RELIGION AND RIDICULE But when Sanballat…, and Tobiah…, and Geshem…, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his [...]
CHRIST IN US Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you? 1 Corinthians 6:19 The New Testament tells me that Christ is in me, and I am meant to live a life of constant fellowship and communion with Him. Sin is to look away from [...]
The Teaching of Adversity “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 The typical view of the Christian life is that it means being delivered from all adversity. But [...]
Rest With Our Champion “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?” Romans 8:33 Most blessed challenge! How unanswerable it is! Every sin of the elect was laid upon the great Champion of our salvation, and by the atonement carried away. There is no sin in God's book against His people: [...]
CHOSEN AND PLACED "Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit." John 15:16 WE DID not choose Him—there we have the evil of the human heart, the film of blindness which sin casts on the sight, the deafness with which it [...]
The Spiritually Self-Seeking Church “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:” Ephesians 4:13 Reconciliation means the restoring of the relationship between the entire human race and God, [...]
Looking unto Jesus “Looking unto Jesus…” Hebrews 12:2 It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work, to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus. But Satan’s work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ. He insinuates, “Your sins are too great [...]
The Bible: The Final Court of Appeal It is not a question of what I think, or of what any one else thinks—it is, What says the Scriptures? It is not a matter of what any church or creed teaches—it is, What teaches the Bible? God has spoken, and that ends the matter: [...]
Get Moving! - Part 2 “Abide in Me…” John 15:4 In the matter of determination. The Spirit of Jesus is put into me by way of the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I then have to build my thinking patiently to bring it into perfect harmony with my Lord. God will [...]
Get Moving! And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 2 Peter 1:5 In the matter of drudgery. Peter said in this passage that we have become “partakers of the divine nature” and that we should now be “giving all diligence,” concentrating on forming godly habits (2 [...]
How to Become a Strong Christian We have to spend time in understanding and studying…[the] great doctrines of the Christian faith. It is only as we do so that we shall become strong, and become men, and be able to take the stronger meat, and so grow, and be powerful and able to [...]
Fishers Follow Him "And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men” Mark 1:17 Only by coming after Jesus can we obtain our heart's desire and be really useful to our fellow men. Oh, how we long to be successful fishers for Jesus! We would [...]
