james-1:22

The chapter which these verses begin is remarkable for the number of parables which it contains. Seven striking illustrations of spiritual truth are here drawn by the great head of the church from the book of nature. By so doing he shows us that religious teaching may draw help from everything in cr... Read More

The Lord Jesus Christ winds up the Sermon on the Mount by a passage of heart-piercing application. He turns from false prophets to false professors, from unsound teachers to unsound hearers. Here is a word for all. May we have grace to apply it to our own hearts! The first lesson here is the useless... Read More

Matthew chapter 7 MATTHEW 7:1-11 "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your... Read More

Visible Churches Warned ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says unto the Churches’ (Rev. 3:22). I suppose I may take it for granted that every reader of this message belongs to some visible church of Christ. I do not ask now whether you are an Episcopalian, or a Presbyterian, or an Ind... Read More

A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 3—Chapter 4 OF PUBLIC HEARING THE WORD The public hearing of the word is another ordinance of divine service under the gospel dispensation. Public reading of the scriptures was a part of synagogue worship (Acts 13:15, 15:21; see Luke 4:16, 17), and reading the scrip... Read More

We made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. — Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving. — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roar... Read More

I delight in the law of God after the inward man. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. — Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart. — I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. — ... Read More

MEMORISE: ‘For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.’ (Rom 2:13) READ: James 1:19-25 There are two classes of Bible users, the ‘hearers only’ and the ‘doers.’ You belong to one of them. Most of us spend time listening to tapes, songs, video, dir... Read More

“Christian churches in America will soon be forced to go underground if they want to stay true to their beliefs and to God.” – J. D. Longstreet To think there could be an underground Church in America years ago seemed strange. But with current happenings, those who have been warning and speaking of ... Read More

There is a reality to the underground churches around the world that believers in Western and other free countries do not have. We can easily go to a assembly meeting to just hear truths and think it was a nice messages or good worship. This concept is not in other meetings of God's people in closed... Read More