The Holy Spirit places an emphasis on the direction east. The Garden of God was east of Eden, the Temple faced eastward, Judah was to camp east of the Tabernacle, and the blood sprinkled on the mercy seat was to be sprinkled eastward. The sun,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I am often asked these questions, “How do I know if I have believed?” and “How do I know if I have real saving faith?” 1. Saving faith rests only in Christ. High or low, happy or sad, well or sick, or living or dying...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In I Corinthians 2:4 the apostle Paul said, “My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power”. The gospel of Christ is a declaration. It is not to be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified (I Corinthians 2:2) The apostle Paul declared to a heathen world, and a church being led astray by foolish pride and worldly wisdom, that he preached Christ...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
II Corinthians 5: 17 If I view the natural creation as a picture of the spiritual, and the old work as it pictures the new, I begin to get a glimpse of the glory bestowed on men. Here are three things in the forming of the old man that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In the waters of the sea God commanded an abundance of life to be manifested. There is no number in any language that could adequately account for their sum. There were creatures of all sizes; some as big as ships and some so tiny they can only...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. (Genesis 1: 15) If I view the firmament as an environment of grace I will see that God has filled it with light. The lights are far and near,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Philippians 1: 27, we are told to let our conversation (our daily walk of life) be as it becometh the gospel of Christ. The gospel of Christ is a person, the Lord Jesus Christ. Everything God has purposed to bestow on guilty sinners comes to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Genesis 1: 3-5, God declares the giving of light. Light is essential to the purpose of God in creation because creation is the stage upon which His redemptive glory will be unveiled. It is because God is willing to make known this glory,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
John 3: 16 The world as it is used in John 3: 16, John 3: 17, John 4: 42, John 6: 38 and I John 2:2 is not meant to be understood as every individual person, without exception, in the world. It is to be understood in the context of the bias...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
