The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. Gaius was not only loved by John but “wellbeloved.”  John said, “Whom I love in the truth.” The love that God’s children have for each other is true love because it is in the truth.  Have you ever noticed how abundantly the scriptures […]

Our prayer for the Lords people “Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever”–Psalm 28:9. David in this last verse of this Psalm closes with a sincere and fervent prayer for the Lord’s people. He prays for vital things that we as sinners desperately and constantly need. […]

Jacobs Altar – El-elohe-Israel And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel (Genesis 33: 20). After more than twenty years Jacob returns to the place he fears the most. His last memory of this place was his brothers oath to slay him and each step he takes he knows his brother is thundering […]

Christ our Rule Galatians 6:16 “And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them.” And what is this rule we walk by? The Law? No. It is this, “God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14). Truly, this is the believer’s rule […]

Our Substitute II Corinthians 5:24 “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” What a grand declaration in the heart of a helpless sinner! That the Father has charged my guilt to his Son and has given me […]

This sacred anointing (J. C. Philpot, “The Unction of the Holy One”) “But you have an anointing from the Holy One.” 1 John 2:20 Wherever the anointing of the Holy One touches a man’s heart it spreads itself, widening and extending its operations. It thus communicates divine gifts and graces wherever it comes. It . […]

‘If You Be Circumcised’ Joe Terrell Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. (Galatians 5:2) It is a man’s guilt that makes Christ necessary for Him; but it is a man’s righteousness that will render Christ ineffective for him. The blood of Christ is the remedy […]

LEAN HARD! “Cast your burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain you.” Psalm 55:22 It is by an act of simple, prayerful faith we transfer our cares and anxieties, our sorrows and needs, to the Lord. Jesus invites you come and lean upon Him, and to lean with all your might upon that arm […]

When He is Nothing For if any man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself- Galatians 6:3 If we can learn that we are NOTHING, then we have learned something. But if we think we are something, then we have learned nothing. Scripture says so. Scripture says if we think ourselves […]

Doing And Teaching Matthew 5: 19:…But whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Only the believer understands how holy, just and good the law of God is; only the believer establishes the law through faith in Christ; only the believer has a God-wrought desire to […]