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Jesus Christ claims the incommunicable name-I Am (Ex. 3:14; John 8:58). The name signifies unchangeable essence and everlasting duration. Change is written on everything earthly; Christ is unchangeable (Heb. 13:8), for He is God. The statement, "Before Abraham was, I am" (John 8:58), has no referenc... Read More

"Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fully framed together grows unto an holy temple in the Lord."--Ephesians 2:20-21 Christ is the Head of every member individually, as he is the Head of the whole body collectively. Growth of the body, from babyhood to manhoo... Read More

Have you ever thought what it would be like to be the creator of the universe ? Obviously you and I have great difficulty imagining that because the creator must be infinitely wise and powerful to make a sun that can contain a million earths and other constellations that are millions of times the si... Read More

A Devotional Commentary on the Gospels Arranged for family devotions, for every day in the year. By Favell Lee Mortimer (1802—1878) FEBRUARY 1 Matthew 4:8-11. The third temptation of Christ. Though Jesus had resisted two temptations, Satan was not dismayed. Here we have an instance of the persistenc... Read More

January 1 "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."--Psalm 90:12 Casting our eyes back upon the year now past and gone, are there no mercies which claim a note of thankful praise? It is sweet to see the Lord's kind hand in providence, but sweeter far to view his out... Read More

March 1 "The church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood." Acts 20:28 Atonement for sin stands or falls with the Deity of Christ. If we deny his Deity, we must deny the atonement, for what value or merit can there be in the blood of a mere man that God, for its sake, should pardon milli... Read More

3. Now comes another gate which has to be opened; and this is the gate of hope. Of this we read in the prophecy of Hosea, where the promise runs, "And I will give her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope" Ho 2:15. This door of hope is the same as the apostle calls "a goo... Read More

Part Two February 14, 1982 John 7:1-18 After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand. So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples may see the works you are ... Read More

April 25, 1982 2 Peter 1:1-4 This morning we begin a series of expository messages on the second epistle of Peter. My aim will be to move through this book verse by verse, explaining its meaning and applying it to our lives today. My first conviction behind this series is that, if life is short and ... Read More

December 27, 1981 Ephesians 2:11-12 REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE HOPELESS This is the word of God to us this morning. Let us obey it together and not resist its discomfort. This is the word of God: "Remember that at one time you Gentiles … were without Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, st... Read More