“If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24 Throughout Scripture we find that great and good men were not so by just their own efforts, but by the intervention and provision of the Spirit of God. David became the King, commander, and…
“Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip.” Hebrews 2:1 How great is this salvation which Christ has won for us on Calvary? What are its dimensions, longevity, and magnitude? What about its unchanging character, and the faithful…
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 In all serious study of the Scriptures, zeroing in on a passage, and then the verse and words, one always begins with determining the definition of the terms. That…
“For In Him (Christ) dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power.” Colossians 2:9 The Lord Jesus Christ is not only God, revealed and made manifest to men in the flesh, but He is also filled with all of the…
“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand.” Ecclesiastes 11:6 The calling of a preacher of the gospel is a very singular, and significant one. It is designed to bring glory to God in the giving of Life to the hearers. That which accompanies the gospel, and we speak…
“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Cor. 1:9 How important is fellowship, or communion, with God? The answer lies in looking at the One on the cross of Calvary. There is NO communion with God, no fellowship of His Spirit, nor the…
“I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” Psalm 81:10 If we were to draw a parallel between the deliverance of Israel from Egypt to that of a lost sinner being delivered from sin and death, we might ask…
“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: but verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.” Psalms 66:18-19 In the Apostle John’s first letter, he writes of “walking in the light, as He (Christ) is in the light.” (1 Jn. 1:7) What does…
“And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony.” Exodus 25:22 Why is it so very difficult to grasp that man was created to know God, to have fellowship with Him, or as…
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” Romans 8:37 E.G. Cherry begins his great hymn, We Rest On Thee, by writing: “We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender: We go not forth alone against the foe; Strong in Thy strength, save in Thy keeping tender,…