From the gospel of Matthew we read,   "And it came about that when Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and preach in their cities." (Matthew 11:1 - NASB)   And note from the book of Acts,   "And every day, in...

Consider this passage from Matthew,   "In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him, and saying, 'He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we shall...

Have you been to Psalm 37 and noted the counsel God gives? It is counsel that is for the believer, and it serves to give us a good sense of direction, a calm, a sense of well-being as we read it, several of the verses starting with words that can greatly impact our...

Holy . . . it is something we are commanded to strive to be (I Peter 1:16; Hebrews 13:14; Leviticus 11:44) . . . it is something God is!   "In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling...

Intriguing verses are those from Romans 1, intriguing indeed . . . . . .    "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness" (Romans 1:18 - NASB)   As I look around me and...

From the Revelation of Jesus Christ we read,   "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches" (Revelation 2:11 - NASB)   In speaking to seven churches in The Revelation, chapters 2 through 3, Jesus says, seven times, "He who has an ear, let him...

In his letter to the Corinthian church the apostle Paul wrote,   "Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident, for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire; and...

From Genesis we read,   "And it cam about after these events that his master's wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, 'Lie with me.' But he refused, and said to his master's wife . . . . 'How then could I do this great evil, and sin against God.'" (Genesis...

There are certain threads of teaching that are woven through the Old Testament and into the New. One of them is a Thread of Heresy, and we who are in the Word and of the Word should not fail to miss it. It is heresy that comes from within,    "And now, this...

From the book of James we read:   "You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." (James 4:4 - NASB)   There is a core within so-called...

Have you ever read the chapters in the Bible that contain all the names? Have you ever considered some of those names? For instance,   "And the sons of Neariah were Eloenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three." (I Chronicles 3:23 - NASB)   "Eloenai's" name is in a very long...

Have you ever stopped to consider that your body is a weapon? How about, that it is a tool? Note this passage from Paul's letter to the believers in Rome,   "Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey its lusts, and do not go on...

From Paul's letter to Timothy we read,    "All Scripture is God-breathed, and profitable . . . . ." (II Timothy 3:16 - NASB)   The Bible is "breathed" out by God into written words, the Holy Spirit moving men along to pen the words of holy Scripture (II Peter...

Note our text from First Corinthians,   "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win." (I Corinthians 9:24 - NASB)   The professing believers in Corinth were a huge problem for the apostle...

"Nor grumble, as some of them did . . ." (I Corinthians 10:10 - NASB)   Grumbling! A common trait amongst people, is it not? And so often, a common practice among we who are in Christ. I know, because all too often I find myself doing it.     The word "grumble" means,...

Note our text from the gospel of John,   "Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst." (John 8:9 - NKJV)   There are, as...

From the gospel of John we read,   "but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name." (John 20:31 - NASB)   Sometimes things we read in the Bible are difficult to understand....

Note our text from the book of Exodus,   "You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,...

From the New Testament, from the book of Hebrews, comes these words that should cause us to pause . . .    ". . . for our God is a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:29 - NASB)   Yesterday afternoon I was reading from John MacArthur's new book, Strange Fire. In his...

From The Revelation we read,   "and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and...

Note with me this text from the book of Genesis,   "Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5 - NASB)   And how about this text from Jeremiah,   "The...

The calling, from the gospel of Mark,   "And He summoned the multitude with His disciples, and said to them, 'If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me' " (Mark 8:34 - NASB)   This, brethren, is the what Jesus said...

From the apostle Peter's first letter we read,   "For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps" (I Peter 2:21 - NASB)   If "you" are a disciple of Christ, if "you" have professed...

From Second Corinthians we read,   "in order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes." (II Corinthians 2:11 - NASB)   "Satan," a powerful spirit being! He is our arch enemy! He is our "adversary." No one to fool with, that is...

The apostle Paul wrote these words to the believers in Corinth to set them straight,   ". . . are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? For when one says, 'I am of Paul,' and another, 'I am of Apollos,' are you not mere men? What then is Apollos? And...

Moses wrote in Psalm 90,   "As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, or if due to strength, eighty years. Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; for soon it is gone and we fly away" (Psalm 90:10 - NASB)   When Moses wrote these words he was near the...

Fom the apostle Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus,   "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing...

From the book of Deuteronomy, passages from chapter 8,   "Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe . . . Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him . . . Beware that you do not...