matthew-6:22-24-esv

The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the trans-gressors shall fall therein. Unto you ... which believe he is precious: but unto them which be dis-obedient, ... a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence. — The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destructi... Read More

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me When ... the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth. — Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. — All scriptu... Read More

While serving Christ one must remember that one needs to depend entirely upon Christ. An independent spirit only produces frustration and failure as well as wood, hay, and stubble at the Judgment Seat of Christ. As creatures we totally depend upon the Creator. As finite we completely need the Infini... Read More

"I determined not to know anything among you, (said Paul), except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." He resolved himself, before he preached among the Corinthians, that this should be the only point of knowledge that he would profess himself to have skill in; and that in the course of his ministry he... Read More

"By grace ye are saved." (Ephesians 2:5) What a wonderful mercy it is to an enlightened sinner to hear what the Apostle says, "By grace ye are saved." Men under the conviction of sin and the discovery of God's justice and holiness often feel themselves utterly hopeless, and whatever men may say to t... Read More

Do you not know that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? Having pointed out the manifold usefulness of condescension and that this is the highest perfectness, and that he himself having risen higher than all towards perfection, or rather having gone beyond it by declining t... Read More

Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. But prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil. A thick mist, a darkness and cloud is spread over all the earth. And, showing this, the Apostle said, For we were once darkness. Ephesians 5:8 And again, You, brethre... Read More

Likewise must the Deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given much to wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved: then let them use the office of a Deacon, being found blameless. Likewise the Deacons. That is, they s... Read More

Rom. VII. 14 For we know that the Law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. After having said that great evils had taken place, and that sin, taking occasion by the commandment, had grown stronger, and the opposite of what the Law mainly aimed at had been the result, and after having thrown... Read More

Ephesians 5:5, 6 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, which is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedien... Read More