After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. He said, May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, a boy is born. That day—may God not care about it . . .” (Job 9:1–3). Many of God’s saints have been sorely tried throughout the history […]
“At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said, Naked I came from my mother’s womb and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised. In all this, […]
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright. He feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred donkeys and had a large number […]
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God.” John 20:28 What a beautiful confession it is! What Bible-believing Christian has not heard or read these words many times? Thomas was one of the twelve apostles. It was a requirement that a disciple and apostle have seen and believe in the resurrected Lord, but Thomas […]
“And the whole multitude of them arose and led him to Pilate.” Luke 23:1 What we see in this action is little compared with that Jesus saw in it and what He suffered on account of it. The accounts of Jesus’ suffering are detailed. They are lengthy compared with many other accounts of His deeds. […]
“And he (Elijah) lay down under a juniper tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink and laid him down again. And […]
And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying, If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtaroths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hands of the Philistines. I Samuel […]
And they shall call His name Immanuel. Matt. 1:23b Joseph did not understand it. But then, who really does? Isn’t all of the work of salvation characterized by the miraculous? Joseph and Mary had been “keeping company” for some time. They were engaged, which means that according to the custom of those days they were […]
Israel is a luxuriant vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself; according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have good pillars. Their heart is divided; how they shall be found faulty; he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. […]
“Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them” (Luke 16:29). Questions about “the Other Side” Who has never thought about what lies on the other side of the grave? Or even, perhaps, asked himself, “Are we sure that there is another side?” Many times the thought has passed through […]