Dear Ones: Moses had brought the people of Israel from Egypt, through the wilderness for forty years, to the border of the land of Canaan. It was there that the Lord told him: “…Behold thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may…
Dear Ones: We have been told that there are two things that never change: taxes and death. There is a third…the calling of God. It is first a calling to fellowship with Christ, and secondly, it is a call to fellowship in service with/by/and for Him. How do we know this calling, these gifts? When…
Dear Ones: Perhaps there is no clearer picture of what the believer is, facing the enemy of our souls, than that of the “sheep of the Shepherd” versus the wolves that would destroy it. In John 10:12, the Lord Jesus speaks of the coming of the wolf, whose sole intent is to catch the sheep,…
Dear Ones: It has been well said that, “…knowing the will of God is not difficult; we are difficult.” Is it not so with the matter of devotion to Christ? It is not difficult to understand; we are difficult in the grasping and implementing of it in truth. In Isaiah’s “gospel,” we read how the…
Dear Ones: In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he speaks of God’s work in us. First of all, he declares that he is confident of a specific thing: “He that hath begun a good work in you, WILL PERFORM it until the day of Jesus Christ.” (Phil. 1.6) The other passage is found in Phil.…
Dear Ones: It was written of Moses, that he was the most meek man in all the earth. (Numbers 12:3) And yet, here was a man who spent forty years in Pharoah’s court, forty years being a shepherd of sheep, and finally, forty years leading the people of Israel to the promised land. What is…
Dear Ones: The “Macedonian Call” was a very significant event in the life of the Apostle Paul. Paul and Silas went in response to that call to the town of Philippi in Asia Minor to preach Christ. There, because Paul had cast a “spirit of divination” out of a young woman, they were subsequently beaten…
Dear Ones: Christ’s mission began before the foundation of the world. The “design” of that mission was, from a human standpoint, very intricate, and impossible to realize. When one looks at the point of beginning, the creation, and then looks at Christ on the cross declaring, “It is finished,” one is transfixed and overwhelmed at…
Dear Ones: We are often troubled by that which we see. It is also true that we can be greatly comforted by that which we cannot see, but which will be revealed, if we pray. Elisha was in a difficult situation. The village (Dothan) where he was residing with his servant was surrounded by a…
Dear Ones: It has been said that, “Life reduced to fellowship with Christ makes the complicated simple.” This is true. But what of the priority within that fellowship, that supreme motive and power for living? It is simply, the love of God. The whole plan, and realization of the work of redemption, “…from the creation…