Our sworn enemy wants us to believe that we are saved while we deliberately disobey the word of the Lord. But the Spirit of God is able to cleanse and re-create your character and mine as He originally intended: His unmarred image in us!
Read MoreAcceptance of the world’s false messages sometimes have a fleeting element of gratification in the here and now. But a faith built on this experience easily crumbles when the storms of life blow in. This is the classic formula which leads an individual to spiritual shipwreck.
Read MoreThe vastness of creation is beyond our comprehension, as is the depth of God’s love. Yet each serves as a testimony to the other.
Read MoreOur Redeemer came into the world to “lay hold” of each of us by the power of His love. His first role, from our perspective, is Creator, for creating is an outflowing expression of His love!
Read MoreAnd suddenly there came a quickening that closed the long-standing gap between him and the Lord. The man fell on his knees in the snow and, with a heart full of gratitude, thanked the God of Heaven for sending His Son into this world.
Read MoreThe operation is complicated, but the Great Physician assumes the role of Surgeon. He puts His finger directly where change is needed. I must give permission for Him to operate.
Read MoreWhen I committed myself to the Lord, accepting His merciful and very costly provision of forgiveness, I entered into a betrothal with Him! This “betrothal” is a lifelong walk with Him in the light of His counsel, His whole counsel.
Read MoreGabriel, under God’s authority, brought this disciplinary action to Zacharias, who had allowed doubt to enter his mind. It was a hardship, to be sure, but one that built up his faith!
Read MoreIt is time to wake up and joyfully herald the second advent of the Lord! There are many in “high places” who do not want this message, but that only fortifies the urgency to preach the everlasting gospel boldly.
Read MoreThe movements of the stars in the vast circuit of their appointed path have been compared to the purposes of God: there is no such thing as haste or delay. Our perception of time must yield in faith to the reality of the Lord’s timing in all things.
Read MoreThe shepherds, lowly and despised, were simply caring for their sheep when the magnificent heavenly messenger arrived. How precious that they were chosen to hear the news of the divine birth first! Their job is rich with symbolism of the Savior’s activities on our behalf. They joyfully received the glad tidings.
Read MoreI must be wary of listening to my own voice! The moment I begin to debate with God over a point that He is making with me, I am in critical danger of aligning with Satan’s will.
Read MoreWe can be certain that Daniel was grateful for this up-close evidence of God at work on his behalf and that of his three friends. We know now that it was not only for these faithful young men, but for the salvation of the world!
Read MoreDuring His earthly ministry, Jesus pointed His followers back to the book of Daniel in preparation for the end-times. The subject of worship is the key focus. The second advent of Jesus will be preceded by ample opportunity for everyone to make an informed decision regarding whom they will worship and obey.
Read MoreThere is a union of justice and mercy in the Plan of human redemption. Christ—the anointed Lamb of God—stooped to lift multitudes from the pit of ruin where Satan led all people to break the Law of God.
Read MoreThe ark was a representation of God’s throne in heaven. Though the earthly place of safekeeping for the written Testimony of God was the first furnishing mentioned in His building instructions, it is the last to be restored in the course of the Reformation.
Read More[Calvin and Knox] taught of the special place in the heart of every true Christian for intercessory prayer. This special burden for prayer was made manifest in their writing and preaching. To be Christlike was to own an attitude of earnest, ongoing prayer for the salvation of others.
Read MoreThus, the beauty, glory, and freedom symbolized by the golden lampstand, illuminated by the oil of the Holy Spirit, and the bronze laver of washing were being established in the minds of those who sought instruction from the Word of God.
Read MoreThus, we begin to see in Reformation history the work of God in calling His people to restore the joyful message of free salvation to the world, as symbolized in the sanctuary, where God’s thorough and complete way of dealing with sin is vividly illustrated.
Read MoreWe are all in the process of becoming something. But what? Being yielded to Jesus allows Him to lead us away from the old man of sin (Romans 6:6) and toward His likeness. A new trajectory is set! Transformation into His likeness is a lifetime pursuit.
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