Do you doubt, O Christian, do you doubt as to whether God will fulfil his promise? Shall the munitions of rock be carried by storm? Shall the storehouses of heaven fail? Do you think that your heavenly Father, though he knoweth that you have need of food and raiment, will yet forget you? When [...]
A Bond-Slave Of Jesus “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:” Galatians 2:20 These words mean the breaking of my independence with my own hand and surrendering to the supremacy of the Lord Jesus. No one can do this for me, I must do [...]
BIBLE AUTHORITY “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.” (Proverbs 30:5-6) The Bible is unique among all books. Not only is it different in its form, structure, [...]
THE FAR COUNTRY "And when he came to himself, he said,... I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,..." —Luke 15:17, 18, 19. We need not travel far to reach the far country—the thought of sin, the wings of passionate [...]
Not By Bread Alone Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4 There is nothing more important for the development of a Christian’s spiritual life than regular, systematic Bible study. It is as true in the spiritual life as in the [...]
LOVING THE BRETHREN “He that loveth his brother abideth in the light…” 1 John 2:10 As Christians look at their fellow men and women, they see people exactly like themselves before their eyes were opened, and now they are sorry for them. They begin to love hateful persons instead of hating them. They say, [...]
Conformed to His Image For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. John 13:15 EVERY soul re-cast into this model, every mind conformed to this pattern, and every life reflecting this image, is an exalting and a glorifying of the Son of God. There is no [...]
Higher Than I From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:2 Most of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in heart, emptied like when a man wipes a dish and turns it [...]
The Pilgrim Way “How ye ought to walk and to please God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:1 “Many Christians are in the place that the Lord has appointed them, and yet the devil is harassing their lives with a sense that they are not quite pleasing the Lord. If they could just settle down in [...]
Fountains of Blessing But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. John 14:4 The picture our Lord described here is not that of a simple stream [...]
Make Restitution If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. Exodus 22:6 But what restitution can be made by one who throws the firebrands of error or stirs the [...]
Using Both Wings Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. 1 Timothy 4:16 Truth is like a bird; it cannot fly on one wing. Yet we are forever trying to take off with one wing flapping [...]
