My Beloved has gone down to His garden, to the beds of balsam, to pasture His flocks in the gardens and gather lilies. I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine.” Song of Solomon 6:2,3 There is no way to truly know God without following the Shepherd. What does this mean? There comes a…
“Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, ‘Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons, and concerning the work of My hands command ye Me.’” Isaiah 45:11 Throughout Scripture, from the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve heard the Lord walking in the cool of the day, and…
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd.” John 10:16 The work of redemption, and the salvation of men, is strictly an act and settled accomplishment of God. Though a body was…
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you.” John 15:7 In one of the clearest statements in Scripture concerning the ways of God as opposed to the ways of men, the Lord declares in the writings of Isaiah: “For My thoughts…
“Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9 If there is one thing that is revealed to men in what is called the Lord’s Prayer, it is that, what is true, and is occuring in heaven, is…
“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.” Habakkuk 2:1 A disciple, by definition, basically means to be a learner, a pupil. However, that which adds weight and spiritual meaning to…
“And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he (Jabin king of Canaan), had nine hundred chariots of iron: and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.” Judges 4:3 Many are the accounts In Scripture of Israel being outnumbered and with little resources, under the oppression of their enemies, and yet,…
“And one (seraphim) cried unto another, and said, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts: The whole earth is full of His glory.” Isaiah 6:3 From the beginning of Scripture to the end, God is seen as Holy. Indeed, this is perhaps the best word to describe all of God’s attributes combined. As there…
“Fear God, and give glory to Him: for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” Revelation 14:7 The former verse can be seen today, assuming it has not been removed in protest, on a bronze plaque embedded in a…
“…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 10:5 The spiritual battle in which every believer is engaged, as their enemy and that of God is the same, is one where the battlefield is the…