Moments For You

We have been so captured by the sentiment, warmth, and emotion of the story of the younger son, his wanderings, and the love with which he was accepted on his return, that we have missed what Jesus was raising as the crucial point: How will the older brothers of the... Read more →

“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and... Read more →

“They all with one consent began to make excuse” (Luke 14:18). When a man prepares a feast, men rush in; but when God prepares one they all begin to make excuses and don’t want to go. One of the excuses given in this parable was that the man invited had... Read more →

“At midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him” (Matthew 25:6). Who is the bridegroom? He is the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you believe that Jesus is coming again? Remember in John 14:3 He says, “I will come again, and receive you... Read more →

“John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth One among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.... Read more →

“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Many people, and even common religious liturgies misquote this verse, replacing “sin” with “sins.” Does it really matter? What is the difference? Both the apostles Paul and Peter testify that the Lord Himself bore their... Read more →

What does the term, “the Lamb of God,” mean? Nothing But The Best The Hebrews sometimes refer to something as being “of God” when they mean that it is the greatest, the noblest, the chief of its kind. For instance, they call the cedars, “trees of God,” and thunder is... Read more →

“The throne of God and of the Lamb” (Revelation 22:1). The Lamb is Worthy In Revelation 5 the Apostle John continues the story of the Lamb. John is carried in spirit into Heaven, and there he beholds in the right hand of God a book. The question is addressed to... Read more →

John the Baptist said “Behold the Lamb of God” (John 1:29,36). What does it mean to “behold” something? It means to look at, to observe, or watch it carefully. Who should take a closer look at Jesus? The Careless Sinner Those who live in the neglect of God and of... Read more →

Many years ago there was a true man of God who was the most remarkable preacher on earth. The whole country came to hear him. If such a thing occurred now, it would be considered a great revival. On one occasion, however, we are told that this very same preacher... Read more →

Lamb of God, our souls adore Thee,    While upon Thy face we gaze; There the Father’s love and glory    Shine in all their brightest rays; Thy almighty power and wisdom    All creation’s works proclaim; Heaven and earth alike confess Thee    As the ever great I AM. Son of God, Thy... Read more →

"He began to teach them, that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again" (Mark 8:31). A Multitude of Sufferings Jesus' physical stresses began in Gethsemane the night... Read more →

"We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness" (1 Corinthians 1:23). Since the time of Christ, there has never been an age when the cross was not refused. In the first century ad, Jew and Gentile were at variance with each other in most... Read more →

"About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me" (Matthew 27:46). If you want to know what God really thinks about sin and what He intends to do about it, look... Read more →

"He [God] hath made Him [Jesus] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). This is beyond belief! An innocent man is about to be crushed by God. We have grown accustomed to seeing courtroom... Read more →