luke-5:1-11,matthew-4:13-22

"Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling" (Hebrews 3:1). "For we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end" (Hebrews 3:14). Our first thing to do is to consider briefly the one word which is going to stand over all our meditat... Read More

Reading: Isaiah 6:1-5; John 12:41; Isaiah 6:6-14. "These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him." John was referring to the Lord Jesus - Jehovah of Hosts! We have seen that what took place at the time of Isaiah's vision was related to the entirely new order of things into ... Read More

"Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod" or, "The Silent Soul with Sovereign Antidotes" by Thomas Brooks, 1659, London. "I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for You are the one who has done this!" Psalm 39:9 (A Christian with an Olive Leaf in his mouth, when he is under the greatest afflictions,... Read More

“…no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved.” (Lu. 5:37, 38) The bottles referred to here were actually containers made from the hides of animals.... Read More

Abraham and Sarah had tried everything to have children. She was now ninety years old and he almost 100. They had probably been married for 75 years and had come to the conclusion that Sarah was barren and would never have children. To make it worse, even if Sarah had not been barren, she now had pa... Read More

We should expect a very special purpose in the recording in the Gospel of John of the great miracle of the feeding of the five thousand with five barley loaves and two small fishes. We have seen that in John the miracles of Christ are carefully selected because of their teaching nature, and that the... Read More

"Launch out into the deep" (Luke 5:4). How deep He does not say. The depth into which we launch will depend upon how perfectly we have given up the shore, and the greatness of our need, and the apprehension of our possibilities. The fish were to be found in the deep, not in the shallow water. So wit... Read More

"In [Christ] are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Colossians 2:3). These writings are meant to convey something of the depth of the Lord Jesus, that is, the Lord as INFINITE SUPPLY. Although material needs are important, what we have in mind here is not an earthly wealth or resourc... Read More

Can Jesus' miracles be explained naturally? It is certainly possible that some might be explained with non-divine answers, but can all of them? I don't see how. It could be said that the gospel accounts were simply altered to make it look like Jesus was performing miracles which never happened. This... Read More

Many of the non Christian cults attack the deity of Christ by citing verses such as Jesus not knowing something (Matt. 24:36), where He is growing in wisdom (Luke 2:52), or says that the Father is greater than He (John 14:28). They claim that if Jesus was God He would know all things, would not grow... Read More