“If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to you? Follow thou Me.” John 21:22 Dear Ones: As far as I can see, there was, and has been, only one Apostle Peter. There was only one Elijah, though John the Baptist would come in the spirit and strength of Elijah. There…
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it.” Matthew 16:25 Dear Ones: It was Jim Elliot, missionary to the Auca Indians, who once wrote: “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.” Of what…
“…Where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people will be my people, and your God my God: where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death separates me from you.” Ruth 1:17…
“For you have need of patience (endurance), that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.” Hebrews 10:36 Dear Ones: After the Lord had called Gideon to deliver Israel, there came a significant battle where the enemy was routed. Gideon and his three hundred men were in necessary pursuit, but…
“And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” Matthew 7:25 Dear Ones: In our present time, there are many, very many, waves and winds of culture and circumstances that could, and would, toss us about,…
“…And the publican, standing afar off, …smote upon his breast, saying, ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’ ‘…this man went down to his house justified.’” Luke 18:13,14 Dear Ones: Jeremiah writes very descriptively concerning the true condition of the human heart without God: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who…
“…And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times…” Judges 13:25 Dear Ones: When the Spirit of the Lord moved upon the “face of the waters” in Genesis 1:2, there was not only that action of the Spirit, but the resulting reaction of creation. When the Spirit of the Lord came upon…
“Is not My word like a burning fire?” Jeremiah 23:29 Dear Ones: There are those who have put God in a box, and limit Him in the manner and extent of His working in the heart. Listen to Charles Wesley’s hymn: “Come, Jesus Lord, with holy fire; Come, and my quickened heart inspire cleansed in…
“…Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow.” Isaiah 1:18 Dear Ones: Who can forgive sins but God? And who can cleanse the heart and mind of man but God, by the Spirit, applying the purifying properties and power of the…
“…And He touched his ear, and healed him.” Luke 22:51 Dear Ones: The setting was the betrayal of Jesus by Judas. The soldiers had come to take Him to be tried, and eventually crucified. In a natural response to the antagonistic “crowd,” which was pressing upon Jesus, Peter takes a sword and cuts off the…