Archive of Days of Praise Articles
Christ Our Leader
“For it became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings” (Hebrews 2:10)....
Our Savior’s Prayer
“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret” (Matthew 6:6). Multiple times during our Lord’s ministry...
The Unholy Evening
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light” (Romans 13:12). It is well known that the name Halloween...
Who’s In The Shadows?
“Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the...
Get Your Mind Ready
“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (I Peter 1:13). We have been...
Occupied For Us
“But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God” (Psalm 40:17). Whenever it seems that the Lord might have forgotten...
Faithful And Just
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9). All too often when reading or quoting a favorite...
Without Natural Affection
“Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful” (Romans 1:31). This phrase “without natural affection” is the translation of one...
All On The Altar
“If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD”...
The Urgency Of Christ’s Work
“I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work” (John 9:4). It is striking how often the Lord Jesus used the term “must”...
Death Before Sin?
“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (I Corinthians 15:21,22).
Modern...
Job’s Testimony
“Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity” (Job 31:4–6)....
Called Before Birth
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by His grace, To reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him” (Galatians 1:15,16). There is great...
Asking And Receiving
“For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened” (Matthew 7:8). The tremendous resource of prayer is far too much neglected...
The Patriarchs
“And He gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs” (Acts 7:8)....
Where To Bestow Our Wealth
“And He spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow...
The Living Word / The Word Of Life
“Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain” (Philippians 2:16). There is such beautiful correlation...
Old Testament Prophecy
“Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you” (I Peter 1:10). Our text and the verses which follow...
Paradoxes Of Scripture
“There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty” (Proverbs 11:24). “To get, we must give.” This is not...
Mt. Ararat And The Resurrection
“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat” (Genesis 8:4). The story of Noah’s preservation through the awful Flood...
Did He Really Die?
“And Pilate marvelled if He were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether He had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph”...
Scattered Abroad
“So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city” (Genesis 11:8). The text verse above is a summary statement of God’s...
A Mighty Put Down
“He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree” (Luke 1:52). In the midst of Mary’s song of praise to the Lord in Luke 1:46–55, she presents the...
For Us
“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). “Christian” liberals for many generations have scoffed at the Biblical...
Why Do Christians Suffer?
“Let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator” (I Peter 4:19). Christians suffer for a variety...
Judgment In The New Testament
“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord,...
Take Heed
“And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you” (Mark 13:5). In the account of Christ’s great prophetic discourse on the Mount of Olives, as recorded in...
Abide
“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me,...
He Is Able
“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” (Ephesians 3:20). Despite man’s arrogant pride, he...
Our Hope
"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope" (I Timothy 1:1).
Paul, in his opening salutation to Timothy, makes...
War a Good Warfare
“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some...
Never Forsaken
“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee” (Deuteronomy 31:6).
The...
Created To Rule The Day
“And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also” (Genesis 1:16). It seems that throughout history, mankind...
No Good Thing
“For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not” (Romans 7:18).
If such a man...
Instant Creation
“Let them praise the name of the LORD: for He commanded, and they were created” (Psalm 148:5).
Certain Christian intellectuals today are promoting the concept of what they call “process...
Our Living Lord
“Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also” (John 14:19). We who believe on Christ have the promise of everlasting life because...
An Acceptable Sacrifice
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” (I Peter 2:5). Our text instructs...
The Unfailing Presence
“And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken...
Born Of God
“If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him” (I John 2:29). This is the first of seven occurrences of the phrase “born of...
The True Gospel
“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel” (Galatians 1:6). There is only one true gospel (meaning “good news”)...
Fallow Ground
“For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns” (Jeremiah 4:3).
Fallow ground is ground that has been plowed and readied...
Sudden Creation
“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (II Corinthians 4:6)....
Christ And The Four Thieves
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). There were four thieves...
Tragic Ignorance
“And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from...
The Definition Of Faith
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). The marvelous “faith chapter,” Hebrews 11, is an amazing chapter. Here, faith...
