Luke 18:12

"Blessed are they that mourn" (MATTHEW 5:4). Mourning is hateful and irksome to poor human nature. From suffering and sadness our spirits instinctively shrink. By nature we seek the society of the cheerful and joyous. Our text presents an anomaly to the unregenerate, yet is it sweet music to the ear... Read More

The Antichrist Chapter 14 BABYLON AND THE ANTICHRIST (Continued). In the last chapter we confined ourselves to the Old Testament, in this and the one that follows we shall treat mainly of Babylon in Revelation 17 and 18, though, of necessity, we shall examine these in the light of Old Testament pass... Read More

The Antichrist Chapter 9 THE ANTICHRIST IN THE GOSPELS AND EPISTLES. The Old and New Testaments have many things in common—far more than some teachers of "dispensational" truth seem to be aware of—but there are also some noticeable contrasts between them. Speaking generally, the one is principally p... Read More

THE BEATITUDES THE SECOND BEATITUDE "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted" Matthew 5:4 is hateful and irksome to poor human nature. From suffering and sadness our spirits instinctively shrink. By nature we seek the society of the cheerful and joyous. Our text presents an anomaly ... Read More

Why Four Gospels? 3. THE GOSPEL OF LUKE The numerical position which Luke occupies in the Sacred Canon, supplies a sure key to its interpretation. It is the third book in the New Testament, and the forty-second in the Bible as a whole. Each of these numbers are profoundly significant and suggestive ... Read More

David said in Psalm 19: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. (v. 1-3) God has made Himself known in nature. I have become c... Read More

O my dear friends and brethren every where! let all your cries and prayers be to the Lord in singleness of heart, in his spirit and <140> power, and in belief in God through Christ, to receive what ye pray for. For the Lord's ears are open to the cries of his poor and afflicted ones. So, day and nig... Read More

Most examples of the futility of walking by sight aren’t so clear as this one. You can make your life look spiritual by obeying the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount. You can walk by sight and it can look okay, even good. Mahatma Gandhiji, the father of my nation, was known as a man who l... Read More

Jesus is Coming to Earth Again! What if it was Today? By Paris Reidhead* Jesus is coming to earth again, What if it were today? Coming in power and love to reign, What if it were today? Coming to claim His chosen Bride, All the redeemed and purified, Over this whole earth scattered wide, What if it ... Read More

I want to say just a brief word again about the Lord's Table. I would like to read three passages of Scripture: "For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said,... Read More