“For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance…” 1 Thessalonians 1:5 There is power in assurance, that blessed certainty of God’s personal presence and perfect provision. We might add to this list of ways that God assures our hearts by…
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:48 It was said of the Lord Jesus Christ that when He spoke, “…He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” (Matt. 7:29) On another occasion, when the chief priests and Pharisees had send men to…
“…they (Paul and Barnabas) assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” Acts 11:26 That which characterizes true believers in God from those who are not, and this from the beginning of history to this very day, is true faith. If we take Abraham as…
“‘Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud…for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,’ saith the Lord.” Isaiah 54:1 In Isaiah’s description of the Suffering Servant, the Lord Jesus Christ, there is associated with the very vivid picture of what…
“After these things, the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” Genesis 15:1 Ministry or service was not enough for Moses, or the Apostle Paul. Both men had ploughed through the passing pursuits of this world, the deceptive value…
“…I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophesy.” Revelation 19:10 In the revelation of the glorified Christ in the book of Revelation, John the Apostle describes Him having a sharp, two-edged sword coming out of His…
“I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:25,26 The matter of the resurrection concerning that of Christ, and now the believer, is what we might call the “hinge…
“Then said I, ‘Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.’” Isaiah was a tremendous man, both from an intellectual and administrative standpoint, as well…
“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring.” Isaiah 44:3 It is a common need of man that he should have water to drink. Thirst is that mechanism that God put into man…
“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will…” Hebrews 13:20 One of the great themes of the Bible is the matter of “peace.” There are…