And without faith it is impossible to please Him. HEBREWS 11:6 NASB We may separately consider faith as being implied in what it means to be altogether a Christian. Yet faith cannot actually be separated from the love of God and of our neighbor. It is, rather, the ground of both. Very excellent things are…
Read More“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” MATTHEW 22:39 The second thing implied in our being altogether a Christian is the love of our neighbor. Our Lord said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” If any ask, “Who is my neighbor?” we reply, “Everyone in the world; every child of His who is the…
Read More“Love the Lord your God with all your heart.” MATTHEW 22:37 NASB We come, second, to what is implied in being altogether a Christian. First, the love of God. So says His Word: “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with…
Read MoreHolding to a form of godliness. 2 TIMOTHY 3:5 The almost Christian shuns all evil, does all possible good, observes the means of grace, and possesses sincerity of heart—a real design to serve God, a hearty desire to do His will—a sincere view of pleasing God in conversation, in all that is done or left…
Read More“You almost persuade me to become a Christian.” ACTS 26:28 NKJV Ever since the rise of Christianity, many in every age and nation have stood with King Agrippa in his words to the apostle Paul: Almost persuaded to be a Christian. However, since it avails nothing with God to go only thus far, it is…
Read MoreIt is with your heart that you believe and are justified. ROMANS 10:10 NIV Friend, come up higher! Do not be content with good works: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the fatherless and widowed in their affliction, or the sick and those in prison, and the stranger. Do you preach the truth of…
Read MoreExamine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. 2 CORINTHIANS 13:5 NIV It closely concerns every one of us to apply personally and practically our Lord’s teachings about building upon a sure foundation. We each need to diligently examine what foundation we have built upon, whether on a rock or on…
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Read More“And the rain…the floods…the winds…slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.” MATTHEW 7:25 Let not even the one who builds on the everlasting Rock of Ages think that there will be no more warfare. He or she is not out of the reach of…
Read MoreJesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. HEBREWS 13:8 The Lord Jesus Christ is fitly called the everlasting Rock of Ages for He changes not. To Him, both the men of God of old and the apostle citing His words bear witness: “ ‘You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of…
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