Rom 11:16-18 "For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and...
The other day in church, before the service started, I noticed two children playing a game which had occupied many hours for my sister and me when we were children. We called it “ Hangman’s noose.” Blank spaces were drawn at the bottom of the page denoting the number...
A few years ago, many country people in Australia relied on a water bag for daily drinking water. It was a canvas bag measuring about twelve by fifteen inches and it had a porcelain mouthpiece with a cork, or later a screw-cap. Somehow a wire hangar was fixed through...
The Engrafted Word - Illustrated Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A...
"I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer." (Luke 22:15 NIV) "In the same way after supper He took the cup saying 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this whenever you drink it, in remembrance of Me. For whenever you eat...
"For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God." (Romans 8:7,8) “The mind being set on the flesh” is a mind of an unbeliever. If one does not believe in the...
"In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." (John 14: 2,3 NIV) My...
I tried to describe a kaleidoscopic sunrise. It enveloped we who watched it, took us into itself and made us a part of its towering beauty. But words written on a piece of paper could not convey the real splendour of our experience. They could only stimulate and...
Dear Friends, Permit me to make you play the game “spot the differences”. Can you find differences in the seemingly identical 2 paragraphs below? I am Suresh Manoharan a sinner saved by the Almighty’s grace and living by His grace for the last 27 years. Even...
Last week, in Lessons from Ezekiel's Temple, Part 14, we discovered that the trees planted by the waters that pour forth from Ezekiel's temple represent each and every Christian. As long as we remain rooted and grounded in Christ, we will bear fruit, and that fruit...