II.Corinthians This life is in Christ Jesus “If any man is in Christ he is a new creation.” This implies that we have fled to Him for shelter and salvation, (Prov.18:10) declares “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.“ David of old stated “For thou…
I. John 5:1,14 The object of faith is not Christianity as a system, or the Bible as a book, but Jesus Christ as a living, abiding Personality, (Rev1:18) declares “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.” God’s…
I Peter 3:1,7 There is surely something wrong when we sow much in prayer and bring in little reward, Let us note (II.Cor.13:5) “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? “ We must…
Psalms 30: 1:12 “Thou hast lifted me up” (v.1). This may be regarded as the key note of this Psalm, The salvation of God is fitly expressed by a lifting up ? Note (Ja. 5:15) “And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have…
Genesis 32:26 “I will not let thee go except thou bless me” (Gen. 32:26). The angelic man who wrestled with Jacob said,” Let me go.” Heaven-sent privileges may be very short, “And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” Let us learn from the phrase here…
Luke 1:74,76 It is a great and cruel fallacy toward God and man to believe that we are saved merely to be satisfy our self. “And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.” (Lk.5:10). Such a debased thought is not worthy of the grace of God. The man who eats…
Psalms 29:1,11 In this setting David speaks of the “operation of the hand of God in nature. Here amidst the terrors of a thunderstorm, he speaks of the voice of the Lord. The Psalmist does not confound nature with the personality of God. He “gives unto the Lord the glory due unto His Name” (v.2).…
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Zephaniah 3:14,20 The blessings here promised are, of course, for Israel, and will be completely fulfilled when the Lord bring full deliverance to His waiting people at His Second Coming, (1.Thess 1:10) “And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to…
I.Corinthians 10:1,11 The apostle Paul assures us here twice over in (v.6,11) that these things happened unto them as types, or examples unto us, upon whom the ends of the ages are come, “Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.” (v.6). We,…
