Ezekiel 43:1,7 Ezekiel has witnessed in sadness the departure of the glory of the Lord from the temple (Ch.11,22,23) “and the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.” Now in (v.4) Ezekiel witness the return…

Hose 7:1,2 “And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness,” God saw the wickedness of Israel.     Because of sin the body is robbed of its beauty, the mind of it vigor, and life spoiled in its influence and end.     All things are naked and opened before…

Luke 4:18 Jesus went to Nazareth to preach the gospel to the poor. The class of people Jesus gathers around him are not the ones the world would prefer. The poor, the broken-heart, the captives, the blind, the bruised and the imprisoned “But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame,…

Hose 11: 1, 4 “When Israel was a child, then I love him, and called my son our of Egypt” (v. 1.) Yet, Israel when from him and sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images (v. 2.) Israel was God’s children in need to be cared for, weak in need to be strengthened,…

Acts 3: 16 It would have been surprising if they had not marveled on seeing a forty year old cripple restored to perfect health, “’And they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him” (v. 10.) While in Capernaum Jesus performed a similar miracle (Lk. 5: 26.) “And they were…

I. Corinthians 10: 6 The force of example, both to encourage and to deter, is familiar and admitted. “Now these things were our examples,” (v. 6.) This principle is used, in life, in government, in law and in our serves unto the Lord, “These things were for our example, to the intent we should not lust…

Jeremiah 33:1 Prayer is a privilege and the Lord calls upon us to pray, “ Call upon me.” Call upon him not for his sake, But for ours. It is in God’s plan to keep up an unbroken communication between heaven and earth on a daily basis.  I. Th. 5: 17 declares “Pray without ceasing.”…

Matthew 7:13,14 God never intended that we should follow the fancy of our heart, ”And God saw that the wickedness of man was great…and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen. 6: 5.) He calls us to himself, and invites us by every argument that can touch a…

Ezekiel 18: 25,27 We must keep in mind our responsibility to the Lord. It is an act of singular kindness that God should stoop to reason with the perverted mind of man, “What is man, that thou art mindful of him,” (Ps.8:4). At one time the mind of man was not perverted are corrupt. The…

Job 23:10,12 Let me speak to you about a faithful life, and its course. First, It is a course of conduct. Job speaks of his foot holding “My foot hath held his step,” (v. 11). Job is reviewing his actions in his life in this chapter. It would have been of little use for him…