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 …
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. Romans 8:3 In this verse, Paul is cementing the idea that the work of the Spirit in us is only possible because of the work of …
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: …