“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eeternal Spirit, offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” Hebrews 9:14 In the Old Testament, at the time when Israel was being led by Moses towards the promised land, the Lord gave to Moses…
“And they sung a new song, saying’Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.” Revelation 5:9 When John the Apostle received the revelation of Jesus Christ on…
“But when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” Galatians 4:4 The economy of God, and the timing of man in matters of this earth, are only…
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3 In Paul’s day, there was a great deal of confusion in the church concerning the “day of Christ,” or the…
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.” Isaiah 53:3 If ever there was a person who had the complete mastery of Himself, and His emotions, it was Christ. No…
“Simon Peter saith unto them, ‘I go a fishing.’ They say unto him, ‘We also go with thee.’ They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.” John 21:3 Scripture tells us that the Lord Jesus “shewed Himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias.” (Jn.21:1) This…
“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, ‘Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.’” Jeremiah 31:3 Where does knowing God begin? As in all things which pertain to God, the answer begins with Him. The Lord Jesus put it like this: “‘I am Alpha…
“For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away.” Matthew 24:38,39 There is in the economy of God a certain reality that He,…
“Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and of such as lay in wait by the way.” Ezra 8:31 Since the fall of…
“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.” Psalm 8:2 The Bible has a good deal to say about that which we would not normally consider as the instruments of praise, glorifying God. But, if we would understand…