In Psalm 112:1, we read, "Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments." Have you ever wondered why the Scriptures tell us to fear God? This may appear to be in conflict with the admonition to love him. How can we fear and love God at the …
I'm referring, of course, to the ruler of Babylon at the fall of the empire to the Medes and Persians in 539 B.C. He is an interesting figure because for a long time scholars took the book of Daniel to be a later work of fiction; after all, everyone knew that Nabonidus, not Belshazzar (as seems to …
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Revelation 1:18 I find this to be one of the most comforting verses in all the New Testament. It means that right now, as I write these words and as you read them, the risen and …
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 1 Kings 8:12 Oliver Cromwell, who in the seventeenth century became the Lord Protector of the British Commonwealth, was known for finding reasons from "necessity and providence" to justify his actions and the actions of …
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ephesians 3:21 Let us notice in this text the possibility of worship and the duration of worship. We see the possibility of worship in the words by Christ Jesus. There is no way that worship can exist …
Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ephesians 3:21 In this verse, let us notice the sphere of worship: “in the church” (21). Now there is a sense in which all creation glorifies God. Even the wicked will glorify the justice of God in their …
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ephesians 3:19-20 Let this verse cause us to consider the object of our …
These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. Colossians 4:11 This description of Paul's fellow laborers is striking: they were a comfort to him. We too should want to be a comfort to others (and not a thorn in their sides!). This made me think about …
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than …
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:32 God gave us the gift of his Son. The phrase “spared not” is a reference to Christ’s death as a punishment for sin, not his sin, but our sin. Why? Romans 1-8 …