“Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: Behold they say, our bones are dried, and our hope is lost. We are cut off for our parts.” Ezekiel 37: 11God will bring all his sheep into the wilderness...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Genesis 15: 8 Abraham asked the Lord “…Whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?” God had already given him strong assurance in the preceding verse so that his question seems out of order. He told his servant that he...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth (I Thessalonians 3:15-16) The church of the living God as she is seen in her local assemblies is the pillar and ground of the truth. Though these assemblies are few and far between they alone have the light of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
On several occasions in Genesis 17 and 18 the Lord declares a specific time that he will come and Sarah will conceive and have a son. “At this set time” (Genesis 17: 21), “According to the time of life” (Genesis 18: 10),...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Rejoice Thou Barren. Galatians 4: 27 The Bride of Christ is a barren woman. She cannot of herself produce the heirs of grace. But, according to the word of the Lord her children shall yet outnumber the bondwoman. As a local assembly and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I Corinthians 15: 1-4The Gospel we preach is concerning the Son of God. If we take Christ out of the gospel we have no gospel at all. But this gospel is not the careless casting out of the name Jesus leaving men to their own evil imaginations...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When the Lord came to His disciples on the dark stormy sea he saw them “toiling in rowing”. He saw their fear and futility against an angry sea and a contrary wind. They needed to be saved! He came there on purpose to save; but He...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The faith of God’s elect is not a work done for us but rather a work done in us. Redemption and justification are works of God done for us. Faith is accomplished in us and with us and by us in the sense that we believe, we walk, we rest,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Hebrews 12: 1-2, there is a race set before us. This race is a picture of the believer who runs for the glory that he hopes to possess. The place he runs in is this world; A world that is full of pitfalls, snares, hurdles, and difficulties....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
John 6: 45 I was talking to a man the other day who asked me how much a person needs to know to qualify him as a believer. I told him that faith rests in a person not in a creed. But there is some truth to the fact that a man must know and call...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
