“…For I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.” Jonah 4:2 Even from the depths of the ocean when Jonah was in the belly of a fish, there remained an overwhelming reality concerning God that Jonah would again confess. It…
“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Timothy1:17 In the eyes of the Israelite people, there has perhaps never been a greater king than David. We catch a glimpse of this when by the desperate cry of blind Bartimaeus, a…
“Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.” Isaiah 32:20 It was after Jesus’ speaking to the woman of Samaria concerning living water, that His disciples returned from the city with food for Him to eat. It was at this moment that Jesus…
“The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Therefore, go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.” Matthew 22:8,9 In one of Jesus’ parables concerning the kingdom of heaven, He uses the illustration of a father, who was a king, who prepared a wedding feast…
“For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself…” Galatians 6:3 In the Old Testament, there came a day and a time when God instructed Zerubbabel, Joshua the Priest, and the remnant of the people who had returned from the deportation to again live in Jerusalem, to “Go up…
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor, He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives…” Isaiah 61:1 One of the most clear and concise verses in Scripture which reveals to us the eternal nature…
“Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the Lord…” Isaiah 51:1 In God’s dealings with Israel, and His dealings with us, there is a pattern, a pathway by which He leads us in order to bring us to faith, conviction, and commitment. The objective of this working in us, that which…
“And Abraham went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the place of the altar…” Genesis 13:3,4 There is no doubt that Abraham, mentioned in the Old Testament, was a man who came to know God. …
“Simon Peter answered and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’” Matthew 16:16 In the Apostle Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he wrote: “…God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put…
“Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and here is no other.” Isaiah 45:22 Just before Christ’s ascension into heaven, He gave to His disciples a commission. It is often called the “Great Commission.” At the end of Matthew’s gospel, we find it declared in its…