The Preface To True Faith

“Who has performed and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am the first; and with the last, I am He.” Isaiah 41:4 Faith begins by the revelation of God to the heart, according to the truth, and by the Spirit.  But how can this be if man is born dead…


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The Voice Of The Trumpet

“And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.’” Revelation 4:1 When John the Baptist came on the stage of history, he was one who was characterized as, “the voice of one crying in…


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The Lord’s Sabbath Rest

“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet.” Revelation 1:10 Why did God create the Sabbath, or the seventh day on which He rested.  Was He tired, or weary with all that He had made? Isaiah tells us that, “…the Everlasting God, the…


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The Singular Eternal Foundation

“For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:11 When the Lord Jesus used the illustration, or parable, concerning two builders and two foundations, He was speaking of eternal things, things which would last into eternity, and those which would not.  He spoke in Matthew’s…


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The Surrendered Sword

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear…” 1 Peter 3:15 In one of G. Matheson’s great hymns, he writes: “Make me a captive, Lord, And then I shall…


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