“Keep silence before Me, O islands: and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.” Isaiah 41:1 In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he speaks of his calling by God, “…who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me…
“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that he died, H died unto sin once, but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God.” Romans 6:9,10 There are many things which make Christianity the eternal certainty that it is, with regard to…
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith.” Colossians 2:6,7 There was so much involved, when in the history of Israel, after in some measure she had returned from the captivity, and had begun to rebuild the temple,…
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds…” 2 Corinthians 10:4 In the spiritual warfare in which the true believer in Christ is engaged, Paul gives us a vision of the soldier of Christ in his letter to the Ephesian church. This picture, and…
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.” Matthew 24:35 In the fifty-fifth chapter of Isaiah, we read the following concerning the “word” of the Lord: “So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth; it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that…
“O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.” Exodus 4:10 The story is told in Scripture of a “mad” prophet, not just one who was angry with God’s ways, and what God had called him…
“…for he that cometh to cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 The basis for understanding how we are to live on this earth, at this time in history, begins with the One who has declared Himself to be “the…
“God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.” Psalm 67:7 What is the blessing of God, and what is the extent of that blessing? In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesian believers, he wrote at the beginning of the letter the following: “Blessed be the God and Father…
“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.” Isaiah 42:1 The Lord Jesus Christ is perhaps the greatest anomaly the world has ever known. One of the ways we see Him as such is…
“…walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:1-3 There was a very wise man who once said, “If I have peace in my home,…