“And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,“They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.“Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?“This they said, tempting him,Continue reading “Torn Robes of Pretended Holiness”
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False Reasoning Blinds
“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself” (John 7:17, KJV). Many who were convinced that Jesus was the Son of God were misled by the false reasoning of the priests and rabbis. These teachers had repeated with greatContinue reading “False Reasoning Blinds”
Knowing Your Foes at Feasts
“He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him” (John 7:18, KJV). All the while Jesus was at Jerusalem during the feast He was shadowed by spies. Day after day new schemes to silence Him wereContinue reading “Knowing Your Foes at Feasts”
Strange Reserve: God’s Timing Is Everything
“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”
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”
Come. Come. Come.
“And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded herContinue reading “Come. Come. Come.”