CHRIST of the MIGHTY NAME. “There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). His name was given in JOYFUL PROCLAMATION at His birth: “You shall call His name JESUS” (Mt 1:21). Throughout His life it was used in SHAMEFUL DEGRADATION, as it often is to […]
“May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints” (1 Thess 3:12-13). To be blameless […]
“Our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1 Thess 1:5). Note three aspects to assurance: “the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ” (Col 2:2); “the full assurance […]
The world holds its breath when Christians suffer. Will we doubt or deny Him? Or declare He is good? Psalm 35 shows a definite pattern. It has three parts, and each ends with a chorus of praise to the Lord. As we’ll see, this is not simply a design for a poem but a strategy […]
CHRIST the “CHIEF among ten thousand” (Song 5:10). Dr. A.T. Schofield tells the following: Some years ago I went down to the banks of the Severn to visit a poor girl dying of tuberculosis in a cottage of two rooms on the river’s bank. I found the river in flood, through which I waded, and […]
“I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications” (Ps 116:1). Well-known missionary to China, Rosalind Goforth, writes, “One day, when my grandfather was a small boy, he went to visit his cousins in the south of England, their home being situated close to a dense forest. The children, lured by […]
Charles Spurgeon tells the story of an old man who heard a young man preach. When he was asked what he thought of it, he was slow to answer. At last he said, “If I must tell you, I did not like it; there was no Christ in it.” “No,” answered the young man, “because […]
“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Rev 7:10). The title of this meditation, taken from verse 3 of Psalm 35, is the heartbeat of the Psalter and the core of the Bible’s revelation to man. Not only is the Lord the cure for every sin, He’s the comfort […]
CHRIST our COUNSELOR: “And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor…” (Isa 9:6). Do you need marriage or family counseling? Grief counseling? Financial counseling? Guidance or career counseling? Personal issues or anxiety counseling? I know Someone who specializes in all of these. Of Him it is recorded, “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon […]