matthew-18:1-9,-proverbs-22:3,-proverbs-22:1

In chapter 18 the great principles proper to the new order of things are made known to the disciples. Let us search a little into these sweet and precious instructions of the Lord. They may be looked at in two ways. They reveal the ways of God with regard to that which was to take the place of the L... Read More

<35009E> 131 Ephesians 1 Here we have the thought of God about us - all that there is of blessing in Him for us. Angels, principalities, and powers, will learn through us the manifold wisdom of God. Then He unfolds it all. First our calling, then God's purpose as to Christ - His place then our inher... Read More

VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation. Evangelical humiliation is a sense that a Christian has of his own utter insufficiency, despicableness, and odiousnesss, with an answerable frame of heart. There is a distinction to be made between a legal and evangelical humiliation... Read More

VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ; or in other words, they naturally beget and promote such a spirit of love, meekness, quietness, forgiveness ... Read More

"We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God." 9th Article of Faith by Joseph Smith ETERNAL PROGRESSION In order to understand the Mormon concept of salvation, one must know... Read More

Jude 1:11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah: ouai autois hoti te hodo tou Kain eporeuthesan (3PAPI) kai te plane tou Balaam misthou executhesan (3PAPI) kai te antilogia tou Kore apol... Read More

Jude 1:7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire: hos Sodoma kai Gomorrha kai ai peri autas poleis ton homoion tropon... Read More

Suffering Wrong - When reconciliation fails by Erwin W. Lutzer Many Christians are trapped, sitting behind walls of animosity and deep-seated anger because of the hurts endured from friends, relatives and members of the wider Christian community. The devil, ever seeking an advantage in his war again... Read More

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood." (Acts 20:28). Though some think that Paul’s exhortation to these elders does prove him their ruler, we who are thi... Read More

Each of us is called as an individual to follow Jesus. Each of us, if the Lord doesn't return in the meantime, will die as an individual. Each of us will stand alone before the judgment seat of Christ. And yet, our individual faith in Jesus will never last if we don't also learn how to have faith to... Read More