“Then Spake Haggai the Lord’s messenger in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, ‘I am with you,’ saith the Lord.” Haggai 1:13 That which appears to be at the origin of every godly change is the matter of the Lord speaking. Why? It is because there is power and authority in His words. His…
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prapare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.” Luke 3:3 When John the Baptist came on the scene of history, he came “…in the spirit and power of Elias (Elijah).” (Luke 1:17) His message was similar to that given to Jeremiah, whose objective was…
“…for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.” Judges 13:5 Many have been the sermons preached on the life of Samson, his calling, demise, and final victory, but few have dealt with the root cause of Samson’s…
“Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.” Psalm 80:19 It was the Apostle Paul who wrote, concerning the resurrection: “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.” (1 Cor. 15:14) Why does he write this? …
“The he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ saith the Lord of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6 Before the beginning of time, with the creation of Satan, who fell from his position of archangel to become the…
“The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.” Isaiah 35:1 Moses was approximately eighty years old when God called him to be the instrument by which Israel would be delivered from the salvery of Egypt. For forty years Moses had lived in…
“Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.” Haggai 1:8 Christianity is often expressed by the preferences revealed in it. For example, the Lord Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, said: “Seek ye first the…
“Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.” 1 Samuel 16:13 How important is the Spirit of God to the believer? To answer that question we might ask another or two: How important is…
“Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin…Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:2,7 In Charles Wesley’s great hymn, “Soldiers Of Christ Arise,” he writes: “Leave no unguarded place, no weakness of the soul, Take every virtue, every…
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” 1 Timothy 3:15 What is the house of God? Though Scripture deals with the structure of the Tabernacle and Temple…