The Scarlet Hope
“Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren,...
Built On Prayer
“And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither” (Acts 16:13). This verse...
The Raging Seas
“Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them” (Psalm 89:9). There are few things in nature more fearsome or more uncontrollable by man than a mighty...
The Sinner’s Prayer
“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner” (Luke 18:13). Evangelists have...
Summing Up Submission
“Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble” (I Peter 5:5). Although this book was written...
Sin Not
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath” (Ephesians 4:26). There are many occasions when a Christian may be rightly angered by some ugly word or incident and...
Right Now!
“Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy” (I Peter 2:10).
There are many wonderful things awaiting...
A Credible Lifestyle
“And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey” (Mark 1:6). At times we tend to think of John the Baptist...
Angels Round About
“The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them” (Psalm 34:7).
Since God’s angels are normally unseen, we have little appreciation of how intimately...
Stand Fast
“By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. . . . For He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast” (Psalm 33:6,9)....
The Divine Designer
“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills...
The Test Of Expedience
“All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any” (I Corinthians 6:12). Christians...
Deliverance From Fear
“I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears” (Psalm 34:4).
There are many things in such a world as ours which can bring fear into human hearts—fear...
The Laborer
“For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward” (I Timothy 5:18). This seemingly rather inconspicuous...
Christ The Creationist
“For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be” (Mark 13:19). In predicting a future judgment...
That Which Endures Forever
“But the LORD shall endure for ever: He hath prepared His throne for judgment” (Psalm 9:7).
This world will eventually pass away. The law of entropy assures us, in fact, that everything decays...
White As Snow
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:7). The metaphor, “white as snow,” is used several times in Scripture in connection...
Not So, Lord
“But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean” (Acts 10:14). This response of Peter to the Lord’s command is a self contradiction. How...
Promotional Geography
“Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth...
The Eyes Of The Heart
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light” (Matthew 6:22). This verse is part of the discourse on heavenly treasure in...
A Colony Of Heaven
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20). The term “conversation” in this verse is from a Greek...
The King Of Glory
“Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah” (Psalm 24:10).
In the upper room just before His betrayal, the Lord Jesus prayed to His Father, remembering...
Always Rejoicing
“Rejoice evermore” (I Thessalonians 5:16). Most people think that John 11:35 (“Jesus wept”) is the shortest verse in the Bible, but our text is actually even shorter in...
The Serpent In The Wilderness
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live” (Numbers 21:8)....
No More Problems
“Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake” (Matthew 24:9). All too often in these days of “easy...
How To Handle A Multitude Of Sins
“Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins” (Proverbs 10:12). There is an old familiar cliché to the effect that we should “hate the sin, but love the sinner.”...
Believing God
“Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me” (Acts 27:25).
Most people believe in God—some kind of God—but it’s a...
Earnest Of The Spirit
“Now He that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit” (II Corinthians 5:5). This is a fascinating concept and a wonderful...
Never Like This
“And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel” (Matthew 9:33). In His earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus was fully...
On Eschewing Evil
“For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it”...
Preaching Against False Teachers
“But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matthew 18:6)....
Singing Garments Of Life
“The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing” (Psalm 65:13). This is the concluding verse of the beautiful 65th...
The River Of God
“Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it” (Psalm 65:9)....
The Blood Of Abel
“And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel” (Hebrews 12:24). There are three references to the blood...
Things To Be Aware
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” (Matthew 7:15).
There are three Greek words translated “beware,”...
Life In Christ
“In Him was life; and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4). A host of biochemists and other scientists have tried for over a century to determine how life evolved from non-life. Such...
Lacking In One Thing
“Now when Jesus heard these things, He said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me”...
The Three Appearings Of Christ
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:4). The wonderful promise of this text actually refers to the third appearing of...
Who Gets Weary?
“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding”...
Promised In Writing
“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32). For those of us who have trusted God for salvation,...
Righteous Judgment To Come
“And He shall judge the world in righteousness, He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness” (Psalm 9:8). Judgment is coming for every person, “as it is appointed unto...
