In Genesis 3.6 we see Eve’s response to the serpent’s temptation, “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for wisdom, she took some and she ate it.” Hebrew (tov). Up until this point, only God had made judgments about whether…
Earnest intercession will be sure to bring love with it. I do not believe you can hate a man for whom you habitually pray. If you dislike any brother Christian, pray for him doubly, not only for his sake, but for your own, that you may be cured of prejudice and saved from all unkind…
I do desire for my fellow Christians and for myself, that more and more the great object of our thoughts, motives and acts may be ‘Jesus only.’ I believe that whenever our religion is most vital, it is most full of Christ. Moreover, when it is most practical, downright and common sense, it always gets…
‘And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.’ (Mark 9:24) This poor man did not say, ‘Lord, I believe, but have some doubts,’ and mention it as if it were a mere matter of common intelligence which did not grieve him. No, he…
The reason many people are grumbly hateful rather than humbly grateful is that they have this belief, this conviction that no matter what, “God is fair.” Let me tell you: God is not fair. God is just. Fairness is a human attribute. “Fairness” implies that God owes us something, and if we don’t get it,…
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness [or, in the wicked one]. (1 JOHN 5:19) The New Testament teaches that however much the world may change on the surface, it is always under the control of evil and of sin. This admits that the powers of evil…
“Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.” – Proverbs 1:33 Divine love is rendered conspicuous when it shines in the midst of judgments. Fair is that lone star which smiles through the rifts of the thunder clouds; bright is the oasis which blooms in the wilderness of…
Faith means that I believe on the Lord Jesus Christ absolutely. Ah, we all have to learn this lesson. Even Paul had to pass this way. He had a thorn in the flesh, and he could not understand it. It seemed all wrong to him. He wanted to preach the Gospel, but the thorn was…
If what the Bible says about Jesus Christ is right and true, then of necessity it is something that transcends human intellect and reason. “Quite right,” you say. “I cannot understand miracles.” Of course you cannot; no one can understand a miracle. It would cease to be a miracle if you could. “I cannot grasp…
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,and I will give you rest. (Matt 11:28) To whom does the invitation of this cross come? It comes to failures, the people who know they have gone wrong, the people who are filled with a sense of shame, the people who are weary and…
There is nothing that will ever humble a man or a nation but the cross of Christ. The cross tells us the simple, plain truth about ourselves.Think of it like this. Why did the Son of God ever come into this world? Why did He leave the courts of glory? Why was He born as…
Why did He die? He died for the souls of men—not for our material welfare, not to reform this world, but to save our souls. “The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). And it is the soul that is lost. The world knows nothing about…