The special thought to which attention is called in this reading is the idea that an indwelling Christ is the Life and Power of the gospel, and the Life and Power of our experience in the gospel. To many minds this is simply a theoretical idea, something that is talked about; but to have …
If you would stand through the time of trouble, you must know Christ ! . . . and appropriate the gift of His Righteousness, which He imputes to the repentant sinner . . . Human wisdom will not avail to devise a plan of Salvation. “What is justification (righteousness) by faith? — It is the …
Can you hear the Loud Cry beginning to Sound ? Many such will be seen hastening hither and thither, constrained by the Spirit of God to give the Light to those in darkness. The Truth is as a fire in their bones, filling them with a burning desire to enlighten those who sit in darkness …
The Final Conflict – “As the members of the body of Christ approach the period of their last conflict, “the time of Jacob’s trouble,” they will grow up into Christ, and will partake largely of His Spirit. As the third message swells to a loud cry, and as great power and glory attends the closing …
“In Him was Life and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light shineth in the darkness and the darkness comprehended (apprehended) it not !” John 1:4-5 Christ, the Light of the world, dwelling in the hearts (sanctuary) of His followers, constitutes them the Light of the world. Their light comes not from …
“Turn us again, O God (Elohim), and cause Thy Face to shine; and we shall be saved ! O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people ? . . . Mine eyes fail for Thy Salvation (H3444), and for the Word of Thy Righteousness !” Psalm 80:3-4 …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk8swc0YtHE&feature=relmfu] Is it possible that the most popular actors and actresses of the 20th & 21st centuries have been, and are, being used as channels for the power and influence of evil spirits, those fallen angels cast out of heaven with Satan long ago? Listen to the confessions of the Hollywood elite as they describe …
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel (Glad Tidings) of Jesus Christ: for it is the power of GOD unto Salvation to every one that believeth . . . . For therein is the Righteousness of GOD (Jehovah, Yehuwah) revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just (innocent, righteous, holy) shall live …
Not because we see or feel that God hears us are we to believe. We are to trust His promises. When we come to Him in faith every petition enters into the heart of God. When we have asked for His Blessing, we should believe that we receive it, and thank Him that we …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7hDo_PWUac&feature=plcp] “The warnings of the Word of God regarding the perils surrounding the Christian church belong to us today. As in the days of the apostles men tried by tradition and philosophy to destroy faith in the Scriptures, so today, by the pleasing sentiments of higher criticism, evolution, spiritualism, theosophy, and pantheism, the enemy of …
“In that day . . . will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean, yea, from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you . . .
Then the heathen (unbelieving) that are left round about you shall know . . . that I the LORD build the ruined places, and I the LORD plant that which was desolate . . . For I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it !”
– Ezekiel 36:25-56*