Christians And The World
“I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word” (John 17:6). In the wonderful intercessory...
The House Of The Lord
“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple”...
Dark Sayings Of Old
“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us” (Psalm 78:2,3). Most people do not think of parables—especially...
Walk As He Walked
“He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked” (I John 2:6). The idea of walking as Christ walked can be intimidating to a Christian. After all,...
The Father Testifies Of The Son
“Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again” (John 12:28). This is the last of three remarkable occasions...
The Creation Of Plants
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so” (Genesis 1:11)....
Justification
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). The Biblical doctrine of justification is a vital and spiritual truth. It means...
God’s Love For All The World
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (II Peter 3:9)....
Lifted Up From The Earth
“And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth” (Genesis 7:17). This first occurrence in the Bible of the...
The Last Adam
“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit” (I Corinthians 15:45). In the great “resurrection chapter,”...
The Higher Law
“Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws” (Genesis 26:5). In the United States, the government should be a government of laws,...
Life—light—love
“All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended...
Position And Condition
“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). Christians have a glorious position before God. As...
Knowledge Of Eternal Life
“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God” (I John 5:13)....
By Man Came Death
“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (I Corinthians 15:21,22). These verses,...
Fruitless Trees And Fruitless Lives
“He was hungry: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He came, if haply He might find any thing thereon: and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not...
The Fourfold Witness To Christ
“One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established”...
The Lord Jesus Christ
“Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus...
Blind Hearts
“Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart” (Ephesians 4:18). It is a tragedy...
So Send I You
“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you” (John 20:21). For approximately three years the disciples had followed Jesus in His travels,...
Called And Chosen
“But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of...
Manifesting Majesty
“Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art...
What Shall We Do?
“Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?” (John 6:28). This question is often asked by people who try to work their way into heaven. It was also...
Paul’s Missionary Journey
“Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ” (Ephesians 3:8). The Apostle Paul was...
Those Who Depart
“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all...
How To Respond To Defamation
“Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being...
My Necessary Food
“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). The Book of Job is probably the oldest book...
I Charge You
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned” (I Timothy 1:5). The Greek noun parangelia and its corresponding...
The Law Of Christ
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). Although Christ has set the believer free from legalistic bondage, he is now under a still higher...
Can A Christian Not Sin?
“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (I John 2:1). If the question...
Liberty And The Word Of God
“And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts” (Psalm 119:45).
July 4th is called Independence Day here in our country because on this date 225 years ago our Declaration of Independence...
The Philosophers
“Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered Him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because...
The Offended Brother
“It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak” (Romans 14:21). Here is a sound Biblical principle (not...
Church Leadership
“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed” (I Peter 5:1). ...
Abiding Fruit
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name,...
In Heavenly Places
“Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:20). This fascinating phrase (actually the Greek simply...
Great Swelling Words
“These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage” (Jude 16)....
Unanswered Prayer
“For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil” (I Peter 3:12). There are many wonderful...
All The Fountains Of The Deep
“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven...
Worshiping God
“And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you” (Genesis 22:5). We tend to think of “worship”...
No Other Name
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). There are many famous names in the history of...
The Ministry Of The Saints
“Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs...
Summer Is Coming
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts,...
The Watchman Held Accountable
“Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: . . . When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning . . . the same wicked...
The Word Of His Grace
“And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified” (Acts 20:32)....
The True Riches
“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy” (I Timothy 6:17)....
The God Of Our Fathers
“And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know His will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of His mouth” (Acts 22:14).
This phrase,...
With Christ
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together” (Romans 8:17). One of the greatest doctrines...
Guarding The Word
“Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart” (Psalm 119:2).
In the remarkable 119th psalm, there are 176 verses (the longest chapter in the Bible)...
The Star
“In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me” (Psalm 56:11).
The familiar motto on our coins, “In God We Trust,” once was the motto of our nation....
The Invisible God
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him” (John 1:18). God, in His essential being, is omnipresent. “Whither...
