"Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life." [Gen 45:5] In Genesis, one of the main accounts given is that of Joseph, who was a son of Jacob, and is a major tribe of Israel. Joseph was the first …
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The Free Gift of God’s Glory
"Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall immediately glorify Him." [Jn 13:31-32] These verses say something quite incredible regarding Jesus' life. After it was revealed through …
Sojourning in Sin
We should not be sojourning in a place which is destined for judgment. The Psalms say, "Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!" Kedar is a place whereupon The LORD pronounced judgment. He said, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all …
The Liberty of Christ
2021 Christmas Advent Day 15: The Redeemer visits His people Main Passage: Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for He shall save His people from their sins.God has chosen to name His Son Jesus, which means “Salvation.” For Jesus, the angel said, “shall save His people …
The Merciful Sight of Our Tender Shepherd
"They also do no iniquity: they walk in His ways." [Psalms 119:3] How can it be said that those who "keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart" do not sin? The Holy Spirit clearly states: "they also do no iniquity: they walk in His ways." We know that everyone sins; we …
Walking in The Way
"Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of The LORD." [Psalms 119:1] Blessed are those who are in the path of God's word, who follow that way. What a wonderful statement this is! Yes, we may slip from time to time or lose the path, but what path are we …
His Work of Beauty
Clearing vines and plants that had taken over a fence for an elderly Christian woman. While clearing the plants from out of the fence, we found it was also holding roses. The roses remind me of a few things. One of those is the affliction in our lives that is a result of sin. The …
Avoiding The Desolator
There is a warning given to Nineveh by God over one hundred years after the city repented at Jonah’s prophetic warning of judgment. It is found in Nahum, and reads as follows, “The Disperser/Desolator is come up before thy face: keep the fortified city/bulwarks, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.” …
A Second Prayer to God
I pray to God to heal my wounds,the stink and stench of carnality,for I have destroyed myself but Thoushalt bind up and graciuosly heal;transform me by Thy word; by Thy GoodSpirit let rivers flow and quenchthis thirsty and dry abode, which I have made.May my ever wretched body of deathhave its desires struck with blindness,and …
Our Compassionate Savior
Jesus is willing to make us clean; He is willing to cleanse us and save us from our sins. For this very purpose, Jesus was born: to "save His people from their sins" and "this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." [1 …