The instigator of sin has a way of reminding us of our sins in order to discourage us from speaking boldly of the LORD to others.
Read MoreBecause Satan has declared that his style of government is better than God’s, and because people have believed in his ideas, the entire world is in an uproar.
Read MoreOur world is different from the others in that it is a stage upon which is playing out the great controversy between Christ and Satan. Satan would have God’s sheep to be eternally lost, but it is the love of Christ that runs after those lost sheep.
Read MoreIt is of utmost importance to understand Job’s response to this tidal wave of misfortune: he gave God glory for all of the blessings he had enjoyed, and he also understood that the LORD had allowed them to be removed.
Read MoreSatan accuses Job before God by saying that Job reverences God only because of the “goodies” that God has placed in his life.
Read MoreBut Job, by his lifestyle of loyalty to the governing principles of God, lived on the earth as a citizen of Heaven. All of us are offered the same choice. It is a matter of a personal decision whose words we will believe and live by.
Read MoreThis story illustrates the utter joy of our heavenly father who sees a returning child when he [is] still a great way off and runs to meet him! Anyone who has wandered away from the Lord is still the object of His great love and incomprehensible mercy.
Read MoreA seal is a mark or a sign of protection. In the sending of a letter, the seal is pressed into hot wax to show the recipient that the letter has not been tampered with. Although the seal is delicate, a good letter-carrier protects it, that it will be intact upon delivery to the intended recipient.
Read MoreIt is the mixture of error that renders much preaching and teaching not only powerless to change lives, but deadly. The adversary doesn’t mind if messages go out to the world under the name of Jesus, as long as the messages are mixed with error.
Read MoreThe rightful heir to the throne of the universe is the Lord of glory who resides in the heavenly temple, interceding on our behalf. His Spirit also resides and reigns in the hearts of His people sanctifying and preparing them for His return.
Read MoreHow compassionately the Savior conveys a grain of hope, even to the openly resistant and rebellious! Having been created in the image of God, there is implanted in each of us an ability to recognize the beauty and truth of that which was uttered from His mouth and written in stone by His finger at the mountaintop of Sinai!
Read MoreIn truly seeking the Lord in order to please Him (by the way, He is not hiding) the poor sinner gains a lasting, growing faith.
Read MoreWhether human trickery or demonic manifestations, those who live by the Word of the Lord will readily discern ungodly, antichristian messages.
Read MoreThe arrival of Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords will be the bright and indescribably glorious climax of this world’s history. His word describes the reactions of both the prepared and the unprepared for that Day.
Read MoreIf we are living under the illusion that suffering and death are our main enemies—and not sin—then our focus is wrong. Sin is the greatest enemy of life. It is the cause of death.
Read MoreEven as Jesus made His way to the cross, He looked upward and beyond…. through the corridor of time—and gazed upon the faces of the redeemed.
Read MoreWord of Him had spread like wildfire! As He came near, her eyes were fixed upon Him who had purposefully placed Himself in her path. Jesus was her last hope—her only hope!
Read MoreBeliever, there will be times when your mission, as an extension of God’s mission, will bring on attacks from the instigator of disarray. But remember that the extent of each such attack is limited by God.
Read MoreWe are celebrating the work of God in conversion—His success. We should focus on the miracle of conversion, which God alone can do.
Read MoreAnother blessing of following Jesus is the opportunity to leave the past behind—to wash it away. What an incomparable feeling of cleanliness!
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