CHRIST the INVITER: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28). William Temple writes: In the history of the world was ever an utterance made like this? Was ever a claim of power or an assertion of supremacy so vast, so calm, so confident? […]
“O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.…And it happened, before he had finished speaking…” (Gen 24:12, 15). This wouldn’t be the last prayer for a wife! Abraham’s unnamed servant—probably Eliezer of Damascus, but perhaps left unnamed for the typical link with the […]
Erich Sauer, well-loved for his trilogy of books on the history of salvation, wrote In the Arena of Faith as a personal testimony and a call to consecrated living. He begins the book: “What we need is revival, a spiritual awakening of God’s people, a powerful testimony to the world, a new vision and a […]
“The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet” (Nah 1:3). Do you feel it’s time for a parable? Elihu thinks so (Job 36:24-33). So sit back and relax. Look out at the sky and watch a magnificent storm rolling in. The young man […]
CHRIST the BAPTIZER: “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Mt 3:11). William Arthur writes: Suppose we saw an army before a granite fort, and they told us they intended to batter it down. We well might ask them, “How?” They point to a cannon-ball. But there is no power in that; […]
“And David said, ‘O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!’” (2 Sam 15:31). The wisdom of the world does not fare well in Scripture. “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God” (1 Cor 3:19). The noun “sophomore,” used of those who have survived their first year of university, […]
One day Lewis Sperry Chafer encountered a flagman sitting by a railroad crossing reading a Bible. Dr. Chafer greeted the man, then asked, “Are you saved?” The flagman answered, “I never could be good enough.” Chafer replied, “If God made an exception, and gave you salvation outright as a gift, would you receive it?” “Mister,” […]
“In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them” (Isa 63:9). Some would say in the southern United States that in Job 36:16-23 Elihu has stopped preachin’ and gone to meddlin’. He is no longer speaking in general terms but is specifically addressing Job. The previous verse (v 15) says, “He […]
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CHRIST the NOURISHER and CHERISHER: “No one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church” (Eph 5:29). A.C. Price, in his book Fifty Sermons (p 97), tells of a gentleman who visited a renowned jewelry store owned by a friend. His friend showed him magnificent diamonds […]