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As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him" (Col. 2:6).

How readily and eagerly we take His Word when He says, "I go to prepare a place for you" (John 14:2), yet how slow of...

O our God . . . we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon Thee" (2 Chron. 20:12).

Many believers have gone only as far as justification can take them - spiritual birth, and a bit beyond. There they stagnate, in dire need of the fresh streams of living water that come from seeing their...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph. 1:3).

The New Testament believer's spiritual growth is not based upon Old Testament doctrine. We are not to neglect the Old, but its introduction...

God . . . called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me" (Gal. 1:15; 16).

Just think! Our Father has placed us in eternal and living union with His Son, that He, not we, may "be."  Moreover,...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph. 1:3).

His love is mine when I know what He did for me; my love is His when I know who He is to me - He who is Love, is my Life. He loved, and...

Partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world" (2 Pet. 1:4).

We are to find out in Romans 6, through the gracious teaching of the Spirit of truth, all that happened to the Lord Jesus there on the Cross. Then we will know our own position and standing,...

Ye have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God" (Col. 3:3).

When we rely upon and cater to the old man, that ground produces "the works of the flesh" (1). But as we abide in the risen Lord Jesus, that new ground of our position, His life will be manifested in "the fruit of the Spirit" (

But now in Christ Jesus ye who once were far off are made near by the Blood of Christ" (Eph. 2:13).

To know the Lord Jesus is to love Him; and to love Him is to insist on being with Him; to "press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" (

He (the Father) hath chosen us in Him (the Son) before the foundation of the world" (Eph. 1:4).

By His grace and mercy, our will becomes the Father's will when we choose the Saviour. May it ever continue!

"As the master musician knows exactly how the...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Eph. 1:3a).

One's growth is gauged by one's gaze.

"The first impression on my heart when converted was, Enoch walked with God.' That was my start. Now then, I said, I will walk with God....