colossians-2:6-7

"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him." (Colossians 2:6) To walk in Christ as we received him is to retain the sense of our need of him, as when we felt the Day Spring from on high first visited us, and the terrors of the Lord made us afraid. O how plainly and feeli... Read More

You get four things brought out in this passage: the law, the cross, Christ the life, and Christ the object. First. It is the righteousness of the law; the rule and measure of what man as a child of Adam ought to be - loving God with all his heart, and his neighbour as himself, and doing nothing for... Read More

The attention of our readers is earnestly invited to the various papers appearing under this title, adapted as they are to meet, in a simple but thorough and precious way, the first needs of the soul. They consist, in many cases, of notes taken at the time of the utterances of honoured and devoted s... Read More

In the Book of Joshua we read the history of the taking possession of the land of Canaan, so far as that was carried out; as in the Book of Numbers we follow the same people in their toilsome journey through the wilderness: a journey more toilsome through their own unbelief, but in which a faithful ... Read More

Some remarks on the work of the Lord Jesus, with especial reference to the world in which we now live. Romans 5:12. To Adam it was said, "In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die," etc., and death has been the common lot of all from that day to this. In the garden there was no barrier between ... Read More

We just touched on chapter 4 without saying anything of the stones taken out of Jordan. Ques. Some remark was made about the priests' feet being necessarily dipped in first? They had to go into the place of death; and the moment Christ touched the power of death, it was broken. The priests continued... Read More

In the year 1483 in Eisleben, Saxony, a baby boy was born to a poor coal miner. As he grew up and observed the poverty of his father, this boy named Martin chose to pursue a different vocation. He decided to become a lawyer and, in 1501, entered the University of Erfurt, where he excelled in his stu... Read More

WHAT IS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO CHRIST? - Part 1 by Ralph Sutera 1. NOT blessings BUT blesser Philippians 3:7-10; 2:5-8 2. NOT forgiveness BUT fullness Ephesians 3:17-19; John 15:7-11 3. NOT struggle BUT serenity John 14:27 4. NOT happiness BUT holiness I Thessalonians 4:7; II Corinthians 7:1 5. NOT abd... Read More

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Psalm 51 Most believers are in agreement that the redemptive work which is to be accomplished on the earth at this hour i... Read More

Abraham, My Friend The Making of a Praying Man Chapter Three: Entering the land Passing through, going on still… Abraham is on the move. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem. [Gen 12:6] he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent. [Gen 12:... Read More