CHRIST the BEGINNING: In John 1:1, the Lord Jesus is spoken of as “In the beginning.” This chapter declares Him as the Eternal God, for before any created thing—all of which He made (v 3)—He existed. In 1 John 1:1, He is “from the beginning.” Go back as far as the mind can conceive. Beyond […]
“I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you” (Isa 46:4). Henry Moorhouse is called the man who taught D.L. Moody how to preach the love of God. Moody said, “I have never forgotten those nights hearing Henry Moorhouse. I have preached a different gospel since….” Moorhouse and his […]
H.A. Ironside tells of addressing a “Mission to Israel” in San Francisco in 1898. At the end, an elderly Jew said: “This is Passover week among you, my Jewish brethren; and I was thinking how you will be observing it. You will attend the synagogue services, and carry out the directions of the Talmud; but […]
“Whoever drinks of the water that I [Christ] shall give him will never thirst” (Jn 4:14). Psalm 42 has an obvious pattern. There are two stanzas with a repeated chorus. This pattern follows in Psalm 43 with the same chorus, the reason many think the two psalms were originally one. But we’ll leave them as they are. As […]
CHRIST, DEATH’S CONQUEROR: “Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him” (Rom 6:9). Circus hand Alfred Mace was a most unlikely young man to be listening to William Carter preach that night in a Brixton theater. “But just about midnight,” he writes, “I joined […]
“Men always ought to pray and not lose heart” (or “faint,” KJV) (Lk 18:1). H.G. Bosch quotes a missionary commenting on this verse: “My concordance shows the root meaning of the word ‘faint’ is ‘to cave in.’ What causes a ‘cave-in’? It is weakness on one hand and pressure on the other. What causes a […]
One of the most important lessons in the book of Acts is this: there’s room for everyone on the team. Not all could preach like Peter, but Peter first had to be brought to Jesus, and was, by his otherwise retiring brother, Andrew. Matthew arranged a dinner for the local tax office and invited Someone […]
Read Lacey’s book and you’ll agree that William Cowper was right when he wrote: “Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, God treasures up His bright designs And works His sovereign will.” […]
Life’s hardest decisions are often choosing to show love to God over loyalty to family (Mt 10:37). Psalm 42, the first in Book II, is a Maschil or Contemplation psalm. It is also the first one associated with “the sons of Korah.” What a biblical bombshell that is! The other word associated with Korah is “rebellion” (Jude 1:11), where he is […]