Jesus teaches us to ask, promising that we will receive. He tells us to seek, saying that we will find, and to knock, confidently assuring us that it will be opened unto us. These promises are found throughout the scriptures. Matthew 7:12,13 IV (KJV) Say unto them, Ask of God; ask, and it shall be[…]
Category: Jesus Christ
Glad Tidings
From the familiar pages of the gospel of Luke comes the story of the shepherds and the angelic herald announcing the birth of Jesus Christ. From the account written by Luke, it seems as if at the very moment the baby Jesus was being wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in the manger the angels[…]
Why weakness
Jesus Christ tells us that He gives us weakness and that He does so for a specific purpose: that we may be humble before Him. I give unto men weakness, that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and[…]
“Why are you so many good things and are not the most important thing of all?”
In a message he gave at a VOM conference in March of 1997, the late Pastor Richard Wurmbrand spoke of a strange personal experience in which he was taken to the high peak of a mountain and asked a curious and delicate question by a celestial being of unspeakable beauty. This heavenly messenger asked Pastor Wurmbrand: [quote]“Why[…]
Why prayer
Many reasons are given in the scriptures for why we are to pray. The reason featured in this post is God’s love and how we receive His love through the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us in the prayer of faith. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord[…]
Why be a doer of God’s Word
Love not the world, neither the things that are of the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all in the world that is of the lusts of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,[…]
Why be baptized
Before ascending into heaven, Jesus Christ gave the following instructions to His disciples. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy[…]
Why be holy
Why be holy… (audio link) Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. (Psalm 73:24) In a brief summary statement in the concluding chapter of the Bible we are told what will become of each of us after the final judgment: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still;[…]
Why remember
All who have fought to obtain and preserve our liberty are worthy of our most honorable remembrance and our recognition offered with sincerest of gratitude. Liberty is ultimately founded in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, the captain of our salvation. Thy name, O Lord, endureth forever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. (Psalm[…]
Why Jesus
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. All power has been given unto Him in heaven and in earth. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the[…]
