If Christ came for you right now, would you be ready? Could you look our Father in the eyes, and hold yours steady? Or would you be so ashamed, that you would have to look away; When you're face-to-face with God, do you know what you will say? You will have to give an...
I've heard it said 'there is no God' Or 'no Jesus' I've been told .. And the Bible is just a book of fairy tales, Made up by the saints of old. 'Jesus didn't walk on the water, Nor did he heal anyone,' they said. 'He never cast out demons Or raised Lazarus from the...
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of...
The queue was long but I finally arrived at the desk. The electoral officer turned the page of his book and looked up my name. He had thousands of names there, it was a book with all current addresses of everyone who lived in the area. If your name was not there you...
It will soon be the beginning of a new year. A year that will bring rejoicing and grief, laughter and tears, good times and bad. Will it also mark the year that Christ will return? No one can know, because Jesus tells us that no one knows the day or...
“The peace of God, which passeth all understanding.” (Philippians 4:7) I dreamed it was the day of resurrection. My Mother and Father came up from the grave as I had known them but with a spirit of youthfulness and anticipation. They looked about them for their own...
"So, as the Holy Spirit says: 'Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.'" (Heb. 3:15, Heb. 4:7, Heb. 3:7,8) Sounds like hide 'n seek, doesn't it? While you were still dashing to find a great hiding spot, the person who was "it" finished counting, and...
In last week's lesson on the gates of Jerusalem, we saw that first we must go through the Valley Gate where the trials and tribulations are allowed to uncover the rubbish; then the Dung Gate where the rubbish can be done away with. Next comes the Fountain Gate, the...
"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree; as soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door." (Matthew 24:32-33) Last summer, to my regret, the fig...
In last week's lesson on the gates of Jerusalem, we saw that the Horse Gate not only reminds us that we are all engaged daily in spiritual warfare, but it also reminds of the soon coming of Jesus Christ! We need to be prepared for both, and we can do so by putting on...