Bible Verses: Acts 22:15
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He is to be envied. It was well to be Martha and serve, but better to be Lazarus and commune. There are times for each purpose, and each is comely in its season, but none of the trees of the garden yield such clusters as the vine of fellowship. To sit with Jesus, to hear his words, to mark his acts, and receive his smiles, was such a favour as must have made Lazarus as happy as the angels. When it has been our happy lot to feast with our Beloved in his banqueting-hall, we would not have...
Bible Verses: John 12:2
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All our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. § One of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. § He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him,...
Bible Verses: Psalms 78:201 Corinthians 10:11 Corinthians 10:41 Corinthians 10:3John 19:34Isaiah 53:5John 5:40Jeremiah 2:13John 7:37Revelation 22:17
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For Reading and Meditation: Genesis 16:1-16
What matters most - that I know God or that God knows me? I think in a sense the latter. For my knowledge of Him depends on His sustained initiative in knowing me. Just as the knowledge of His love for me causes the scales to fall from my eyes and turns the machinery of my soul in His direction, so my knowledge of how...
Bible Verses: Genesis 16:1-16Psalms 119:161-168Nahum 1:71 Corinthians 8:32 Timothy 2:19
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Precious assurance! But whom will the Lord spare? All His children; especially those who speak of His goodness, witness to His faithfulness, think upon His name, and honour Him before an evil generation. He says, "They shall be Mine, in that day when I make up My jewels, and I will spare them as a father spareth his obedient son."
If we are aiming at the Lord's glory, and walking by the Lord's word, we have nothing to fear from any of His dispensations. He will shield us from danger,...
Bible Verses: Malachi 3:17
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The story of Caleb is interesting. He was a man of the heroic type. He was one of the twelve men sent by Moses to spy out the land of Canaan. Ten of the twelve spies brought back an evil report. They spoke enthusiastically of the wonderful richness and fruitfulness of the land of Canaan - but they were discouragingly impressed with the warlike character of the inhabitants, their...

God has made it plain that hell is a real place-a final abode for people who do not want to love God and serve Him! The sadness and the tragedy of this fact is that these are human beings, all dear to God because He created them in His own image. Of nothing else in the Creation is it said that it was created in the likeness of God! Because fallen and perishing man is still nearer to God's likeness than any other creature on earth, God offers him conversion regeneration and forgiveness. It...

All that the believer has must come from Christ, but it comes solely through the channel of the Spirit of grace. Moreover, as all blessings thus flow to you through the Holy Spirit, so also no good thing can come out of you in holy thought, devout worship, or gracious act, apart from the sanctifying operation of the same Spirit. Even if the good seed be sown in you, yet it lies dormant except he worketh in you to will and to do of his own good pleasure. Do you desire to speak for Jesus-how...
Bible Verses: Ephesians 4:30
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The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me" (Ps. 138:8).
After the believer enters into life by faith, he wonders why it was so difficult for him to see that it was all of grace - the humble reception of a finished work. And yet he goes through the faithless struggle once again before he sees that his daily...
Bible Verses: Psalms 138:81 Corinthians 1:92 Corinthians 1:21
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Observe here the character of those that are spoken of: " they fear God."
Observe their condition present and prospective: "it shall be well with them."
Notice the certainty of this: " surely I know."
God is love. This word embraces all his perfections. But let none suppose that he is therefore bound down to a single line of manifestation. Light is one; yet, says the prism, manifold. The sternest acts of Providence unfold, in their own particular way, the love of God. ...
Bible Verses: Ecclesiastes 8:12
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The anointing you received from Christ lives in you. (1 John 2:27 GW)
When will the Lord's people, who have the Scriptures and who know the Scriptures so well in the letter, when will they come to realize and to recognize that if truly they have been crucified with Christ, if they have died in His death and have been raised together with Him and have received the Spirit, they have Light in their dwelling? "The...
Bible Verses: 1 John 2:27
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. . . people in ruts . . . discover that the passing of time tends to dull their religious feelings, and the signal that used to be quite clear is fading out. Then they worry a little and say, "The signal is gone. I'll have to do something." Suddenly it comes on again and they hear it a little and say, "Oh, it's not so bad after all." They are just in a favorable pocket--perhaps some new preacher has come to town. They think they are hearing the voice again, and they are, a little bit. But...

The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. § We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image … just as by the Spirit of the Lord. It is...
Bible Verses: Luke 11:341 Corinthians 2:14Psalms 119:18John 8:122 Corinthians 3:182 Corinthians 4:6Ephesians 1:17Ephesians 1:18
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Exactly what is involved in walking in the Spirit? Actually it is not as complicated and impractical as some tend to think. Here is what a day's walk in the Spirit would be like!
First, you start the day in prayer. You confess all known sin in your life; this makes you a clean vessel and therefore usable by God. You spend time in praise and worship; this gets your soul in tune. You turn over control of your life to Him; this makes you available for the Lord to live His life through...
Bible Verses: Galatians 5:16
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"For thou shalt be His witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard." Acts 22:15
Paul was chosen to see and hear the LORD speaking to him out of heaven. This divine election was a high privilege for himself; but it was not intended to end with him; it was meant to have an influence upon others, yea, upon all men. It is to Paul that Europe owes the gospel at this hour.
It is ours in our measure to be witnesses of...