Jehovah “And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands.” Hebrews 1:10 The primary name for God in Scripture is the majestic name Jehovah, occurring nearly seven thousand times. The early Jews were reluctant to use that name, for fear of [...]
Run to the Bands of Love “I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love…” Hosea 11:4 Our heavenly Father often leads us with the cords of love; but how slow we are to run toward Him! How reluctantly we respond to His gentle impulses! He leads us to exercise a [...]
A Blank Cheque After a time of great personal sorrow the American Evangelist, Dr. Wilbur Chapman, took a trip to the west coast of the USA for a period of rest. Just before he left on the journey, one of the elders of his church, who was a banker, visited his home. The two [...]
Pleasures at God’s Right Hand “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” Psalm 16:11 The 16th Psalm contains the Bible’s first reference to the resurrected Christ at the “right hand” of His heavenly Father, and this [...]
Bible references " Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called..." ( 1 Timothy 6:12) When the apostle Paul exhorted Timothy to fight the good fight of faith, he wasn't just preaching, but he was practising what he preached. At the end of his second letter, he was able to say, [...]
Dangers of Our Day “…Blessed is he that watcheth…” Revelation 16:15 "I die every day," said the apostle. This was the life of the early Christians; they went everywhere with their lives in their hands. We are not at this time being called to pass through the same fearful persecutions: if we were, the Lord [...]
Do Not Give Up Hope for Any Sinner Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Romans 10:1 We tend to regard certain people as being “beyond hope” and assume they must of necessity continue in their grooves as they are and die unrepentant [...]
Privileged Suffering “For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.” Philippians 1:29 Paul wrote in the previous verses that we are to conduct ourselves as though our only citizenship was worthy of the gospel message that we [...]
Text: John 20:11-16 But Mary stood without at [outside] the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, [...]
Focused “Never has it been so easy to live in half a dozen harmless worlds at once — art, music, social science, games, motoring, the following of some profession, and so on. And between them we run the risk of drifting about, the good hiding the best.” It is easy to find out whether [...]
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 [...]
The Mighty Power of His Love "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." — Luke 22:44 The mental pressure arising from our Lord's struggle with temptation, so forced his frame to an unnatural excitement, [...]
