“…Work out your own salvation, with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:12,13 In the letter of Paul to the Philippian believers, he makes it ever so clear that “salvation” in and of itself is an accomplished fact. To…
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James 1:17 What is it about the gospel of Christ that makes it so good? The answer to that question begins with the definition of “goodness.” What…
“Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Romans 5:1 It is difficult to grasp the meaning and blessing of what Scripture calls, “The Kingdom…
“And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s pass-over.” Exodus 12:11 One of the greatest, and most singular events in history, one which would change nations, and provide man with a…
“I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lillies.” Song of Solomon 6:3 What does it mean to belong to Christ, to be His, and Him belonging to me? It was Wade Robinson who in the conclusion of a hymn wrote: “His forever, only His: Who the Lord and me…
“And He (Jesus) said unto them, ‘I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.’” Luke 10:18,19 When it comes to grasping something of the greatness of the…
“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.” Daniel 2:44 What does the fact that…
“Then the word of the Lord came unto me saying, ‘Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctfied thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.’” Jeremiah 1:5 In Paul’s letter to the Romans, he wrote, in the context God’s…
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.” Isaiah 61:1 What is it about God…
“Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel.” Daniel 5:L12 It was because of the judgment of God upon Jerusalem, Judah, and Israel, that Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, conquered and took captive many of…