deuteronomy-8:18

{Help in Things concerning Himself Vol. 2, 1892, pages 40-5.} The thought here is that our state should answer to the state into which we have been brought. Where the conscience is good this is the case: we enjoy the thing into which we have been brought in the measure in which we enter into it. The... Read More

Jude 1:17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,: humeis de agapetoi mnesthete (2PAPM) ton rhematon ton proeiremenon (RPPNPN) hupo ton apostolon tou kuriou hemon Iesou Christou remember = Mal 4:4; Acts 20:35; Ep 2:20; 4:11;... Read More

Although no question mark will be found in his magnificent speech, still, Abraham Lincoln expressed a disquieting uncertainty in his Gettysburg Address: ". . . whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." While his immediate concern was the Civil War, his implici... Read More

We are about to get out of the wilderness, but we will stay there a little longer, and then we will come out. This study on the ways of the Lord is based on Moses’ remarkable prayer, “Show me now Your ways that I may know You.” Two years ago when I was with you, we were talking about, “That I might ... Read More

We are in the subject area of the Ways of the Lord. Moses prayed; “Show me now Thy way that I may know Thee,” and we are told that God revealed His ways to Moses. I have also mentioned from Hebrews that God is grieved because His people do not know His ways. For this reason, God is often misundersto... Read More

Do you have lots of money, at least comparably speaking? Can you buy nice clothes, live in a nice house, do things some others can't do? It's important for you to see that importance isn't very important. Here's something Francis de Sales said in 1609 (and I don't understand 1609 humor, so I don't k... Read More

We have read of the great honor that Christ received at his baptism. Immediately afterwards, he was exposed to terrible sufferings and temptations. It is God's method often to prepare his people for great sufferings, by granting them great consolations beforehand. Jesus was "led up by the spirit int... Read More

November 22, 1981 CAN GOD SPREAD A TABLE IN THE WILDERNESS? There are shorter ways to get from Egypt to Palestine than through the wilderness of Sinai. Mount Sinai is about 200 miles out of the way—which is bad enough if you are driving a car, but if you are walking and there is scarcely any water o... Read More

October 10, 1982 Amos 6:1-8; 8:4-8 Amos was a shepherd from Tekoa before God called him to be a prophet to Israel (1:1;7:14,15). And even though Tekoa is in the southern kingdom of Judah (ten miles south of Jerusalem) Amos delivered his message to the northern kingdom of Israel. His ministry happene... Read More

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More