Dear Ones: It is an amazing study to see how the Lord Jesus presents Himself, and what He says, to His disciples after his resurrection. We see them living in fear of the Jews, and in a stupor of bewilderment, not understanding what has just happened with regard to the crucifixion of Christ. For three…
Dear Ones: Men forget…God does not. Jacob made a vow to God which God would bring to his remembrance fifteen to twenty years later. Jacob may have forgotten, but God did not. In that vow, Jacob had said to God: “If God will be with me, and will keep me in the way that I…
Dear Ones: It has been said that, “knowing the will of God is not difficult; we are difficult.” This might very well apply to faith, for there is a simplicity in true faith that even a child can exercise, and understand. In Matthew 18, we find that the disciples were preoccupied with who would be…
Dear Ones: When Noah entered into the ark with his wife, sons, and their wives, it was for this purpose, “…the saving of his house.” (Heb. 11:7) When Joseph was sent by God to Egypt, he would relate to his brothers what the purpose of God was in him being there, “…to save your lives…
Dear Ones: Many years ago a young French pastor told me something about the Christian community in France, specifically about individual Christians. It was that he saw the greatest need “balance”. Why did he say this? It was simply because in a godless society as France, there were so many humanistic ideas that flooded the…
Dear Ones: It was thought that after World War One, that if we could educate the world well enough, there would be no more war. The basic tenet to this way of thinking was to believe that “knowledge is power.” However, history proved that this concept was wrong…that is, in its application. But let’s consider…
Dear Ones: One of the great, and incomprehensible phrases in Scripture is found in Ester 4:14, when Mordecai says to Ester, “…and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS?” It would seem that God takes His bow, and puts an arrow in place, only to let it…
Dear Ones: Darkness is the absence of light. In the depths of the deepest part of the oceans of this earth, there is minimal light…so minimal that we are apt to say that the light does not exist at all at those depths. And yet, when a light is brought into those depths, and shines…
Dear Ones: It is a remarkable testimony to the heart and mind of God, that He chooses small things to accomplish His purposes. Such was the case of a little town called Bethlehem. “…But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be “little among the thousands of Judah”, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto…
Dear Ones: If ever there was a subject that needs to be studied, it is the matter of God’s timing. At the outset of such a consideration, we must again come back to the fact of our limitations to truly understand it. Jeremiah wrote the following: “O Lord, I know that the way of…