“…Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.” Colossians 1:11 When the Spirit of God was poured out upon all flesh, specifically manifesting His presence upon, and in, the group of disciples who were praying and waiting for the “promise of the Father,” there was a specific…
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine, for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine.” 2 Timothy 4:2,3 From a historical standpoint, there does not appear to be a great deal taught before Pentecost concerning the church, the living body…
“Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.” Revelation 1:18 It has been well, and simply said that we should never “…put God in a box.” What does this…
“But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 The salvation to which the believer in Christ has been called is both great and full. It is not a partial salvation, though the manifestation of its perfect fulness in and through us will only be…
“…But this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13,14 When seeking God in the Scriptures, it is essential to learn the truths of God…
“Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity, for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.” Psalm 37:1 When Christ began His ministry the day of His baptism by John the Baptist, at the Jordan River, He entered into a…
“And they said one to another, ‘Did not our heart burn within us while He talked to us by the way, and while He opened to us the Scriptures?” Luke 24:32 When Christ speaks to us, He always does so by the Holy Spirit, as the hymnwriter put it, “…in accents clear and still.” He…
“Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin,…wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:2,7 There is no perfect man, born on this earth, apart from the Lord Jesus, how has not sinned, and does sin. And yet, in the eyes of God, we are called upon to…
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” Matthew 25:23 In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the believers living in Rome in his day, he wrote concerning “…the first fruits of the…
“…and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?” Romans 10:14,15 God gave to Isaiah a remarkable vision of Himself. In that vision, Isaiah saw God seated upon a throne, in His absolute power…