If a person is ever brought to see their need of Christ, then they will be satisfied with Christ. For those who need Him, He is enough! He is enough to justify their souls in the sight of God, and they seek no supplemental righteousness. He...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I learned a lesson from our dog, Ziggy. I was mowing our grass with our riding mower, a chore I actually enjoy doing. Since our yard is cut up with trees, gardens, flowers and a terrace, the pattern for mowing it varies. In some places we can...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
[The Lord] saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him. Isaiah 59.16Salvation is God reaching down to us, not the other way around....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked.Proverbs 24:19 Wicked men do succeed sometimes. They rise in political power and oppress all others for their own pleasure. They achieve great wealth and impoverish...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
…so that we may make a name for ourselves. Genesis 11.4 … you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow…Hephzibah. Isaiah 62.2,4All of us want to make a name for ourselves. The early Babylonians...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Tower of Babel was a temple, probably in the style of the stepped pyramids or “ziggurats”. It was a monument to man’s rebellion against God in trying to make his own way into God’s favor. We can learn something of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.” (Lamentations 1:12)When our Lord...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
From the Scriptures and from my own experience, I must say that God’s people delight in gospel preaching. By gospel preaching, I mean setting forth Christ in His wonderful Person, His glorious work and His eternal exaltation. (Romans 8.34;...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed. Isaiah 40.5The heavens declare the glory of God, and even the earth in its fallen state is a testimony to the greatness of the God Who made it. But nothing has glorified God as did the Son of God when...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)What a testimony to the sovereign power of God’s grace. Nothing can prove a hindrance to the all-powerful grace of Jehovah! If God be for a man,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
