CHRIST the PLANNER of the AGES: “God…in these last days did speak to us in the Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages” (Heb 1:1-2, Young’s Literal Translation). Paul speaks of the “purpose of the ages, which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Eph 3:11, […]
“When [the enemies] heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed…they became very angry, and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God…” (Neh 4:7-9). Anger is one of our chief enemies, often […]
“I am debtor…” (Rom 1:14). A.P. Gibbs spoke of a tract called “Suppose.” In it the question is asked, “Suppose you were offered $1000.00 for every soul you sought to win for Christ. Would you, for this reward, seek to win more souls for Christ than you are doing right now? Isn’t, then, your love […]
CHRIST the TRUE VINE: “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (Jn 15:1). Christian service can be either overwork or overflow. Are we under Law or Grace? Is our Master an Egyptian slave-trader or is […]
“Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ” (2 Thess 3:5). What a gift to give your dear friends today, this prayer for perfect patience and infinite love—perfect because it is in Christ and infinite because it is from God. How much we need that […]
There are many ideas about Election. What does the Bible say? The word is used to describe the divine choice of: Christ (Isa 42:1; Lk 23:35; 1 Pet 2:6), obviously not for salvation for He is the Savior; the unfallen angels (1 Tim 5:21) who did not need to be saved; Israel (Rom 11:28) of […]
Our Lord is “a sun” (Ps 84:11). That’s illuminating, isn’t it! So no need to dwell in the dark. You can see that Psalm 13 has a different design. There are three sections with four lines in each. W. Graham Scroggie calls this “From Sighing to Singing.” This style is called iterative parallelism, where each line repeats […]
CHRIST our TRANSFORMER: “We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor 3:18). You may have heard the saying: You have the face you deserve by the time […]
“Then He said to them, ‘The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest’” (Lk 10:2). The word translated “send out” is ekballo, to expel, to throw out, to thrust or drive out. It was used of a dislocated shoulder. […]