2 Corinthians 3:6 6… for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. To the Jews, the feast of Pentecost is a celebration of the giving of God’s law. It takes place 50 days after the Passover feast. When God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, it was 50 days after they […]
Category: Growth
Feed On Jesus And Live
John 6:57 57As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. Some time ago, I visited a friend of a church member who had cancer and wanted healing. He was all ears, lapping and soaking up everything I shared with […]
Jesus Is God’s Satisfaction
Leviticus 1:9 9… And the priest shall burn all [the pieces of the bull] on the altar as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. When Jesus was on the cross, He did more than just die for your sins. His one sacrifice did not just remove your […]
When It Is More Blessed To Receive
Luke 10:42 42… Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” If Jesus comes to your home, what would you do? Would you ask Him to sit down and then start serving Him? Or would you sit down and start drawing from Him? Would you let Him serve you […]
Taught By God Himself
Hebrews 8:11 11None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. As a parent or someone serving in Sunday school, you may think that the children under your care are too young to know […]
How Do You See God?
Luke 7:9 9When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” The way you see Jesus, the revelation that you have of Him, will not affect God’s acceptance of […]
Your ‘Work’ Is To Enter His Rest
Hebrews 4:10–11 10… he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. 11Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest… A baby learns to sit first before he starts to stand and walk. The Christian life also begins with sitting. God “raised us up together, […]
And Every Virtue We Possess
All my fresh springs shall be in Thee. — Psalm 87:7 (P.B.V.) Our Lord never patches up our natural virtues, He re-makes the whole man on the inside. “Put on the new man,” i.e., see that your natural human life puts on the garb that is in keeping with the new life. The life God […]
Where The Battle’s Lost And Won
If thou wilt return, 0 Israel, saith the Lord. . . . — Jeremiah 4:1 The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. The Spirit of God apprehends me and I am obliged to get alone with God and fight the battle […]
His Birth And Our New Birth
Behold, a virgin shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. — Isaiah 7:14 (R.V.) His Birth in History. “Therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35.) Jesus Christ was born into […]