contact” that…
Dear Ones: In Isaiah’s great chapter concerning the comfort and consolation of God as it applies to the return of Israel from the exile, there is one message that rings loud and clear: “…the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” (Is. 40:5) What does this mean? It…
Dear Ones: The Apostle Paul writes that with regard to the true appearance of Christ, that “face to face” meeting which we will have, that we “…NOW see through a glass, darkly.” (1 Cor. 13:12) Not only is His glory shielded from our eyes, but in essence, we barely see, or perceive Him. The Lord…
Dear Ones: It is one thing to enlist in the armed services. It is another to be chosen by God to serve as His soldier in the spiritual conflict concerning the coming of His kingdom on this earth, “…as it is in heaven.” Though there are certain principles that govern both “services,” they are decidedly…
Dear Ones: It has been said that in the contrast of things, there is great refreshment. Perhaps no where in Scripture do we see in so few words the eternal perspective of God concerning sin and death, righteousness and life, than in the fifth chapter of Romans when Paul uses the two words, “…much more,”…
Dear Ones: What is a vision but a perception of things that are, or will be. In our consideration of them, we put them into two categories, those that are from heaven, and those which come from the hearts and minds of men. We shall deal with the heavenly type, as those are the ones…