philippians-4:4-5

And working together with Him we intreat also that you receive not the grace of God in vain. For he says, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto you. And in a day of salvation did I succor you. For since he said, God beseeches, and we are ambassadors and suppliants unto you, that you be reconciled u... Read More

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He has consecrated for us, through the Veil, that is to say, His flesh, and having an High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith,... Read More

Acts 7:6-7 And God spoke on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve Me in... Read More

The former subject of the Sedition continued; also of fasting; and upon the Apostolic saying, Rejoice in the Lord always. 1. I have observed many persons rejoicing, and saying one to another, We have conquered; we have prevailed; the half of the fast is spent. But I exhort such persons not to rejoic... Read More

Acts I. 6 When they therefore had come together, they asked of Him, saying, Lord, will You at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? When the disciples intend to ask anything, they approach Him together, that by dint of numbers they may abash Him into compliance. They well knew that in what ... Read More

Matthew 11:7-9. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment; behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what ... Read More

Woe unto you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish their sepulchers, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Not because they build, nor because they blame the others, does He say, woe, but becaus... Read More

Matthew 24:33-34. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: so likewise ye, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Forasmuch as He had said, Immediately after the tribulation of thos... Read More

The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and says to the men, Come, see a Man which told me all things that ever I did; is not this the Christ? 1. We require much fervor and uproused zeal, for without these it is impossible to obtain the blessings promised to us. And to sho... Read More

We easily perceive different measures of attainment, both in knowledge and grace, in the churches of old. The elevation, for instance, of that at Ephesus was much above that at Corinth. At Corinth the apostle had to occupy himself with the corruption of various errors and abuses, and was thus hinder... Read More