“But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption.” 1 Corinthians 1:30 Just as there is only one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, so there is but one acceptable, and “right” way to God. It is that of…
“Noah was a just man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” Genesis 6:9 Is it possible to put Mount Everest into a thimble? How then is it possible for sinful, extremely limited, and small man, to truly know the eternal God? The answer lies in the “Book,” the Bible, in which…
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.” Psalm 68:19 Can a man measure the blessing of God? Both in the Old Testament and the New, we are confronted with this matter of the blessing of God, as opposed to the curse associated with sin. On the…
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22) The subject of the faithfulness of God cannot be defined, nor applied adequately, when we seek to understand it by looking at what we call the “faithfulness of…
“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 In the same passage where we are brought face to face with the ministry of the Spirit, as it applies to the liberty of the believer, we are confronted with the attitude which the believer…
“If ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgement between a man and his neighbor, …then I will cause you to dwell in this place.” Jeremiah 7:5,7 When Abraham was ninety-nine years old, the Lord spoke to him in this manner: “I am the Almighty God; walk before Me, and…
“Get thee behind Me, Satan: for it is written, ‘Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.’” Luke 4:8 Why would anyone ever consider that the act and attitude of worship resembles establishing a beachhead in a military conflict? When Jesus was led by the Spirit to go into the…
“And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, ‘How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?” Joshua 18:3 If one was to ask the question, “What time is it?,” what would be the basis for a true answer? For the believer, “time”…
“Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.” 1 Samuel16:13 Throughout Scripture, oil is used as a symbol to represent the Holy Spirit. In the specific case of David’s anointing by Samuel, it was…
“And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, ‘The Lord, He is the God; the Lord, He is the God.’” 1 Kings 18:39 Where does faith begin? We can always say, and it is true, that true faith begins in Jesus Christ, as he is the “Author and…