“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of stongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 The nature of the conflict between Satan…
“I sleep but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh…” Song of Solomon 5:2 There is a great hymn written by Dora Greenwell, two stanzas of which are the following: “And oh, that He fulfilled may see The travail of His soul in me, And with His work contented be,…
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” John 7:37,38 Things were heating up in Israel, especially…
“Neither do men put new wine into old bottles (wineskins): else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish.” Matthew 9:17 When the Lord Jesus deliberately passed through Samaria, He stopped at a well, where He rested, sitting on it. There came a woman, who identified herself to the Lord as…
“And they (the two angels) say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him.” John 20:13 When the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, it was certainly the beginning of a downward descent into helplessness and hopelessness by…
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge.” Deuteronomy 31:14 It is one thing to be called by men to accomplish a certain task or mission. It is quite another to…
“Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; that they all may be one; as Thou, Father art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us…” John 17:20,21 The salvation which Christ offers by the sacrifice of Himself, to…
“Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loosen the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?” Isaiah 58:6 How can we associate the newness that God promises us, which is a part of the inheritance of all believers…
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 How does the truth of God, revealed in the Gospel of Christ, become real to us? How does…
“For in Him (Christ) dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power.” Colossians 2:9,10 In Watchman Nee’s brief commentary on the book of Ephesians, he writes that the Christian life begins, not with standing and walking, but with sitting down.…