Job 24,2009 Elihu, one of Job’s close friends assures him in his time of great trouble that God had made him and by his very creation reveals that the Spirit of the Lord was in him ” The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” (Job…

Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning.” Regeneration, like the work of creation, has its beginning in God. (Jh.3:5) There are six things we learn about God in this verse. His being, His eternity, His omnipotence, His absolute freedom, His infinite wisdom, and His essential goodness. (Ps.73:1) declares, “God is good,” How beginnings are made. Bad beginnings…

Luke 18:18,27 The scripture declared that it was a certain ruler, and then it said. a young man, who address our Lord. “And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master,” (v.18) Note the question that Jesus ask the young ruler “Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.” (v.19)…

I. Thessalonians 5: 24 The apostle Paul knows he does not beseech God in vain. He who calls you to the Christian faith is faithful to fulfill his promises “Faithful is he that calleth you,” (v.24) God’s calling is the beginning of a series which finishes in glorification “Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he…

Genesis 7:1,7 Since Cain and Abel their have always been two classes of people in the world. Wheat and tares, sheep and goats, two gates that lead to two pathways, God and mammon and Sodom and Jerusalem. The Cain posterity are mighty in their own eyes. “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” (Rm.1:22)…

I. John 1:1,5 Minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ has received a message from him “And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; And they went out, and preached that men should repent.” (Mk.6:12) Christ spoke to his…

Luke 2:49  God’s claims are infinitely superior to all that we may assert. We are to love and serve the Lord with all of our heart and soul and might, According to (Deut. 6:5) “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy…

Ruth 1:18“When she saw that she was steadfastly minded….then she left speaking to her.” The test had done a true work, and we see a woman who could stand fast. Having done all to stand, is something in the great crisis and temptations of life “Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye…

Psalms 27:12,14 The Lord is the object of our faith. Our great desire must be for more light. God will responds to our cry for more light. He revealed himself in Christ. He give his Word to quicken and enlighten our soul, and to illumine our pathway up to the gates of the land of…

Isaiah 43:1 A supreme claim. He created our spirit ” But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee,” (v.1) To every soul, as to Israel of old God says “Thou art mine.” (v.1) He requires of us that we should consider ourselves as belonging to him. Why?…