“After these things, the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” Genesis 15:1 Ministry or service was not enough for Moses, or the Apostle Paul. Both men had ploughed through the passing pursuits of this world, the deceptive value…
“…I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophesy.” Revelation 19:10 In the revelation of the glorified Christ in the book of Revelation, John the Apostle describes Him having a sharp, two-edged sword coming out of His…
“I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:25,26 The matter of the resurrection concerning that of Christ, and now the believer, is what we might call the “hinge…
“Then said I, ‘Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.’” Isaiah was a tremendous man, both from an intellectual and administrative standpoint, as well…
“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring.” Isaiah 44:3 It is a common need of man that he should have water to drink. Thirst is that mechanism that God put into man…
“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do His will…” Hebrews 13:20 One of the great themes of the Bible is the matter of “peace.” There are…
“There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for Mine anointed.” Psalm 132:17 In one of David’s great psalms concerning worship, and the testimony of God as a result of such worship, he writes of finding “…a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of…
“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:14 When the Lord Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman many years ago, who had come to the Jacob’s…
“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.” Habakkuk 2:1 One of the greatest qualities, and qualifications, for Jesus choosing His disciples, was the matter of teachableness, that willingness to be…
“Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.” Jude 24 One of the great, permanent ministries of the Father and the Son, administered and accomplished by the Holy Spirit, is that of “keeping.” In what is called the…