Read Luke 18:9-14 here: https://egwwritings.org/read?panels=p14175.52430&index=0 No man can of himself understand his errors. “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9. The lips may express a poverty of soul that the heart does not acknowledge. While speaking to God of poverty of spirit, the heart may be swellingContinue reading “Lord, Take My Heart”
Category Archives: Forgiveness
Who’s Your Lord?
“And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light” (Luke 16:8 KJV). The worldly man [“the Lord” in this parable] praised the sharpness of the man who had defrauded him. But the rich man’s commendation wasContinue reading “Who’s Your Lord?”
Love Draws
“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee” (Jeremiah 31:3, KJV) (Read Luke 15:11-32, the parable of the prodigal son.) What a picture here of the sinner’s state! Although surrounded with the blessings of His love, there isContinue reading “Love Draws”
Satan Condemns, GOD Justifies the Righteous
“The Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan, even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?” (Zechariah 3:2, KJV). The work of Satan as an accuser began in heaven. This has been his work on earth ever since man’s fall, andContinue reading “Satan Condemns, GOD Justifies the Righteous”
You Shall Be Clean
“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you” (Ezekiel 36:25 KJV). In the whole Satanic force there is not power to overcome one soul who in simple trust casts himself on Christ. “He giveth power to theContinue reading “You Shall Be Clean”
Righteousness As A Mighty Stream
“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream” (Amos 5:24 KJV). The flowing of the water from the rock in the desert was celebrated by the Israelites, after their establishment in Canaan, with demonstrations of great rejoicing. In the time of Christ this celebration had become a most impressive ceremony.Continue reading “Righteousness As A Mighty Stream”
The Sower of Good Seed
“And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepnessContinue reading “The Sower of Good Seed”