“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature…” 2 Peter 1:4 What is the purpose of God giving to mankind His promises? As His commandments are the means of bringing men into conformity with His will and purpose, working in the heart…
“Wherefore He saith, ‘Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” Ephesians 5:14 Light is a very significant, and important theme of the Bible. The Apostle John writes concerning God: “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” (1 Jn. 1:5) He goes on to…
“The meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” Psalm 37:11 What does meekness have to do with revival? The answer lies in Christ, who was “meek and lowly of heart.” Why is this issue so very important? The word revival for the believer in Christ means to live…
“He leadeth me beside still waters…,” “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 23:2. Psalm 46:10 In Charles Wesley’s hymn, “Jesu, Lover Of My Soul,” he wrote a remarkable stanza which is a portrait in and of itself of what it means to rest in Christ. He wrote: “Other refuge have I none,…
“Thus saith the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him…” Isaiah 45:1 There are many parallels in the Scriptures, especially as they apply to the manifest working of God, the demonstration of His power and knowledge, and finally, in Christ the greatest revelation of His…
“Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.” Psalm 73:25 It is in studying the lives of the great men and women of faith who have preceded us, that we discover the common threads, and secrets, of their devotion to God, but more so, His…
“This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live forever” John 6:58 Jesus, as recorded in John’s gospel, said: “I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eats of this bread, he…
“But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions,”… “…for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.” Matthew 6:7,8 Each day on the face of this earth, there are countless prayers offered by both Christians and non-Christians alike. There are also various kinds of prayers offered to God. Even in…
“…and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 When there is no hope in man, or in this world, and its systems, there is always the Great Hope, that One whose compassions fail…
“And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 40:45 During the period of time that Jesus was accomplishing His ministry, the concept that the Jews had of the other nations of the…