Understanding Terrestrial and Celestial Glory
“There are celestial bodies and there are terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another” (1 Corinthians 15:40 RSV).In 1 Corinthians 15:35-55,...
View ArticleThe Posture of Obedience
“As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and lo, a dread and great darkness fell upon him” (Genesis 15:12).“And when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep...
View ArticleDamascus, 444, and the End of the Age
A few years back (around 2005) I purchased a book entitled “Number in Scripture,” by E.W. Bullinger. As I began to read it, and open my mind to the concepts therein, I was particularly struck by the...
View ArticleThe Error of Balaam
“Accursed children; forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed THE WAY of Balaam” (2 Peter 2:14-16).“They...have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain [it offers them,...
View ArticleSpiritual Sight
“Faith is ... the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]” (Hebrews 11:1).“The issue of spiritual sight is...
View ArticleSobs of Sorrows to Tearless Joy
“Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad” (Ecclesiastes 7:3).On my road to recovery—from a slavish ruling Adamic nature to a soul gently governed by...
View ArticleThe Duck and the Fox
“Lest…one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow”—2 Corinthians 2:7August 5, 2009: For many days now, a mother duck has been laying on her eggs just to the left of my front door in the underbrush...
View ArticleThe Treasures of the Hail
Hast thou seen THE TREASURES OF THE HAIL, which I have reserved against the day of trouble [for the days of battle and war]? (Job 38:22-23).In reference to this verse of scripture, A. B. Simpson said,...
View ArticleThe Shadow of Egypt
“‘Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, ‘Who take counsel, but not of Me, and who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, that they may add sin to sin; who walk to go down to Egypt, and have not...
View ArticleOpening the Rock
“He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it ran in the dry places like a river” (Psalm 105:41). In the tortuous book of Job, we read of man discovering value deep inside the recesses of the rock of...
View ArticleThe Wicked Land
“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated” (Romans 9:13).“A prophesy: the word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. ‘I have loved you,’ says the Lord. But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ ‘Was not Esau...
View ArticleThe Image of God in the Full Expression of Man
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27).Man is the undifferentiated word used to describe both the male and female...
View ArticleThe Paradoxical Concept of Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is perhaps one of the most paradoxical concepts effecting the Christian soul. On one hand, we are unambiguously to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Jesus; on the other hand,...
View ArticleI Heard Hannah!
Other than the last paragraph and the last verse of scripture quoted, I wrote this article in 2016. Today— (6/9/2019)—I added those extra words. I sensed the entire article (re-written) was pertinent...
View ArticleThat Basic Sin of Unbelief
“Whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Romans 14:23).In T. Austin-Sparks’ book, “The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus,” he explains how the law of life operated in many of our forefathers;...
View ArticleForsaking All Others
Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: forget your people and your father’s house; then the King will desire your beauty. because he is your Lord, bow down to him” (Psalm...
View ArticleThe Explanation of the Cross
“For the preaching of the cross … is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18).“But, brethren, if I still preach circumcision [as some accuse me of doing, as necessary to salvation], why am I still...
View ArticleThe Indomitable Child of God
“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4 KJV).Note this verse in the Amplified: “For everyone born of God is...
View ArticleThe Fringes of His Ways
“Yet these are just THE FRINGES OF HIS WAYS [mere samples of His power], the faintest whisper of His voice! Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?” (Job 26:14 AMP).“The faintest...
View ArticleRemoving the last vestiges of the Amorites
The Promised Land is distinctly on the Canaan side of the river Jordan, that land that corresponds symbolically to the idea of heaven and heavenly bliss. In Joshua, chapter 24—in Joshua’s last address...
View ArticleThe Glory of His Grace
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the...
View ArticleThe Sacrifices of God
“THE SACRIFICES OF GOD are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise” (Psalm 51:17).Another way of saying that THE SACRIFICES (plural) OF GOD are a broken spirit...
View ArticleThe Peril of Unbelief at the Brink of Breakthrough
“...the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died” (2 Kings 7:20 NIV).“Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him, but he is a child without wisdom; when the time arrives, he doesn’t have the...
View ArticleA Commentary on One Verse (Psalm 68:6)
“God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,Only the rebellious dwell in a parched [dry] land” (Psalm 68:6 NASB).Many years ago I prophesied loudly from the back of the...
View ArticleLeaving Ur of the Chaldeans
“If … the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matt. 6:23).“And … Abram … went forth … from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan … Now the Lord said to Abram,...
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