Something for Which We Thank God
“I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” -Isa. 43:25 Maybe I should have entitled this, “One of a Thousand Things for Which We Should Thank God.” Really, there are two definite acts of divine grace addressed in this power-packed verse that describe key elements of our redemption. The blotting out of our transgressions and God’s wondrous forgetfulness speak volumes as to how God justifies the sinner. All of this is ours by the sacrifice of His Son on...
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“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” -Rev. 19:16 In a European Kingdom, centuries ago, a wise and powerful king would assume the garb of a peasant and mingle with his people. He wanted to see how his subjects really fared. He toured through his domain to stay in touch with reality. Stopping one day at an inn, he overheard a fellow traveler ask the innkeeper, “Who is that fellow?” “Only some beggarly peasant” came the curt reply. The disguised...
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“Truly this was the Son of God.” -Matt. 27:54 Hanging on the cross, suspended between Heaven and earth, good and evil, life and death, is this Man. Some say He was merely a carpenter’s son. Others call Him a charlatan or even a liar. Some thought He was John the Baptist resurrected and some an Old Testament prophet revitalized in the form of this Man. They all had their thoughts, suspicions or hopes. Like Peter before him and even some devils from Gadara, this centurion and his companions had it right-He was the Son of God! I...
read moreThe Lord, Our Enemy
“The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.” -Lam. 2:5 Now what would turn God into the enemy of His children? What would cause his great love to dissolve in anger and vitriol toward His beloved land? (vs. 1). You are absolutely right if your answer is sin and disobedience! If your answer is some mushy-gushy, namby-pamby reply about “the God of love would...
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“Train up a child in the way he should go.” -Prov. 22:6 Michael was eight years old, and he had often observed his parents witnessing for Christ. One day, while in a park with his mother and some other children, he saw a man reading a book. “Do you know how to get to heaven?” he inquired. The man seemed to very startled and quickly replied, “No…I’ve never been asked. What makes you ask?” Michael explained that if he didn’t know how to get to Heaven, he was going to Hell. He said Hell was a...
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“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” -Ps. 119:130 I was preaching in Kilgore, Texas, and the pastor took me to the library on the campus of LeTourneau University in Longview. We dove into the archives and saw Billy Sunday’s preaching Bible and many other interesting artifacts from a bygone day in America’s religious life. I came across an old paper whose masthead read FUNDAMENTALIST! It was the information tool of DR. J. Frank Norris. The paper was dated Friday, September...
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