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Our Lord charged his followers, “All power [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, IContinue reading “An Open Door”

The Apostle John records for us that at the end of the age “another angel [will] fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give gloryContinue reading “Fear God and Worship Him”

As the children of Israel were preparing to enter the promised land, Moses set before them God’s expectations for them in the land. One of those areas of God’s concern dealt with caring for the poor. “If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates inContinue reading “Remember the Poor for the Lord’s Sake”

In Psalm 90, Moses displayed the insignificance of man’s existence against the backdrop of the eternal God. He testified that all mankind throughout all of man’s existence lived out their lives in complete dependence upon God, the Creator. “LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, orContinue reading “Teach Us to Number Our Days”

In the week preceding Jesus’ crucifixion, the Scriptures record the Pharisees “watched him…that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor” (Luke 20:20). On one occasion they asked him, saying, “Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thouContinue reading “Render Unto God”

The key to a successful life is seeing things the way that God sees them and then following his way. Why is it important to see as God sees? There are two reasons. First, the “whole world lieth in the power of the evil one” (I John 5:19). Christ tells us this evil one, Satan,Continue reading “Seeing as God Sees”

We are familiar with the character Job in the Bible. God permitted Satan to persecute Job with the loss of family, possessions, and health in order to move Job to sin against God. Yet Job would not charge God with wrong doing. Even so, God used this trial to teach Job to rest in hisContinue reading “Job’s Example of Suffering”

Early in the week of Jesus’ crucifixion, the gospel writer Luke records an incident that merits our attention today. “And he [Jesus] went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer; but ye haveContinue reading “To the Law and to the Testimony”

The Psalmist had this testimony pertaining to God. “He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death” (Psalm 68:20). In this brief statement he addresses a singular distinction about God compared to the false gods of the world. He testifies that our God isContinue reading “This Is Our God”

As Jesus was nearing Jerusalem prior to the week of his crucifixion, our Lord spoke a parable “because they [his disciples] thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear” (Luke 19:11). The disciples eagerly anticipated that Jesus, their Messiah, would deliver them from Rome and establish his kingdom. They did not figure on JesusContinue reading “The Parable of the Pounds”