Jesus made it clear that the Son is to be worshiped as well as the Father, “that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent Him” (John 5:23-24, NIV). The late Dr. M.R....
You and I are not going to heaven until we die or until our Lord returns. In the meantime, we have a marvelous encouragement because today we are seated with Christ in the heavenly places in a position of authority and victory. While we have not seen God’s glory as...
Nutritionists tell us that diet can certainly affect vision. This is especially true in the spiritual realm. The unsaved person is in the dark because Satan has blinded his mind. A person has to be bom again before his eyes are opened and he can see the kingdom of God....
An elderly woman fell and broke her leg while attending a summer Bible conference. She said to the pastor who visited her, “I know the Lord led me to the conference. But I don’t see why this had to happen! And I don’t see any good coming from it.” Wisely,...
REVELATION 2:18-29 There were some good people in the Church of Thyatira. The Lord knew their works, all the hard work they were doing and the love that was the basis for it and their faithfulness to Him. He saw all they did even to their giving of a cup...
REVELATION 2:12-17 The Lord knows all about our living conditions, the temptations to which we are exposed and the motives that govern our conduct. He can judge us correctly. This is a factor we must bear in mind with regard to our evaluating another person’s actions. We need to know...
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...