PROFESSING THEMSELVES TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS – Romans 1:22

Without the knowledge of God, man is but “a disease of the agglutinated dust.”

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE OF GOD – 1 John 5

On almost every page of the New Testament, the spiritual foe of Christians is identified, not as a mere principle, but as personal, intelligent, malignant and cunning. Yes, it’s Satan, the Devil, the great dragon, serpent and evil one!

THE TRUE LIGHT OF THE WORLD – Isaiah 60

This prophecy received its highest fulfillment at the coming of Christ, the true Light of the World, which was followed by a great ingathering of the nations to the church of God, the church of Christ.

“ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD” Romans 8

“All things” includes all sufferings, sorrows, infirmities, and everything else of a discouraging and calamitous nature which might befall God’s child on earth.

MYSTERIES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT – Matthew 13

Christ referred to the hidden nature of God’s eternal purpose for man’s salvation. Paul frequently wrote of this, and a more particular attention to that “mystery” can be quite rewarding.

OVERCOMING TRIALS & TEMPTATIONS – COUNT IT ALL JOY – James 1

James could not have meant here that Christians are “to pretend that they get joy out of things which are disagreeable, for that would be an act of insincerity.”

MIRACLE OF STILLING THE TEMPEST – “Peace, be still” – Mark 4

The waves beating into the boat, Jesus asleep in the stern on the boat cushion, the fact that the boat was taking on water at an alarming rate – all these mark the account as authentic.