“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” Colossians 3:1 The whole of Christianity hinges on one statement that Jesus made on Calvary: “It is finished.” (John 19:30) The work which Jesus accomplished was a complete, and perfect work, whereby, by…
“Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will He teach sinners in the way.” Psalm 25:8 It was B. Mansell Ramsey who wrote the following: “Long as my life shall last; teach me Thy way! Where’er my lot be cast; Teach me Thy way! Until the race is run, Until the journey’s done, Until the…
“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels in heaven, but My Father only.” Matthew 24:36 In one of the most simple, tragic, and yet, very real declarations of Scripture concerning the Lord Jesus’ first coming, and the rejection of those He came to save, the Apostle John writes: “He…
“…He wakeneth morning by morning, He wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.” Isaiah 50:4 One of the great values of having the Scriptures, written over such a large expanse of time, is that they reveal to us the very tangible experiences of those believers who have sought God, and found Him, or were…
“Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand.” Psalm 145:6 There are many things that the Apostle Paul learned concerning walking and communing with God. There is no doubt that his insight into the essence, application, and power of the Gospel, were revealed to him, so…
“Create in me a clean heart O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10 As is the case with all that God commands us to be and to do, so the matter of one’s soul being restored is only possible by the direct intervention of God. Often this does not appear to…
“But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption.” 1 Corinthians 1:30 Just as there is only one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, so there is but one acceptable, and “right” way to God. It is that of…
“Noah was a just man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.” Genesis 6:9 Is it possible to put Mount Everest into a thimble? How then is it possible for sinful, extremely limited, and small man, to truly know the eternal God? The answer lies in the “Book,” the Bible, in which…
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.” Psalm 68:19 Can a man measure the blessing of God? Both in the Old Testament and the New, we are confronted with this matter of the blessing of God, as opposed to the curse associated with sin. On the…
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22) The subject of the faithfulness of God cannot be defined, nor applied adequately, when we seek to understand it by looking at what we call the “faithfulness of…