“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…
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 The day is upon us where there is no other choice than to believe the Lord Jesus’s words,…
“And the Lord said unto Moses, ‘Wherefore criest thou unto Me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.’” Exodus 14:15 When the Lord gave to Moses the command to tell the children of Israel to “go forward,” there was not yet a path through the sea. Indeed, Pharaoh was approaching with his…
“Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9,10 The moment that a person comes to Christ is the moment when God becomes his Father. There is established in that moment a relationship that is eternal in its…
“For He saith, ‘I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 We all know that a door is a point of entrance, exit, or simply a passage. That door,…
“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” Psalm 23:5 Many have been the commentaries and writings on the subject of Psalm 23. It has to rank in its simplicity and yet, profoundness, with some of the greatest of all writings. …
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossian 3:2,3 It was Charles Wesley who wrote in one of his great hymns the following: “Let nothing now my heart divide, Since with Thee I am crucified, And live…