“According as it is written, ‘He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.’” 1 Corinthians 1:31 Dear Ones: Our view of God, His nature, and that which is right in His eyes, has become skewed, and reduced to the “man-made” level of mediocrity, because of the infringement of humanism, the worship of man. Paul…
“For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.” Psalm 107:9 Dear Ones: When Isaiah writes that Christ was “…despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief,” (Is. 53:3) we are immediately transported to the mirror that reveals things as they are. Earlier in the book…
“And this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.” 1 John 5:4 Dear Ones; The elderly Apostle John, who had in essence, “climbed the steep ascent of heaven, through peril, toil, and pain,” commands our attention in one of his last letters, with the fact that faith is KEY to knowing the…
“This is the day which the Lord has made…” Psalm 118:24 Dear Ones: We are apt to think of a day as a time frame of twenty-four hours in which we live, work, carry on with the duties and blessings of life. However, from God’s standpoint, it is of far greater significance, value, and importance. …
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world.” Matthew 24:14 Dear Ones: One of the age-old arguments for not believing in the second coming of the Lord Jesus, and this is affirmed in Scripture, is that we have waited now for over two thousand years, and He has not come. …
“…therefore My wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.” 2 Kings 22:17 Dear Ones: One of the principle reasons for which God chose to judge Israel, and Judah, with respect to the exile and deportation, was the provocation of Manasseh. In 2 Kings 23:26, it is written: “The Lord turned…
“Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.” Acts 2:2 Dear Ones: Apart from the death and the resurrection of Christ, the day of Pentecost was perhaps the most dramatic and far reaching event in the history of mankind, for it set in motion the moving…
“And the Lord looked upon him, and said, ‘Go in this thy might…” Judges 6:14 Dear Ones: In the gospel of Luke, we find that just after Peter had betrayed the Lord, “…the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter.” (Luke 22:61) That gaze, and the remembrance of Christ’s words to him concerning his betrayal, would…
“And God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…’” Genesis 1:26 Dear Ones: How far we have fallen from that blessed state and calling of being made in the image of God!!! The effects of the fall, and the curse and judgment of our sin, has plummeted mankind into a downward…
“For you saw no manner of similitude (likeness) on the day that the Lord spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.” Deuteronomy 4:15 Dear Ones: From the first verse of the Bible to its last chapter, there is one dominant, resounding truth that is declared: there is but one God,…