Moments For You

In the Scriptures, we see great variety in the Apostles who are gathered around the Lord Jesus. There is the impulsive Peter, and the reasoning Thomas. There are some like Simon Zelotes who are never prominent, while others like James and John are always in the foreground. Peter is singled... Read more →

“The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). There is one word in this portion of holy Scripture to which we would call your attention. It is the word lost. This is God’s own word, used by Him to describe the... Read more →

“And when Jesus beheld him, He said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone” (John 1:42). For the earliest notice of Simon Peter, we must turn to the first chapter of the Gospel of John. “John stood, and two... Read more →

When a man has broken the laws of his country, and is under a sentence of death, he paces the floor of his gloomy cell, looks through the steel bars, and thinks of the fearful tomorrow. If you could speak to him, what would you say? Would a lecture on... Read more →

“Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the water. And He said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus” (Matthew 14:28,29). How did Peter walk on water? The... Read more →

If possible, read Luke 15. In speaking of Luke 15, J.C. Ryle once said that “There is probably no chapter of the Bible that has done greater good to the souls of men.” Seeking The Lost Jesus was ministering to society’s outcasts: tax collectors, whom everyone hated, and sinners, which... Read more →

“Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God … upon this rock I will build My church” (Matthew 16:16,18). Over the centuries, many artists, sculptors, authors, and others have created magnificent portraits of Jesus Christ. Yet no one has ever drawn a more compelling or accurate picture of... Read more →

“I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned” (Luke 15:18). Think about what the prodigal son lost in all these years. First, he lost his home. As long as he had money, his friends might have invited him around to their... Read more →

If anyone had told Peter on the day of his enthusiastic confession of his Master as “Christ, the Son of the living God” (John 6:69) that the moment would come when he would deny Him with oaths and curses, he would have never believed it. But he did deny the... Read more →

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men” (Matthew 5:13). In ancient times salt was the most important agent... Read more →

“Go your way, tell His disciples and Peter that He goeth before you into Galilee” (Mark 16:7). After the resurrection, an angelic message assures Peter of his place among the disciples. This message was in preparation for a meeting with the Master Himself. Peter is the object of special care... Read more →

“There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth” (Luke 15:10). In Luke chapter 15 we are presented with three parables which speak of God’s grace in seeking the sinner. In one case, the shepherd seeks the lost sheep “until he find it,”... Read more →

“Simon Peter said unto Him, Lord, whither goest Thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow Me afterwards…. Jesus saith unto him … follow thou Me” (John 13:36; 21:22). What is it to follow Christ? It is not to live a... Read more →

“He sought to see Jesus … the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:3,10). There are two exceedingly anxious seekers in this passage, Zacchaeus and the Lord Jesus, and we should not be surprised that they found each other. God’s word... Read more →

Philemon, to whom this book of the Bible is addressed, was a friend of the apostle Paul. He evidently lived at Colosse with Apphia, his wife, and Archippus, his son. Philemon’s house was a meeting place for God’s people, so that Paul could write of “the church in thy house”... Read more →