CHRIST the RANSOM: “Then He is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom’” (Job 33:24). In most cases, during a kidnapping, a ransom price is demanded under threat of violence. We too had been captured by “a strong man, fully armed” (Lk 11:21), but […]
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved” (Ps 55:22). Notice what the verse does not say. When your burden is transferred by faith on the Lord, it is not only your burden He carries. “He shall sustain YOU.” This is a sure […]
Mormonism (Latter-Day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830, and now claims more than 12 million adherents. They believe that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three separate gods. Salvation is accomplished by faith in Christ, good works, ordinances, and evangelism. Humankind is of the same species as God, were begotten […]
A young man wanted to know the old man’s secret for keeping his 5 a.m. appointment with the Lord every morning. Here it is… […]
I’d rather stand with God and be judged by the world than stand with the world and be judged by God. Here’s a progress report: “The walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed” (Neh 4:7). Of course this stirred up a hornet’s nest with their detractors, “and all of them conspired […]
CHRIST the LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT: “The last Adam became a life-giving spirit” (1 Cor 15:45). “It ought not to be passed by,” says Dr Lightfoot, “that Adam, receiving from God the promise of Christ—that the seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent’s head—and believing it, named his wife Chauvah, that is, Life. What! Is she […]
“Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet 1:13). In my youth, the Lord’s return was on every believer’s mind. Perhaps today “heaven can wait” because we have it too […]
How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead? The Lord would not leave us in any doubt. “He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days” (Acts 1:3). Writing circa 56 ad, Paul lists some of the witnesses who saw the risen Christ […]
CHRIST the AUTHOR of ETERNAL SALVATION (Heb 5:9): General William Booth (1829-1912), founder of the Salvation Army, looked into the future and warned what he saw as the dangers ahead: “1. Christianity without Christ; 2. Religion without the Holy Spirit; 3. Forgiveness without Regeneration; 4. Morality without God; and 5. preaching Heaven without Hell.” What […]