REVELATION 2:8-11 The word “tribulation” in this passage is very strong. This is not speaking of the time of the Tribulation (Rev. 6-19) but of a particular kind of suffering. They were under the pressure of persecution. It was a very severe test, and some of them may have thought...

REVELATION 2:1-7 Christ said to Ephesus that there was some love for Him, but the first love was gone. He appreciated their labors and the fact that they had kept their house doctrinally clean. He commended them for their good works, but He could not in faithfulness to them overlook...

REVELATION 1:9-20 In this glorious picture of Christ, He is represented as being completely clothed down to the foot. This was the opposite of Adam who, when he sinned, found himself to be naked. Our Lord was stripped of His clothing when He died for us on Calvary, but now...

ACTS 4:8-14 A witness is one who has personal knowledge of some person or event. We who are born again have personal knowledge of Christ. If we do not know Him, we are not born again. The person who has experienced the new birth is a new creation in Christ...

JOHN 15:17-27 Through the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to bear witness of the Saviour. This promise was made by our Lord to His disciples before His ascension: “And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem....

ROMANS 8:22-28 Our difficulties in prayer also show up in our lack of power and faith. Of course, if our prayers are selfish, inconsistent and lacking in spiritual understanding, they cannot be powerful. But more than that, they are empty because they are not supported by faith. Without faith we...

1 JOHN 5:1-13 We need the Holy Spirit to help us pray. Our own prayers tend to be selfish. It is natural for us to concentrate our prayers only on our own desires and needs. A large part of our praying is concerned with our families or our own personal...

JOHN 14:12-17 Each member of the Trinity has a distinct role in prayer. The Father waits at the throne of grace to hear the prayers of us who trust His Son. The Lord Jesus Christ is our Advocate in the presence of God the Father. The Holy Spirit, on the...

ISAIAH 6:1-8 The Bible has a great deal to say about the conscience. Much is said to believers with regard to the conscience. For example, Paul wrote in Romans 9:1, “Say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost.” The apostle...

GALATIANS 5:1-7 The law of Christ is a law of liberty, a law of freedom made operative through the Spirit of God within us. Nothing in our sin nature could produce a godly life. Indeed, it is opposed to righteousness. It is void of all power to do what pleases...