Stronghold
“As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you.” —Zechariah 9:11, 12 Every church should labor for the perishing within its own borders and […]
Author and Finisher of Our Faith
“I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed.”—Revelation 3:18 Jesus pointed out the power of false teaching to destroy the appreciation and desire for truth. “No man,” He […]
Center of All True Doctrine
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.—Psalm 119:105 Christ is the center of all true doctrine. All true religion is found in His word and in nature. He is the One in whom our hopes of eternal life are centered; and the teacher who learns from Him finds […]
Forbearing One
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.—Psalm 103:8 God has done His part of the work for the salvation of men and women, and now He calls for the co-operation of the church. There is the blood of Christ, the Word of truth, the Holy Spirit, and there are […]
Divine Messenger
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.”—John 6:38 Can we not reason from cause to effect? Can we not see that because of our slothfulness in trading on the Lord’s goods, because of our selfishness in refusing to return to Him […]
Author of Physical Laws
“Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.”—Jeremiah 32:17 Health is a blessing of which few appreciate the value; yet upon it the efficiency of our mental and physical powers largely depends. Our impulses and passions have […]