Jesus Himself told how the elect ones on the guest list refused. The non-elect came instead (Lk 14:16-24). The decision had been made by “the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem” (2 Chron 30:2) to hold the Passover the very next month. In order to do this, the news had to be communicated […]
“…Seed to the sower, and bread to the eater” (Isa 55:10-11). “Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown” (2 Cor 9:10). Two passages—one from the gospel prophet, Isaiah, and one from the evangelist to the Gentiles, Paul—are linked by the common idea of […]
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Php 4:6-7). Worry? Why worry? What can worry do? It never keeps a trouble from overtaking […]
God gave you a non-renewable gift today of 86,400 seconds. I suppose that’s why we call it the present. God very particularly had decreed that the Passover, recounting Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage by the blood of the lamb, was to be celebrated in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at […]
On the last day of September 1816, Robert Moffat sailed from London for South Africa. Proceeding to Namaqualand on the west coast, he there acquired the Dutch language. While residing with a Boer farmer, he was asked to conduct a “service” in the house. Moffat requested that the master call his servants. “Do you mean […]
“With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!” (Ps 119:10). Webster defines “wandering” as “to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal.” To everyone else around us, we may seem to be focused and disciplined. But the Lord knows that a life aimed at anything […]
“Nothing with God is too good to be true; the truth is the best of everything.” —R.J. Campbell As we continue to read of the celebration at the temple, it’s hard to believe that only a few months before incense had been ascending from every hill and on every street corner in Jerusalem to the […]
Whatever you know of God’s truth, do it. That is what the disciples were told in John 2:5, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” Above all, it is what the Lord says, “You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you” (Jn 15:14). We never read of purifying our souls in hearing […]