“And behold I am with thee; . . . I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.” Genesis "28":15 God is an acting God. We may think that hearing sound doctrine is the only means of grace, but His means are "practical": the chastening of experience, […]
“Arise, get thee to Zarephath; . . . behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.” 1 Kings "17":9 Because of our proneness to look at the bucket and forget the fountain, God has frequently to change His means of supply to keep our eyes fixed on the source. So the heavens
“And I also say unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.” Matthew "16":18 Remember that shortly after this, the Lord had to say to Simon Peter, “Get behind me, Satan.” How could a man overcome by Satan be used to build up a Church against which the
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” John "14":13 We find in John chapters 14, 15, and 16 that the Lord constantly uses the phrase “in My name.” Not only does this indicate to us that He will receive from the
“And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.” 2 Samuel "6":14 Michal, the daughter of Saul, saw her husband dancing before the ark of God and despised him in her heart. He ought, she believed, to maintain his dignity as king, just as her own father
“But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace to reveal His Son in me…” Galatians "1":15-16 God had set Paul apart before he was born. Even the profession he learned before his conversion was preplanned. God works like that. All
“For this moreover will I be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them.” Ezekiel "36":37 God is here expressing His purpose to increase the house of Israel like a flock. Those unacquainted with Him will ask why, if He wants to do this, He does not Himself simply give the
“He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” John "14":9 The great message of the Bible is that the Word became flesh. There was a time when we did not know what grace and truth were. But today grace is no longer an abstraction, for in the life of the Lord Jesus, we have
“And he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron and upon the hands of his sons and waved them for a wave offering before Jehovah.” Leviticus "8":27 In this sacrificial ritual, the blood so placed on Aaron and his sons was taken from “the ram of consecration.” When this had been done, then into
“Suddenly there shone round about him a light out of "heaven": and he fell upon the earth.” Acts "9":3-4 Real light from heaven is more than knowledge. It is the discovery of the Lord Himself. Whoever sees Him sees light; and if we really see light, we will fall to the ground. Instruction does not
