“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:9 If we were to break down the English word, “faithfulness, we would find in some small measure the meaning of it. For example, we would begin by isolating the word “faith,” and this would…
“And the disciples remembered that it was written, ‘The Zeal of Thine house hath eaten Me up.’” John 2:17 The zeal of the Lord is a very real thing. In Psalm 69 we find it mentioned. In the great passage in the book of Isaiah, where he writes concerning “…a child is born, and a…
“And Gehazi said, ‘My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.’” 2 Kings 8:5 There are times when God moves in such a way that only a person who chooses to be blind, will not see it. Such was the case of a woman whom…
“For the word of God is quick (living), and powerful, and sharper than any towedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 How is it that Isaiah could write his book…
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the heathen…” Galatians 1:15,16 It is one thing to profess faith in Christ. It is quite another to take Him at His word, believing that…
“And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse…and He shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked.” Isaiah 11:4 It was to Moses that the Lord addessed the question, “What is that in thine hand?” The…
“And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder: so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.” Isaiah 22:22 What is a “key” but an instrument by which one has the ability and authority to open and shut a door. If we…
“And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.” Zechariah 3:1 The Christian, or believer, often fails to take into account that he is in a spiritual battle, one where there is opposition to doing the will of God. …
“…the hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.” Hebrews 6:18,19 There is a great hymn, written by P.J. Owens, the refrain of which goes like this: “We have an anchor that keeps the soul, Stedfast and…
“Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.” Zechariah 10:1 All through the Scriptures, and from the begining of time, especially since the Fall of Man, there is the constant…