Offended at Him
“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not His sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him” (Mark 6:3).
There...
Open Doors
“Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak”...
The Beginning Of Creation
“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God” (Revelation 3:14). This salutation...
His Son’s Name
“Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in His fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is His name,...
Our Understanding Of Creation
“Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest...
Everlasting Father
“. . . and His name shall be called. . . . The everlasting Father . . .” (Isaiah 9:6).
Christ’s being called everlasting Father should not clash with...
Together In Christ
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20).
This is a wonderful promise. Whether believers come together in church or...
Praise at the Incarnation
“Blessed be the LORD God of Israel; for He hath visited and redeemed His people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David.” (Luke 1:68,69)
These...
Why Praise And Glorify God?
“I will praise thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore” (Psalm 86:12).
In our text we see David’s deep desire to praise and glorify God...
In Christ Jesus
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1). One of the key doctrines of Christianity is...
Searching For God
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33).
These are days when few people seem satisfied. Everyone seems...
Descriptive Attributes Of God
“And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran” (Acts 7:2).
There are seven beautiful...
The Blood Of The Lamb
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” (Revelation 12:11). This is the last reference in the...
Soldier’s Duty
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier”...
The Incarnate Christ
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death” (Hebrews 2:9). How important it was for Jesus Christ to become incarnate. “Forasmuch then...
Lest Thou Forget
“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy...
The Lord Our Maker
“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker” (Psalm 95:6). In the first chapter of Genesis we are told that God was to “make man in our image,”...
A Non-Citizen's Role in Society
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19).
Speaking primarily to new Gentile believers,...
The Word Made Flesh
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). This is the definitive...
Jesus The Overcomer
“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in His throne” (Revelation 3:21).
The Bible makes it clear that...
Wars And Rumors Of Wars
“And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet” (Matthew 24:6). Christians are often chided...
Walk—Don’t Walk
“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of...
Two Unbreakable Covenants
“For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee”...
Enoch: A Man Of Faith
“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him” (Genesis 5:24). Surely one of the most godly, as well as interesting, characters who ever lived was Enoch. He is one of only...
Handfuls Of Purpose
“And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not” (Ruth 2:16). This verse contains the unusual instruction of Boaz...
The Subjected Creation
“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope” (Romans 8:20). Every creature of God that is—everything created...
Be Ye Separate
“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters,...
Choose Life
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19)....
The Arm Of The Lord
“The LORD hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God” (Isaiah 52:10).
The human arm is often used in...
The Elect Lady
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth” (II John 1). The Greek word for “lady” (kuria)...
Made Sin For Us
“Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight” (Psalm 51:4). The Lord Jesus taught that the Scriptures of the Old Testament testified about Him (John 5:39)....
Waxing Old, Like A Garment
“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture...
Scattered Abroad
“Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word” (Acts 8:4). God has given two great commissions to His people, both of which would require worldwide effort...
The Righteous Cut Off
“Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?” (Job 4:7). The thought of the Messiah suffering and dying on a cross has been a stumbling...
Spiritual Entropy
“I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?” (I Corinthians 6:5).
The word for “shame”...
Face To Face
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known” (I Corinthians 13:12). “One day at a time”...
By Many Or By Few
“And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to...
Lineage Of The Savior
“And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ” (Matthew 1:16).
The lineage of Jesus Christ was remarkably prophesied, stage by stage, from...
Follow Me
“And He saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed Him” (Matthew 4:19,20). It was not unusual for a man with a political...
Hereby Know
“Hereby know we that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He hath given us of His Spirit” (I John 4:13). It is surprising to note that this phrase, “hereby know,” occurs...
The Sin Of Pride
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up” (James 4:10). The sin of pride is the most basic of all sins because it was the primeval sin of Satan which led him...
The Faithful Lord
“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil” (II Thessalonians 3:3). The Lord Jesus Christ has many wonderful attributes, not the least of which is His...
