Four Great Principles of Fellowship
The Spirit's commentary on the early Church reads, "They continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine, and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers" (Acts 2:42). These are the four great principles of fellowship in "the house of God,...
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Bowing in Worship: Joseph
Joseph related a dream he had to his brethren, "Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf" (Gen....
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The Long Wait
For the last nineteen centuries the cry, "Ad mosai?" ("Until when?") has risen from the hearts of expectant Jews everywhere. Since the Carpenter Yeshua from Nazareth was rejected by the nation of Israel, others have risen to claim the role....
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The Friendly Heresy
To many, the question of whether or not the Lord Jesus Christ was impeccable, that is, incapable of sinning, is a non-issue. "He did not sin," they say, "Why quibble over whether or not he could have?" Others flatly state that...
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In the Midst
He is in the midst! No child of God needs to be told who that One is. He was foreshadowed by the tree of life in the midst of the garden (Gen. 2:9)--He who is the Life. Moses saw Him in...
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God With Us
The virgin's Son was called Emmanuel. This name, "God with us," in a sense summarizes the entire plan of redemption. It would seem that Adam and Eve walked with God before their rebellion (Gen. 3:8). Enoch, the seventh from Adam, walked...
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Which Jesus Do you Know?
"When Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse" (1 Ki. 12:16). What a tragedy it is when...
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Himself
I have been greatly delighted in contemplating the blessedness of being engrossed with the Lord Jesus. And one effect that the many questions, strifes about words, vain janglings and contentions which beset one on every side, have had is to...
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The Fellowship of Tears
"Jesus wept." More wonderful words than these are nowhere to be found in Scripture. The verb translated "wept" is unique in its employment here. It is not found elsewhere. Literally it is, "Jesus shed tears." These were tears of sympathy with...
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