Posts from 2014 (Page 4)

“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you” (Isaiah 66:13) Steve Lawson tells how when he got out of theological college he was preaching through Revelation when Mother’s Day came along. And because he is committed to sequential preaching he preached on the next passage before him, which happened to be about ‘the whore of Babylon’. “I felt good about…

“Why do you stand gazing up into heaven?” (Acts 1:11) You see, that’s not where Christians are meant to be. Do you see? It’s not about just gazing into heaven. Now, times when we gaze into heaven are wonderful times, but that’s not where we’re meant to be, because there’s work to do. There’s work to do. There’s mission to be involved in. There are churches to be…

The Lord’s Battle “and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. (Matthew 28:20) The Christian is involved in a continual war, with Jesus Christ as the Captain of their salvation. He has said, “Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Listen to the battle cries! Now let the people of God stand firm in their ranks, and let no…

“But He was wounded for our transgressions…” (Isa 53:5a) We have seen that the great, final ‘son of David’ is none other than God Himself, the Creator of all, come into the human scene, into the Story we Share, in our own likeness. Born as a Child of a virgin girl, within the nation He had set his grace upon but who were in an oppressed condition once more. They…

“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit” (1 Peter 3:18)   We as Christians affirm the truth declared in Scripture that not only was Jesus dead and buried, but “He was raised on the third day.” We marvel at the fact that He was put to death…

None Like Christ Your answer is at hand: My Beloved bore my sins, opened in His heart a fountain in which I am washed whiter than snow. My Beloved sustains my burdens, counsels my perplexities, heals my wounds, dries my tears, supplies my needs, bears my infirmities, upholds my steps, and cheers my path-way to the tomb. My Beloved will be with me in the valley of the…

There is no friend like Christ! Whatever, though this year, your position may be – and I will hypothetically place it – let faith reason thus …

The Apostle’s Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the…

Abide in Me, and I in you. (John 15:4a) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Cor 5:17) Let us return to the amazing reality of the believer’s Union with Christ. This truth means that the whole of the Christian’s life is set with the saving activity of God, in what God has done in…

What is the place of prayer in your life? What prominence does it have in our lives? It is a question that I address to all. It is as necessary that it should reach the man who is well versed in the Scripture, and who has a knowledge of its doctrine and its theology, as that it should reach anyone else. What part does prayer play in our lives and how essential is…