Boldness In The Holy Place
“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus” (Hebrews 10:19). In the ancient tabernacle only the High Priest was allowed to enter the “holy...
Forsake And Follow
“Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed Him” (Luke 5:10,11). Perhaps we take too lightly the fact...
Christ The Foundation
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (I Corinthians 3:11). The only sure and lasting foundation, for either a Christian institution or an...
The Lord Is
“The LORD is my light and my salvation” (Psalm 27:1). The Lord is many things. He is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and immutable. He is absolutely holy, and just, as well as merciful,...
Tasting Heaven On Earth
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead,...
Sowing Continually
“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good” (Ecclesiastes 11:6)....
Preached In All Creation
“If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof...
The Trinity In Salvation
“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14)....
Ichabod
“And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband” (I Samuel 4:21). Many...
Spiritual Anarchy
“In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25). This is the last verse of the Book of Judges, describing in a nutshell the...
Your Appointment
“Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained” (Acts 17:31). Have you ever had fixed upon the calendar an appointment...
Spoiling Traditions
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” (Colossians 2:8). Being on guard...
The Furtherance Of The Gospel
“"But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel” (Philippians 1:12). The infrequently used...
Hints Of Redemption
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise His heel” (Genesis 3:15). When Adam and Eve rebelled...
The Gardens Of The Lord
“When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which He entered, and His disciples” (John 18:1).
As Jesus, after...
Assembling Together
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25). This verse...
The Awful Cry From The Cross
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?” (Psalm 22:1).
This is the first verse in Psalm 22, surely one of the...
Without The Shedding Of Blood
“And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission” (Hebrews 9:22). It is strange that so many people object to the Biblical doctrine...
The Family Of A Disciple
“Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. And He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the...
Secret Faults Vs. Presumptuous Sins
“Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression”...
What Sort Of Work
“Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is” (I Corinthians 3:13)....
Branches Of Palm Trees
“And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.” (Mark 11:8). The account of the “triumphant entry” of the...
Be Instant
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine” (II Timothy 4:2). Paul’s “charge” to young Timothy,...
The Lord’s Controversies
“Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with His people, and He will plead with Israel” (Micah 6:2)....
Preservation
“Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast” (Psalm 36:6).
Preservation is a term used to describe God’s...
The Power In Us
“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” (Ephesians 3:20). This amazing assurance of God’s...
The Father Of Glory
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him” (Ephesians 1:17). This is one of Paul’s...
He Counted Me Faithful
“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry” (I Timothy 1:12). The testimony of a changed life is perhaps...
Wise In Your Own Conceit
“Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits” (Romans 12:16).
This biting phrase, so aptly descriptive...
From Disciples To Brethren
“Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God”...
Jostling Chariots And Judgment
“The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings” (Nahum 2:4). This strange...
Cleopas
“And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto Him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?” (Luke 24:18)....
God
“For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them,...
The Believer’s Source Of Peace
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7). If we have experienced peace with God (Romans 5:1), we...
Delight In The Will Of God
“I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart” (Psalm 40:8).
This remarkable testimony of David is actually also a Messianic prophecy, fulfilled completely...
The Redeemed Of The Lord
“Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy” (Psalm 107:2).
This hymn of praise for God’s providence centers around four examples of...
The Glorious Gospel
“According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust” (I Timothy 1:11). In the opening chapter of Paul’s first letter to Timothy, his “son...
The Works Of The Lord
“Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation” (Psalm 111:1). The first phrase of this majestic psalm of praise,...
The Same Mind
“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same...
Because He Prayed
“Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria. . . . I will defend this...
The Linen Clothes
“Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury” (John 19:40). The Jews of Jesus’ day prepared bodies for burial...
Lazarus And The Rich Man
“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried” (Luke 16:22). Many scholars believe that the...
Spirit, Soul, Body
“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (I Thessalonians 5:23)....
In-Law or Outlaw?
“To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law” (I Corinthians 9:21).
The...
God’s Immediate Presence
“And He said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest” (Exodus 33:14). Moses was greatly concerned over the heavy responsibility of leading the nation of Israel into...
