Examine Yourselves
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 2 Corinthians 13:5. “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith.” Many … may immediately respond, “Why, yes; I am in the faith, I believe every […]
Let God’s Hand Mold the Clay
But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we are all the work of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8. We do not know what the Lord will do for us, if we will come into line. God sees what He can make of man. There are possibilities […]
A Time to Be Blind and Deaf
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant? Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. Isaiah 42:19, 20. What kind of blindness is this? It is a blindness […]
The Stamina of Pure Religion
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. Psalm 119:45. There are some who talk in a regretful way concerning the restraints that the religion of the Bible imposes upon those who would follow its teachings. They seem to think that restraint is a great disadvantage, but we have reason to thank […]
No Taproot?
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58. In order to be firmly anchored, there must be something firm to hold us; and nothing will avail until Christ takes possession […]
Rooted in Christ
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Psalm 92:12. The Christian is likened to the cedar of Lebanon. I have read that this tree does more than send down a few short roots into the yielding loam. It sends strong roots deep down into the earth, […]
