matthew-28:20

Teach (1321) (didasko from dáo= know or teach; English = didactic; see study of related noun didaskalia and the adjective didaktikos) means to provide instruction or information in a formal or informal setting. In the 97 NT uses of didasko the meaning is virtually always to teach or instruct, althou... Read More

Treasure (2344)(thesauros from títhemi = put, set) refers to the place where goods and precious things are stored for safekeeping (Think about the glorious Gospel you possess!) and thus a repository (place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored), a treasure chest, a storehouse, a... Read More

"And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the breasts with a golden belt. His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire; and His feet like unto fine brass as ... Read More

In Green Pastures by J. R. Miller, 1890 "Handfuls of Grass for the Lord's Hungry Sheep" Daily readings for every day in the year "The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters." Psalm 23:1-2 CHOICE EXCERPTS To be a Christian... Read More

There is no other loss, in all the range of possible losses, that is so great as the breaking of our communion with God. I know that this is not the ordinary estimate. We speak with heavy hearts—of our earthly sorrows. When bereavements come and our homes are emptied and our tender joys are borne aw... Read More

The kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." Mark 1:15 These words naturally lead us to consider, First, the nature of true religion, here termed by our Lord, "the kingdom of God," which, saith he, "is at hand;" and, Secondly, the way thereto, which he points out in those words... Read More

(Compare Matthew 26:47–56, 69–75; Luke 22:47–62; John 18:1–27) DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. Jesus Betrayed, vv. 43–49 Who came to arrest Jesus? Who led the way? (Luke 22:47.) Had Judas ever been there before? (John 18:2.) What had Judas seen and heard there in times past? Did the sacred memory of these... Read More

"While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?..." Matthew 22:41,42 The question that our Lord Jesus puts here to the Pharisees is the most fundamental question concerning Christian thought and faith that can be put to anybody in any ... Read More

Ephesians 2:19-22 Jesus Christ is building His Church. When He was on earth, He said, "I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18). We are living stones within God's building, and we also have a part as co-builders as we take the Gospel to others so they... Read More

The lessons taught to us from the life of Jacob concern the Holy Spirit's discipline of the Christian. It is this that makes room in our lives for Christ to reveal Himself. This discipline is concerned not with our old man and his sinfulness but with our natural strength, the strength of self. Befor... Read More