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 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 […]
“And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun” (Eccles. 2:18). “Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work and eat their own bread” (2 Thess. 3:12). Various countries celebrate Labor Day. It is a day to remember in some special […]
And Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there are fifty righteous in the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked. Shall […]
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem (II Chron. 9:1–9). “The ends of all the earth shall hear, And turn unto the Lord in fear.” Those words were already being fulfilled in the visit of this stranger at Jerusalem. Isn‘t […]