Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:12-13 We must not privatize the faith. To do so is to …
And upholding all things by the word of his power. Hebrews 1:3 Jesus our Lord upholds all things. He is sovereign in creation, and he is sovereign in providence. I’m so thankful for this reality. Paul put it this way: “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in …
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and …
But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. Eph. 6:21-22 Who was …
"[How] shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed according to thy word" Psalm 119:9. The question is revealing. Notice the psalmist doesn’t say, “ Why should a young man cleanse his way?” Neither does he ask, “ Shoulda young man cleanse his way?” He has already moved past the point that so …
And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. Mk. 1:41 One of the most beautiful pictures in the gospels is the story of our Lord’s encounter – apparently the first in his public ministry – with a leper. As you might know, lepers …
Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Phil. 4:4 This is a command: the follower of Christ is to rejoice, no matter the circumstances. That does not mean, of course, that we put on plastic smiles or that we pretend that the pain we are experiencing is not real. For this is not a …
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him …
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Psalm 73:16-17 What was it about going into the sanctuary, the temple of God, that reoriented Asaph's thoughts in the right direction? Though the psalm itself doesn't say …
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. Psalm 72:18-19 We are told in the next and last verse of this psalm that this was the last recorded psalm and …