“I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” Psalm 81:10 If we were to draw a parallel between the deliverance of Israel from Egypt to that of a lost sinner being delivered from sin and death, we might ask…
“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: but verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.” Psalms 66:18-19 In the Apostle John’s first letter, he writes of “walking in the light, as He (Christ) is in the light.” (1 Jn. 1:7) What does…
“And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony.” Exodus 25:22 Why is it so very difficult to grasp that man was created to know God, to have fellowship with Him, or as…
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” Romans 8:37 E.G. Cherry begins his great hymn, We Rest On Thee, by writing: “We rest on Thee, our Shield and our Defender: We go not forth alone against the foe; Strong in Thy strength, save in Thy keeping tender,…
“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.” Habakkuk 2:1 When the disciples were with the Lord Jesus upon the Mount of Transfiguration, and after Christ’s meeting with Moses and Elijah,…
“Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee.” Psalm 143:8 The life of David was a most remarkable one, especially in that it reveals a “working” knowledge of God, His…
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away…” Revelation 21:1 It has been said that the Christian life is a “…series of multiplied new beginnings.” This is true, as God’s mercies are new every morning, the blood of Jesus cleansing us from…
“Having therefore brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil…” Hebrews 10:19 In the temple that Solomon built, there was a particular place that symbolized “nearness” or closeness to God. It was a small place, but…
“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements, and His ways past finding out.” Romans 11:33 It was Moses, as a shepherd in the wilderness of Sinai, who received the revelation of God in the burning bush. There God told him to remove the…
“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place.” 2 Corinthians 2:14 One of the greatest characteristics of the life of Christ while on this earth, and now in heaven, is that He was a conqueror over every…