“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor…” Isaiah 61:1 It was during a very quiet night in the fields somewhere around the small town of Bethlehem that “an angel of the Lord” came and stood before some shepherds who were…
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 There is no doubt that the highest calling of man by God is to know fellowship, or communion with the Father and the Son, by the…
“You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, and tongue, and people and nation…” Revelation 5:9 In the visions of heaven that the Scriptures give us, both in the Old Testament, and the New,…
“…He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:2,3 Throughout Scripture there is a truth that runs straight and true, one which is not only essential to grasp and live by, but one by which God reveals Himself to…
“But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.” 1 John 2:27 There…
“…how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him?” Hebrews 2:3 From the very beginning of creation, God has been speaking, not only of His attributes, nature, ways, and glory, but of a…
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in you all.” Ephesians 4:4-6 There have been many monumental momentous occasions when God in His providence…
“But Simon Peter answered Him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life’” John 8:68 Where does the subject of surrender to Christ start? It begins with a knowledge of who Christ IS and evermore shall be. When the Lord Jesus came to the moment when many of His disciples…
“For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fulness should dwell.” Colossians 1:19 There came a day in the ministry of Jesus, when He had come into the region of Caesarea Philippi, that He asked His disciples the question: “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” (Matt. 16:13) The…
“But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Deuteronomy 4:29 The great call of God to all of mankind is for individuals, families, peoples and nations, to seek Him, and to find Him. Why is…