“Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord; His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.” Hosea 6:3 The Prophet Hosea, led by the Spirit of God, gives to Israel, and to the…
“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I unto this world.” Galatians 6:14 In E.C. Clephane’s great hymn, “Beneath The Cross of Jesus,” she wrote: “Upon that cross of Jesus, Mine eye at times can see, The…
“And he (Lazarus) that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a cloth. Jesus saith unto them, ‘Loose him, and let him go.’” John 11:44 When the angel of the Lord came to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem, soon after the birth of…
“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 With regard to walking with Christ, living on this earth in communion with Him, trusting the Father for the coming of the kingdom and the doing of His will, there are…
“How is it that you sought Me? Knew you not that I must be about my Father’s business?” Luke 2:49 What does it mean to be about the business of the Father? What is this business? In the example of the Lord Jesus, when He was twelve years old, it consisted of “sitting in the…
“…The gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.” Galatians 1:11,12 The day and hour of one’s conversion to Christ, and his new birth by the Spirit, was the moment in his history when…
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5 In the Christian life there is absolutely no substitute for giving the Lord Jesus access to every circumstance and need. Indeed, as O. Hallesby wrote in…
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” In the fifth chapter of Paul’s letter to the believers in Rome, again and again he speaks of God giving, or the gifts of God. One of these gifts is the Holy Spirit in the heart,…
“And if we know that he (God) hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.” 1 John 5:15 When the Lord Jesus spoke of eternal life, He was not just speaking of an existence that would last forever. The key word here is “life.” In that…
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 It is one thing to begin a race. It is quite another to finish well. The strategy for the short sprint is…