“And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!” “… But now Christ is risen from the dead.” 1 Corinthians 15:17,20 We do not know just how long after Pentecost that Philip the evangelist was told by God to go “…south along the road which goes down from…
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 There was a great quietness in Christ, when He walked this earth, because He lived perfectly, securely, and sufficiently in the Father. As a man, He derived His peace from the…
“…And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 If there is one thing the Bible does, it takes the individual seeker of God in Jesus Christ on a voyage to discover and behold almost every conceivable circumstance that men face on this earth, and…
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.” Ephesians 6:10 From the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, to this very day, because of the effects of sin, specifically man dying spiritually, he has had a desperate need for strength and power. There are times when…
“Give us help from trouble, for the help of man is useless. Through God we will do valiantly…” Psalm 60:11,12 Throughout Scripture we are brought face to face with the incapacity of the natural man to wage a successful warfare against the powers of darkness, those principalities and powers arrayed against him in his quest…
“… it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles…” Galatians 1:15,16 If the love of God was the great motivation of the Apostle Paul’s life and ministry, certainly the revelation that the Son…
“I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.” John 9:4 In the book of Habakkuk, we find him praying to God to show him what he needs to see and understand concerning a coming invasion by the Chaldeans, and what…
“…and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 It has been said of the Apostle Paul that he was the greatest Christian of all time, not because of gifts or calling, but because…
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” Revelation 12:11 The Bible is a book of overcoming, of rising up, standing, facing the difficult task or the enemy, and then overcoming the resistance to faith and…
“…that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” 1 John 1:3 John the Apostle was a very old man when he wrote his first epistle, or letter. Much like the…