“I have set the Lord always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” Psalm 16:8 There is such a thing as intensity when one speaks of faith. It is that refusal to look at other things when one is looking at Christ. Why? Because in that vision of…
“…the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life to take it away.” 1 Kings 19:10 When the Lord called Elijah to be the principle prophet by whom He would speak to Israel…
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of faith…” Hebrews 12:1 In Matthew’s gospel, he gives…
“And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it (i.e. the passover lamb).” Exodus 12:7 It is in one of Charles Wesley’s hymns that we read the following: “Behold Him, all ye that pass by,…
“And He hath on his vesture and on His thigh a name written, ‘KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.’” Revelation 19:16 It will be at the seventh trumpet sound mentioned in the book of Revelation, to be heard during the tribulation period, that, “…there were great voices in heaven, saying, ‘The kingdoms of this…
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 In the book of Jeremiah, the Lord puts the whole matter of trusting Him in a very descriptive perspective. He says, “Let not the wise man…
“Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.” James 4:8 In Pau’s letter to the Ephesian believers, he wrote: “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.” (2:13) The subject of nearness to God has its prophetic, perpetual declaration throughout the…
“Faithful is He who calls you who also will do it.” 1 Thessalonians 5:24 The faithfulness of God is a bedrock truth, and reality, that is a part of the glorious foundation for faith. What does “faithfulness” mean? We find in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians that the concept and truth of it, especially…
“”Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, ‘We beseech Thee, O Lord, we beseech Thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for Thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased Thee.’” Jonah 1:14 The book of Jonah is a book of salvation. First, it is…
“…And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power…” Ephesians 1:19 What does Scripture mean by “…the exceeding greatness of His (God’s power revealed in Christ?” We get some idea of it first by the vastness and glory of Christ Himself, and that…