CHRIST the BREAD: “Lord, give us this bread always” (Jn 6:34). I recall hearing of an old Jewish lady, a survivor of the Holocaust, who lived with her son in a Manhattan mansion. In spite of lavish surroundings, she always checked the kitchen before she went to bed. Due to the searing memories of her […]
“He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing” (Zeph 3:17). The Lord really loves you. Calvary proves that! But does He like you? Does He seek your fellowship in order to, as the prophet writes, “rejoice over you with gladness,” or does […]
“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Rev 13:16-17). I would […]
Of course, God is more than enough. He’s more than everything—the everything He made one week! If Job thinks he knows better than God, he should apply for the job. The necessary requirements? Basically, he ought to be God-like. The Lord speaks of six aspects of His person where Job must qualify. The first two […]
CHRIST the ANCIENT of DAYS: To understand this remarkable title, we need to compare two descriptions: Daniel 7:9-10 and Revelation 1:13-16. Daniel describes “the Ancient of Days” (which could be translated the Venerable One) whose “garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool.” John describes “the Son of […]
“Let such as love Your salvation say continually, ‘The Lord be magnified!’” (Ps 40:16). D.L. Moody writes: One of the happiest men I ever knew was a man in Dundee, Scotland, who had fallen and broken his back when he was a boy of fifteen. He had lain on his bed for about forty years, […]
In the book Two Pioneer Evangelists, the thrilling stories of Donald Ross and Donald Munro, is the following conversion account and the Holy Spirit’s convicting work: “One woman who attended gospel meetings held by Donald Ross in Annieshead [Scotland] was deeply convicted of sin,” but she “rose in a rage, saying that she would ‘never […]
When God speaks to us, it is always His truth; when He speaks again, it’s also the echo of His grace. Job says, “Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; yes, twice, but I will proceed no further” (Job 40:5). I can’t help but think of the psalmist’s words: “God has spoken once, twice I have […]
CHRIST’S GUIDING EYE: “And the Lord turned and looked at Peter” (Lk 22:61). R.E. Speer writes: A Christian lawyer from Cripple Creek told me of an experience when he had gone to an old shepherd to ask for help as to how he might get his life directed aright. The old man simply turned to […]