Jeremiah 29:13 God must be found before he can be know and enjoyed. “He is not far from each one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our being”  according to (Ac.17,28). Yet this natural nearness of God may be unrecognized by us, and may not be sufficient to bring us…

Joshua 7:11 The fall of Jericho was followed by the temporary fall of Israel. We have much need to beware of the dangers of success. When Uzaiah was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction according to (II. Chr.26:16). The seed of pride and self-confidence is often sown in the joyful, but unguarded…

II. King 6:8,17 The weapons of a “man of God” are nost carnal, but spiritual according to (II.Cor.2:4) ”For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;” Elisha was able through his spiritual insight to save the king of Israel, “not once nor twice”…

Luke 14:28 Man is not a mere creature of circumstances “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” (Jer.1:5) Like a plant. Christ expects us to act as reasonable men, and to…

Luke 12:13,21 The parable of the rich and prosperous fool was given to rebuke the covetousness of the man who said to the Master, “Speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.” (v.13). But the Lord could see that under the mask of justice there gleamed the greedy eye. Who made Me…

II. Peter 3:8 Let us look at the Divine time-measures first of all. (v.8) contains the second answer to the skeptical argument. Time is the condition of man’s thought and action, But not of God’s. His thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor His ways as our ways according to to (Isa.55:8,9) “For my thoughts…

I. Corinthians 1:4,9 All true Christian experience has its origin in the call of God: “Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you.”  (Jh.15:16). The apostle stated this “And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;” (I.Tim.1:12) We shall…

Luke 12,22,34 Our Lord never lost an opportunity of letting the light of truth shine into dark sin-beclouded souls. Jesus had just spoken the parable of a certain rich man to expose the sin and folly of covetousness (Mt.5;1,2) tells us this “And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he…

Jeremiah 31:25 Naturally we all have restless longings, great desires that go out beyond the present attainable. There are always the weary who needs rest, the sorrowful who needs consolation “For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.” (II.Cor.1:5). Our soul has its appetites, its hungers and…

Lamentation 2:1,5 The Lord may become to us as an enemy. We must not suppose the relations of God to those who forsake him are purely negative “Say unto them, as I live, say the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way…