Like A Wave Of The Sea
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally. . . . But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven...
The Promise Of Liberty
“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage” (II Peter 2:19). This chapter...
The Spirit And The Word
“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His” (Romans 8:9). As we see...
Things We Cannot Do Without
“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” (James 2:20). There are many things in life we can well do without, but there are at least seven things a Christian...
The Christian’s Lifestyle: Our Relationships
“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God” (Ephesians 5:21). Our calling is to walk worthy. Our gifts are perfect and complete. Our behavior is changed by the new man....
The Christian's Lifestyle: Our Control
“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).
Two factors need to be identified with this verse: First, the immediately preceding context...
The Christian’s Lifestyle: Our Wisdom
“Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:17).
The wherefore is preceded by the command: “walk as children of light” (Ephesians...
The Christian’s Lifestyle: Our Behavior
“This I say . . . that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk” (Ephesians 4:17). This succinct command quickly is followed by a sweeping description of the impotent mind...
The Christian’s Lifestyle: Our Gifts
“But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ” (Ephesians 4:7). The grace that is given (Greek, charis) is a distribution by the Holy Spirit of...
The Christian’s Lifestyle: Our Calling
“I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called” (Ephesians 4:1).
As Christians, we are called “out of darkness...
Ever Onward
“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17). Steady advancement in the Christian life is a sure...
The Resurrection And The Believer
“And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence” (Colossians 1:18). The resurrection of...
The Builder Of The House
“He who hath builded the house hath more honor than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but He that built all things is God” (Hebrews 3:3,4). Perhaps the single greatest...
Walking In Truth
“I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father” (II John 4). This beautiful metaphor, “walking in truth,”...
A Test For False Prophets
“Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear Him, and keep His commandments, and obey His voice, and ye shall serve Him, and cleave unto Him” (Deuteronomy 13:4).
Our text for today...
Where Are The Nine?
“And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?” (Luke 17:17). Ten lepers, hopeless and incurable, had come to Jesus, begging for His help, and He had miraculously...
Ancient Times
“I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times” (Psalm 77:5).
The Bible provides for us a fascinating perspective on the passage of time. Three thousand years ago, the...
Action Verbs
“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them to your...
Christ The King
“But His citizens hated Him, and sent a message after Him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14). In this parable, the nobleman who had gone into a far country...
Joy In The Christian Life
“These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full” (John 15:11). The word “fun” is never mentioned in the Bible, and “entertain”...
A First
“It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also will deny us: If we believe not, yet He abideth...
Cain And Abel
“And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And...
The Ordinances Of Men
“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers,...
The Finished Work
“They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that He hath done this” (Psalm 22:31). This is the last verse of Psalm 22, the marvelous prophecy...
Arrows In The Hand
“As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth” (Psalm 127:4).
This is the central verse in the 101 verses contained in a remarkable group of fifteen psalms...
Three Trees
“Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice” (Psalm 96:12). It has been said that all of creation points upward toward its Creator,...
The Battle For Purity
“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity” (II Timothy 2:19)....
Precious Treasures
“That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth . . .” (I Peter 1:7). Precious—“Of great price, costly, valuable, very dear,...
A Good Name
“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth” (Ecclesiastes 7:1).
It seems odd at first that Solomon would link these two maxims...
Gospel By Revelation
“But I certify you, brethren, that 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)....
God’s R.O.I.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body,...
And Forty Nights
“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights” (Genesis 7:12). There are nine forty-day periods in Scripture, but on only five of these the notation, “and forty nights,”...
Forty Days
“To whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3)....
Born To Die
“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Especially as noted in the Gospel of John, Christ identified...
The Prophetic Christ
“Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me” (Psalm 40:7).
Throughout the Old Testament there are wonderful prophecies of Christ, covering His earthly life. Some of these...
Blessed Assurance
“And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever” (Isaiah 32:17). As expressed in the old gospel hymn, the “blessed...
Man and His Labor
“Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening” (Psalm 104:23).
