Let the shadows pass and summarize the whole suggestiveness by declaring that our High Priest in His one offering for sin meets every aspect of human sin and deals with it. In this strange and wonderful economy of grace the offerings and the oil are provided by the Priest, forfeited life for life forfeit, spiritual power for spiritual death. […]

Like the hireling we must fulfill our day, then at evening we shall have our penny. Too many Christians look for a reward for their labors, and if they meet with success, they begin doting upon it as though they had received their recompense. Like the disciples who returned saying, “Lord, even the devils are […]

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked [Jesus] to show them a sign from heaven. He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ […]

Words and Music by Ken Silva I look out my window, and I see the grey skies; I can see it’s raining and it should come as no surprise Lord, I wandered so far away from You – I was frightened this time You couldn’t pull me through… Oh Lord, You allow some pain into […]

…if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’ … I have made you a watchman for […]

by Steven Mz Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. (Haggai 1:5) Warning after Warning after Warning are given directly to us through the scriptures by God Himself and the Apostles, as well as the prophets of the Old Testament. The ramifications are dire, as we have seen with the history […]

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) Deal much and closely with the fullness of grace that is in Jesus. All this grace in Christ is for the sanctification of the believer. “It pleased the Father that […]

For my strength is made perfect in weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9) A primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God’s work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness. When God’s warrior marches forth to battle, strong in his own might, when he boasts, “I know that […]

Renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10) A backslider, if there be a spark of life left in him will groan after restoration. In this renewal the same exercise of grace is required as at our conversion. We needed repentance then; we certainly need it now. We wanted faith that we might come to […]

Remember therefore from where you are fallen, and repent, and do the first works. (Revelation 2:5) Let the backsliding believer be brought to this first step. “Remember from where you are fallen”—revert to your past history, your former spiritual state—remember your first sorrow for sin, the first joy of its pardon—remember the spring-tide of your […]