“If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.” Genesis 4:7 In the book of the Revelation, when the Lord Jesus in His glory was addressing the church at Laodicea, He…
“So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 In Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he wrote: “Being confident of this very thing, that…
“After this manner therefore pray ye, 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 What does it mean to seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness? And why is it so very important, being the…
“For this is My blood of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Matthew 26:28 What is a covenant, in particular, a covenant of God? Throughout Scripture we discover many covenants that God made, or established, between Himself and his people. In the Old Testament, we find that covenant…
“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” Matthew 6:13 In David’s great Psalm 23, he writes: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with…
“‘And I will shake all nations and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory,’ saith the Lord of hosts.” Haggai 2:7 When Israel had crossed the Jordan River, at the beginning of her conquest of Canaan, there stood before her the city of Jericho, with its walls…
“But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 When Paul wrote the letter to the believers in Phillippi, he did so as a prisoner of Nero in Rome. And yet, in that epistle there is an evident attitude of triumph and victory, springing forth…
“Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little.” Psalm 2:11,12 It is a very sobering thought that a man can not only reject Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world, but then…
“Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.” Acts 10:33 The descendants of Abaham, specifically, the nation of Israel, had been chosen by God where He would reveal His name, and choose Jerusalem to be the place where Solomon’s temple would be built. To…
“And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.” Exodus 3:2 The first forty years of Moses’ life was spent in Pharoah’s court. Though he was raised…