The 104th psalm is a beautiful psalm of creation and the flood, supplemented by God’s providential...
Judgment Is Coming
“So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:12).
There is only one thing that is absolutely sure to happen to every person—everyone will have to face...
Ye Or Thee
“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly” (Matthew 6:6)....
At Ease Or At War
“And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?” (Numbers 32:6). Just as the children of Israel were ready...
The Removal Of Sin
“And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more” (Hebrews 10:17). In contrast to the Old Testament’s yearly remembrance of sin, the New Testament believer’s sin is forever...
His Word Is With Power
“And they were astonished at His doctrine: for His word was with power” (Luke 4:32).
God’s words, whether spoken by Jesus or written in Scripture, are indeed full of power, and...
Revenge
“Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work” (Proverbs 24:29). When one has been injured in word or deed by someone else, especially...
The Aroma
“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor”...
Mourning His Coming
“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great...
Why Jesus Spoke In Parables
“And He said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand” (Luke 8:10)....
Progress Towards Holiness
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark...
These Are Written
“And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God;...
Bearing The Cross
“And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:27).
Bearing one’s cross means something quite different from bearing the ordinary burdens...
Joint Heirs With Christ
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that...
The Word Of The King
“Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?” (Ecclesiastes 8:4). Perhaps the arch-type of absolute monarchs was Babylonia’s King Nebuchadnezzar,...
Our Skillful Creator
“And his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean” (II Kings 5:14). Many evolutionists, wittingly or unwittingly, impugn the character of the Creator...
David’s Army
“David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. And every one that was in distress,...
The Settled Word
“For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89). There are yet quite a number of unsettled controversies among Bible scholars as to the original text of certain passages...
Why Judas?
“Ye are clean, but not all. For He knew who should betray Him; therefore said He, ye are not all clean” (John 13:10,11). Our Lord did not make a terrible mistake in selecting Judas to...
The Pierced Ear
“And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or...
Power In The Ark
“And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again” (I Samuel 5:3)....
David And The Attributes Of God
“O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me” (Psalm 139:1).
In Psalm 139 David understood the three doctrinal truths concerning God’s omniscience (all knowing), omnipresence (all...
The Fear Of The Lord
“And unto man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding” (Job 28:28).
This key phrase, “the fear of the LORD (Yahweh) occurs...
A Little Folly
“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor” (Ecclesiastes 10:1). It is often...
Statement Of Christ’s Purpose
“For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you” (John 13:15). Schools, businesses, and institutions are all well advised to develop and live by a “statement...
The New Heavens And New Earth
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind” (Isaiah 65:17). There is a glorious future awaiting the redeemed. Although...
The Terror Of The Lord
“Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences” (II Corinthians 5:11).
The...
In The Spirit
“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25). When a person accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, believing on Him as the Son of God and Personal Redeemer,...
God, Save Us
“And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?” (Isaiah 36:4).
Hezekiah had a visitor...
The Unmuzzled Ox
“Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn” (Deuteronomy 25:4). This Mosaic regulation would seem rather insignificant, except that it is quoted twice in the New Testament....
Wisdom And Prudence
“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes” (Matthew 11:25)....
Lean Not
“For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water” (Isaiah 3:1).
Isaiah...
The Beginning Of The Year
“A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year” (Deuteronomy 11:12).
This phrase,...
The Watchful Christian
"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. . . . And...
Six Slippery Steps To Sin
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also...
Four “be’s” Of Christian Awareness
“This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance” (II Peter 3:1). It is extremely important in these last days to...
The Flesh Of A Little Child
“Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean” (II Kings 5:14)....
The Godhead
“For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily” (Colossians 2:9). The term “Godhead” occurs three times in the King James translation. Each time it translates a slightly...
When The Angels Worshiped Christ
“And again, when He bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him” (Hebrews 1:6). Jesus Christ is “the only begotten Son, which...
Why Christ Came
“Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart” (Psalm 40:7,8).
Although these words were written...
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