Note: Re-posted from May 3, 2011. *** Isn’t that bouquet of flowers beautiful? My younger sister gathered it from the garden, while another sister (Abby) took a picture of it. I just felt it would fit well in this post where I’ll share some beautiful nuggets from God’s Word that I recently read. Isn’t it… Read More To exhort and take to heart
Matthew Christ is Messiah the King, of Hebrew descent. Application: Our salvation was carried out by God through a Jew of the genealogy of David, as far as Christ’s human nature is concerned. Make sure you have a good grasp of the Old Testament, and hold the Jewish nation in high regard. Mark Christ is… Read More Christ in every book of the Bible and how it applies to our “modern life” – Part 1
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” (Colossians 1:9) In this precious prayer, Paul sought for the Colossian Christians the full knowledge of the… Read More Filled and Fulfilled
(image source) “To save” means something more than just delivering penitents from going to hell. By the word “to save” I understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire, the first spiritual conviction, onward to complete sanctification. All is done of God through Jesus Christ. Christ… Read More Salvation
(image source) “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” (2 Corinthians… Read More The Triune Comforter
“Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.” (Isaiah 40:26) Our text makes three majestic statements about the cosmos, each reflecting… Read More Who Created These
(image source) The great truth of Christmas (meaning, originally, “Christ-sent”) is that “God was manifest in the flesh” (I Timothy 3:16). The eternal Word, “was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). … (Click Here to continue). Attribution: © 1994-2013 Institute for Creation Research. All Rights Reserved. http://www.icr.org
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.” (Ephesians 5:17) There is no more exalted theme in the world than the will of God, nor is there a more important practical question than how to know the will of God. Of greatest significance is the recognition that it is His will—not man’s will—which… Read More The Will of the Lord
“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24) The word “worship” is used frequently today in Christian circles–in addition to worship services, we now have worship choruses, worship teams, worship manuals, worship seminars, etc. Often, however, the basic meaning of worship is misunderstood. In… Read More True Worship
“Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.” (Habakkuk 2:19) How foolish are those who worship idols–objects of wood and stone with no life in… Read More Teaching Stones
