PRAYER FOR RESCUE FROM YOUR ENEMIES – Psalms 35
“The destruction” (Psalms 35:8) is not a reference to the destruction of his enemies, but to the destruction of their purpose of killing David. Note that it is the destruction with,not of them.
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SATAN – god OF THIS WORLD – 2 Corinthians 4
Satan is NOT a god properly, but is merely one in reference to those who have sinfully made him such.
THE GREAT BIBLICAL MYSTERIES – 1 Corinthians 2
The mystery of the Christian religion far surpasses anything affected in the mysteries of the Greeks, and notably in the fact of its having been foreordained in God’s purpose even before the creation of the world.
ARMAGEDDON – Revelation 16
John means the place of the final struggle between the powers of evil and the kingdom of God. And where is any such place if it is not in the hearts of people? Everywhere in the New Testament, the element of victory through judgment is an inescapable aspect of Christ’s total work. This battle is between the truth in Christ and the evil propaganda of Satan, and the truth of Christ will win.
THE COMPULSORY REQUIREMENT OF SECRECY – Matthew 6
The tragic consequences of failure to observe this principle of secrecy are today clearly visible on a national scale where the state’s ostentatious helping of the poor has degraded millions who, stripped of every dignity, must stand in line, bare the innermost secrets of their souls to “case workers,” and finally sink into a state of permanent and professional poverty and the complete abandonment of self-esteem, self-reliance, and responsibility.
THE TOWER OF BABEL – Genesis 11
In this second instance of the Hardening of mankind, it also began with the shameful wickedness of Canaan: but the eventual exaltation of man against his God became general in the events associated with the Tower of Babel and once more became so serious that the situation demanded God’s direct interference with it.
JESUS CHRIST – THE LIVING STONE – Romans 9
With reference to this metaphor itself, a stone is among the most interesting things on earth; and every stone has a life story, the mystery of which encompasses the most fantastic dimensions of time and space.
WHERE WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR GLORY? – Isaiah 10
Every mortal who gives his life to the amassing of treasures, the pursuit of power, or in chasing the butterflies of happiness supposed to lie at the foot of some fantasy rainbow – every such mortal should ask himself, “What are you going to do with it?”
WHAT ARE EARTHEN VESSELS? – 2 Corinthians 4
The thought of this verse is that God entrusted the gospel to people who had none of the trappings of earthly power and honor, in order that the great success of the gospel would not be accredited to its messengers as men, but unto the eternal God who inspired them.
IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION – Genesis One – Part Three
Based upon what the holy text says, the creative act of Day 4 was the positioning of our solar system by Divine fiat in such a manner as to provide the environment for humanity.
IN THE BEGINNING: CREATION – Genesis One – Part One
Creation is not myth, because it carries within it a credibility that never belonged to any myth. It is not science, because it deals with the BEGINNING, which no science has ever even attempted to describe.
GOD’S WISDOM AND POWER CONTRASTED WITH THAT OF MEN – Job 12
Job 12:13 states that, “With God is wisdom”; and Job here offered that as a correction to the stupid notion that aged men are necessarily wise. Wisdom is not with the `old men’ of our world, but with God.
THE CHARACTER, ATTITUDE, AND THOUGHT-PATTERNS OF WICKED MEN – Psalms 10 – Romans 3
The wicked man does not change his plans but with relentless determination moves toward his carnal goals in which, he seems to prosper in all of them.
BLESSED ASSURANCE – HOPE OF ETERNAL GLORY IN HEAVEN – Psalms 88
Our lives upon earth are only a moment compared to the ceaseless ages of eternity; and our attitude during the very worst of experiences should be the same as that of Job, who cried, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust him” (Job 13:15)
SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD – Hebrews 12
This verse is a rhetorical accumulation of terms to express the whole mental nature of man on all sides.