Seekest thou great things for thyself? – Jeremiah 45:5 Are you seeking great things for yourself? Not seeking to be a great one, but seeking great things from God for yourself. God wants you in a closer relationship to Himself than receiving His gifts, He wants you to get to know Him. A great thing…
The Scriptures carry such a blessed beauty in them to that soul that has faith in the things contained in them, that they do take the heart and captivate the soul of him that believeth them into the love and liking of them, believing all things that are written in the law and the prophets,…
If in the Godhead there be but one, not three, then the Father, the Son, or the Spirit must needs be that one, if any one only; so then the other two are nothing. Again, if the reality of a being be neither in the Father, Son, nor Spirit, as such, but in the eternal…
GLORY OF GOD God is the chief good — good so as nothing is but himself. He is in himself most happy; yea, all good and all true happiness are only to be found in God, as that which is essential to his nature; nor is there any good or any happiness in or with…
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.” — Isaiah 60:1 (American Standard Version) We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not; but immediately we arise we find…
You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting…
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But he answered, “It is…
“That Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth.” (Ephesians 3:17-18)
“The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.” (Psalm 19:9) The phrase “fear of Yahweh” (fear of Jehovah) or “fear of the Lord” (as it’s worded in other translations), is a Biblical concept that should be of particular interest to all believers. Some might think the word “fear”…