Christ is God’s A and Z, the Root and Offspring, the First and Last, the Author and Finisher. When something is to be done, obviously the one thing better than starting well is finishing well. In this, our God is the great Exemplar. He finished well in creation: “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all […]
“Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying…” (Neh 1:8). Nehemiah clearly was “instant in prayer.” His first-person narrative (one of the few in Scripture) is a running conversation with the Lord. Notice 4:1-6. When Sanballat and Tobiah started hurling mockery over the wall at his workers, Nehemiah simply included the […]
“That in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death” (Php 1:20). In the same spirit, Jim Elliot prayed: “Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be […]
Throughout the changing ages, one fact remains unchanged: there is only one Savior. “So all the work that Solomon had done for the house of the Lord was finished” (2 Chron 5:1). The simple tent, unadorned on the outside, had been replaced with a building “exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious” (1 Chron 22:5). The holy furniture had been […]
O to be filled “with the Spirit,” “with the fruits of righteousness…by Jesus Christ,” and “with all the fullness of God”! As noted earlier, the laver in the tabernacle was replaced by a bronze Sea “for the priests to wash in” (2 Chron 4:6). Was there enough water for all the priests? It could contain over 22,000 gallons! Holding up […]
We only have 10 episodes left in our Tabernacle series, 5-minute videos that allow you to tour God’s tent in the wilderness and discover rich truths about our Savior. Here’s the intro video to introduce you to this helpful study… […]
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly…” (Ps 1:1). In this dramatic way the Book of Psalms opens, an introduction to the whole collection. It has been pointed out that the word “blessed” (Heb, ashrei) is plural and makes an exclamation, “O the blessednesses of that man…!” So the […]
“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications…be made for all men…For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim 2:1-4). During the English Keswick Week of 1925, Irish evangelist W.P. Nicholson […]
Here’s a helpful lesson learned in a Paris subway station that’ll help you keep your Christian life on the right track. […]