Moments For You

Christ's resurrection is past, but it assures us of the two resurrections yet to come. The first resurrection is reserved for believers, and is unto glory and blessing (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; Revelation 20:5,6). The second resurrection is for unbelievers, and leads only to judgment (Revelation 20:11-15). The Believer's Assurance of... Read more →

Nothing helps the Christian to endure the trials of life so much as the habit of seeing God in everything. If we remember, as we start each day, that the hand of our Father can be traced in every scene—if we could see in the smallest, as well as in... Read more →

Mary wept because the Lord was no longer in the tomb. Instead, she should have wept if He had been there. Had He remained in the grave, we would have been without a Saviour. Does it not show that we often weep senselessly? Jacob said, "All these things are against... Read more →

"Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept" (1 Corinthians 15:20). On the day that Jesus arose, the firstfruit sheaf of the barley harvest was being waved by the High Priest in the Temple, as the representative of the myriads that stood stacked... Read more →

Man, in his preoccupation with the things of the world, is inclined to forget his greatest enemies: Satan, sin, and death. This terrific array of might he is unable to cope with. Hence the purpose of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ into the world—to defeat these invincibles that... Read more →

What is a Miracle? Many definitions are given, but a true miracle is something beyond man's intellectual or scientific ability to accomplish. It is more than a highly improbable event; it injects a new element (the supernatural) into the natural order of things. Four Greek words are used in the... Read more →

"If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." (1 Corinthians 15:14,17). Everything depends upon this one central fact: a risen Christ. His Claims Unfulfilled If Jesus Christ had not risen, what would it have meant so far as He Himself was concerned?... Read more →

"When He had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, He looked up to Heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided He among them all…. And they that did eat of the loaves were... Read more →

"Jesus … whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that He should be holden of it" (Acts 2:24). A stanza from an old hymn says that Jesus Christ "burst the bars" of the grave and "tore its bands away." If a... Read more →

It is clear that the miracles of Christ contain messages about His person, power, and ministry. Sometimes they were also accompanied by specific words to those who witnessed or were blessed by the miracle. Let us look at four of these messages from Luke chapter 8. "Where is your faith?"... Read more →

"Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25). As deep and varied as are the necessities of the believer's soul, they are all met by the death and resurrection of... Read more →

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 5:17,18). There is one miracle which does occur often today.... Read more →

The resurrection is a glorious reality, for we have documentary, institutional, and experiential proofs. It validates the Gospel message, it authenticates faith, it certifies the Christian testimony, it secures the believer's salvation, and it authorizes the Divine program and the great commission. It guarantees the Christian's future resurrection; it gives... Read more →

Before we come to the examination of what Scripture teaches as to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it will be helpful to investigate these few questions: Who is it that could rise from the dead? What kind of life was it that deserved such a distinction? What kind of death... Read more →

"That I may know Him, and the power of his resurrection" (Philippians 3:10). Christian, do you know the power of the resurrection of Christ? Are your thoughts those of one who is risen with Him, set on things above where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God? Are... Read more →