“‘Comfort ye, comfort ye My people,’ saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished.’” Isaiah 40:2 Dear Ones: In the book of Jeremiah, we find him at one point in prison in Jerusalem, with the Babylonian army laying siege to the city. Jeremiah had been instrumental,…
“For the vision is for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it, for it will surely come.” Habakkuk 2:3 The word “predestinate” is a remarkable one which can only have its origin and realization in God. Why? In the epistle of Paul to…
“For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Romans 8:29 Dear Ones: In the Gospels, the Lord taught His disciples to believe in the goodness of God, and this by means of prayer. He wrote: “…how…
“…His name is called the Word of God,” “…And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelation 19:13,16 When Christ comes again, at what we would call the “second coming,” it will not be on the back of a donkey. Nor will He…
“For the just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mishief.” Proverbs 24:16 Dear Ones: The Apostle Paul tells us that we are in a fight. He calls it specifically, a “…fight of faith.” In his first letter to Timothy, not long before he went to be with…
“Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end I was born, and for this cause, came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.” John 18:37 Dear Ones: In Matthew’s gospel, we have the Lord’s words so very clearly given to us concerning first things, or first pursuits: “Seek…
“Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.” Job 42:3 Dear Ones: In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he wrote, “…as it is written, ‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart…
“And he said, ‘Thus and thus spake he unto me, saying, ‘Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel.’” 2 Kings 9:12 Dear Ones: We do not know how much time expired between the moment when the Lord told Elijah that he was to anoint Jehu to be king of Israel, and…
“The Job answered the Lord, and said, ‘I know that Thou canst do everything, and that no thought can be withholden from Thee.” Job 42:1-2 Dear Ones: When we study the life of Job, and God’s dealings with him, we must ask the question: “What was God’s purpose in allowing Job to suffer such loss,…
“And He said unto me, ‘Prophecy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.’” Ezekiel 37:9 Dear Ones: In the book of Isaiah, the Lord is recorded as saying: “Ask…