For those of us who are Christians, we are sojourning in a strange land. That land is this world. It is good for us to keep in mind that this world is not our home. Just as the saints of old, "desire[ed] a better country, that is, an heaveny," [Heb 11:16] so we do as …
Tag: exhortation
The Affliction of Joseph
Do the various afflictions of the church grieve you? When congregations do not glorify Jesus, become lukewarm, or begin to stray from a literal and serious interpretation of God's word, for example, does it grieve you? One of the condemnations The LORD gave to Jerusalem that led to their captivity/judgment was that they were "not …
Making Yourself Poor
If you seek to make yourself rich on this earth, in reality you have nothing, though you may obtain and possess many physical things. On the other hand, if you make yourself poor on this earth, by giving your things and money away, you will have great riches in heaven. Both states cannot be true. …
Blessed Be His Glory
Ezekiel was a very interesting prophet. They all were, but among the prophets, The LORD really had Ezekiel do some off-the-wall things. Today, notice something very early in Ezekiel's ministry, something that happened to him very near to his calling from God. "Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice …