THE ALABASTER BOX It is very needful to bear in mind, in this day of busy doing and restless activity, that God looks at everything from one stand point, measures everything by one rule, tries everything by one touchstone, and that touchstone, that rule, that standpoint is Christ. He values things just so far […]
Fearful days I remember, when I first saw my sin; Saw the law that I’d broken, saw my judgment so grim; But then I cried out to Jesus and His word came to me — ‘Child, My grace is sufficient, sufficient for thee!” Oft the tempter accuses when I fall on my face. — ‘How […]
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” 2 Timothy 3:5 This is taken from an article by Henry Mahan A FORM of godliness says, “God wills to save all men;” denying His POWER adds, “but He cannot save unless men open their hearts to him.” […]
SERVING OUR GENERATION “David served his own generation by the will of God”-Acts 13:36 David served his own generation very well and he has been serving all generations ever since. How many of us has he ministered unto by the words he pinned down thousands of years ago. His writings have given us light as […]
Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. “Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12 Here at this place called Ebenezer, Samuel set up a stone as a reminder to the children of Israel, this […]
A Thought for the New Year In his first inaugural address (January 20, 1981) President Ronald Reagan referred to a statement taken from a young soldier’s diary. He said, “Martin Treptow left his job in a small town barber shop in 1917 to go to France with the famed Rainbow Division. There, on the western […]
‘Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift’ 2 Corinthians 9:15 “Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given.’ The appearance of God in human flesh was the embodiment of the gospel. Surely nothing but good could result from the miraculous birth of the God-man. Well did the angels sing, ‘Glory […]
UNCONDITIONAL PARDON There was a certain man that had committed treason against his king; but for as much as the king had compassion on him, he sent him, by the hand of a faithful messenger, a pardon under his own hand and seal. But in the country where this poor man dwelt there were also […]
The Word of God plainly, clearly and throughout, teaches that man by nature is contrary and opposed to God in every way. For example, God by nature is infinitely and immutably holy – man by nature is unchangeably and incurably sin; God is light – man by nature is darkness; God is truth – man’s […]
Are You Content? Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Are you content? Contentment means in a state of peaceful happiness. It means to be satisfied, gratified and fulfilled. It means to be […]
