“‘…and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters,’ saith the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:17 Dear Ones: In the Old Testament the Father appears in Genesis, chapter one verse one: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” We know from…
“Now if any man have not the Spirit of God, he is none of His.” Romans 8:9 Dear Ones: When Nicodemus came by night to talk with the Lord, he was as a man drawn to the reality of that which he saw in Christ, but was not sure about what he saw. He came…
“He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places. He teaches my hands to war.” Psalm 18:33 Dear Ones: In passing the torch to Timothy, Paul’s spiritual son in the faith, he exhorted him: “Thou therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth…
“And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:26 Dear Ones: To choose not to believe in God is to automatically deny and reject several things. The first is the denial of “creation.” It is the refusal to embrace the reality of not only “intelligent design” in the bringing…
“…He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 Dear Ones: Faith is not just an intellectual knowledge and understanding of the truth. Why is this so? Because truth is not only the absolute, and unchanging, laws of existence of…
“I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou hast given Me….,” “…I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me.” John 17:6,8 Dear Ones: When Ezekiel received His commission from God, as a prophet, God gave him a vision of heaven. In that vision Ezekiel perceived holy beings, celestial beings, along…
“And he said, ‘Who art thou, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.’” Acts 9:5 Dear Ones: What is a name? It is an identifier, a means of revealing who someone is. What is the importance of a name? The answer lies in who the name belongs to, and who exactly…
“After this, I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me.” Revelation 4:1 Dear Ones: In Jesus’ teaching on prayer, He begins by dealing with the preciousness, and sacredness of prayer. He says, “When thou prayest, enter…
“For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake, as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:21 Dear Ones: If there is one evidence, proof, and actual present working of God in the heart and life, it has to do with the…
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me you might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Dear Ones: The calling of God is one that brings the believer face to face with a victorious, and triumphant life, that…