Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. Job 14:1 I am thankful for the Bible's frank embrace of our earthly realities: there is no denial of suffering, no minimizing our pain and trouble in the pages of Scripture. We are never asked to pretend that things are better than …
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 1 Cor. 1:31 A few verses previously, the apostle had written, "That no flesh should glory in his presence" (29). Why? We are not to glory or boast as if our wisdom were the ultimately decisive reason why we chose to …
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea. Rom. 16:1. (See verses 1-16) This is a passage suffused with love. We especially see the love the apostle had for the believers at Rome, but it is clear that this was love that was reciprocated. It becomes …
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. Gen. 45:8 Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery out of jealousy and hatred. The slavers had then sold him in Egypt, where Joseph …
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead …
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; …
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1 To be a living sacrifice is essentially to give oneself up to God completely. Sacrifices are offered to God, and are given …
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Rom. 11:36 Of God are all things: he is the creator of all that exists. Every particle, all energy and matter, all the laws of physics have their origin in God. The law of gravity cannot actually do anything; …
And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. Mk. 10:26-27 The apostles were no doubt astonished that such a good prospect for the kingdom …
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus? Rom. 9:20 This expostulation was raised against those who objected to God's sovereignty in salvation. Those who charge God with injustice for loving Jacob and hating Esau, …