Now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him .… Acts 11:1 – 2 The first few chapters of Acts reveal God’s initial pattern...
“Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, ye were without Christ [the Anointed One], being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now...
“He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.” (Mark 16:16 NASB) The reality of our salvation is that God saves everyone who believes on Jesus and no one else. Some hope that no one will go to...
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. (Ps.118:17) Years ago while I was ministering at a youth camp in the Sierra Mountains near Sonora, California, I received an emergency telephone call. The voice on the other end said, “Brother...
“And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague” (Mark...
“All the days of my hard service I will wait, till my change comes” (Job 14:14). This verse contains the noun form of one of my favorite Hebrew verbs: chalaph (khaw-laf). Here, Job is saying that despite his miserable condition, he is looking for a...
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters” (Ps. 23:1-2). Sheep are very passive and submissive by nature. Unlike donkeys, sheep are docile creatures. You see, a donkey...
“As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams” (Dan. 1:17). “God gave them knowledge and skill.” God gave Daniel and the other three Hebrew...
“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up, and they shall be as frontlets between...
Perilous times, like the days in which we live, are exciting times for those believers who recognize the power available in God’s Word. The power of God’s Word will bring to pass every promise He has spoken and every dream He has given. But for the casual or carnal...
While as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience…. How much more shall the blood of...
“Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it good to be left in Athens alone, and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith, that no...
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