“Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.“Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come” (John 7:6, 8 KJV). Three times a year the Jews were required to assemble at Jerusalem forContinue reading “Strange Reserve: God’s Timing Is Everything”
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Ambassadors: Anything or Nothing for Christ
“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.” Romans 15:1. Let the repenting sinner fix his eyes upon “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29); and by beholding, he becomes changed. His fear is turned to joy, his doubtsContinue reading “Ambassadors: Anything or Nothing for Christ”
Channels of Pardoning Love
“Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?“For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look,Continue reading “Channels of Pardoning Love”
The Cause of Controversy
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:“Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:“But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:“And being found in fashion as aContinue reading “The Cause of Controversy”
Doing What Cannot Justly Be Required
“And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?“Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free” (Matthew 17:25, 26 KJV). On returningContinue reading “Doing What Cannot Justly Be Required”
Lesson for Extremes: Unbelief and Faith
“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth” (Mark 9:23, KJV). In a brief space of time the favored disciples have beheld the extreme of glory and of humiliation. They have seen humanity as transfigured into the image of God, and as debased into the likeness ofContinue reading “Lesson for Extremes: Unbelief and Faith”
Unbelief Reversed
“All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37, KJV). The entire night had been passed in the mountain; and as the sun arose, Jesus and His disciples descended to the plain. Absorbed in thought, the disciples were awedContinue reading “Unbelief Reversed”