A very prevalent teaching in the midst of the Christian church finds the institution of the Sabbath, not in or before Exodus 16, but, in Exodus 20 with the giving of the law, or the Ten Commandments. Taking these commands, then, as the ‘law of Moses,’ they insist that they are no longer obligatory for the believer today....

“It is not he who sings so well or so many Psalms, nor he who fasts or watches so many days, nor he who divides his own among the poor, nor he who preaches to others, nor he who lives quietly, kindly and friendly; nor, in fine, nor is it he who knows all sciences and languages, nor he who works all virtuous and all good works that ever any man spoke or read of, but it is...

Matthew 10:16 - 'Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.’...

Who is Saul? Why has he received so much attention from the church? Why has he, in fact, received so much attention in the Scriptures? What is the big deal about Saul of Tarsus; who even knows where Tarsus is, or was?...

What was the Ethiopian eunuch reading? The Holy Spirit has informed us through Luke. We are told in unmistakable terms; Now the passage which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth; in his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life i...

What is the promise of which Peter speaks when he informs his auditory that this promise is both for you and for your children? What is the message that he has given his hearers? And to just what was his message a response? Let us have a good look at the context of these things. Acts 2:32-39 provides the important context: This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are w...

Jesus asked His disciples in Matthew 13:51-52, Have ye understood all these things?...

This Weeks Focus Passage: Malachi 3:16 ‘Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another.’ Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah and thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession in th...

This Week’s Focus Passage: John 17:9 ‘I pray not for the world.’ For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. These words of John 3:16 are among the most well-known words of the Bible. It may also be said, or at least suggested, that the chapter and verse, John 3:16, are ...

This Week’s Focus Passage: Revelation 2-3 ‘He [or him] that overcometh.’ ...