"In the beginning God". And anything that reckons to begin without God is sure to fail. The Bible is the book of the Lord. It reveals the mind of God to the heart of man and is a signpost accurately directing man back to the path from which he has wandered. Our world is God's ... Read more
"God has granted you all those who sail with you". That is, they will not perish in this hurricane. This was part of the promise God gave to His servant Paul when He told him he would reach Rome safely. How many times must those without thought for God receive special favour because of the ... Read more
"he who does not believe the Son shall not see life". Life as we know it now is not the best God has for us. The sorrow and suffering as a result of the sin and evil in the world make that very plain. And then this life is very short. Call it life if ... Read more
"Surely the day is coming". It is the Day of Judgment when punishment will be meted out to the evildoer. This is God's word and it stands in spite of any opinion to the contrary. Unbelief either in God or in His word does not alter the truth. Unbelief only deprives a person of God's ... Read more
"We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak". Becoming strong in the faith carries with it the responsibility to help weaker brethren. You don't ask a man why he has fallen: you lift him to his feet again. And if you can catch him before he falls and prop him ... Read more
"the speck … the log". Jesus' complaint addressed to His hearers was that they magnified the speck until it was larger than a log and ignored the log to the extent they considered it no more than a speck. This practice has not died out. The speck or blemish in our brother's character so aggravates ... Read more
"They zealously affect you, but not well". Zeal should not be mistaken for truth. Many are keen to lead us astray, usually for their own ends. Some are so enslaved that they seek nothing other than gain for their master, the Devil. You do not need to look far to find those whose keenness has ... Read more
"But what did you go out to see? ". Folk will look at what interests them. The crowd on this hill were there to see or hear any new thing that was going. The inhabitants of Gadara went out to see what was done to the demoniac who lived in the tombs. The mass visitors ... Read more
"only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life". No better analogy of the Great Judgment Day than that the books will be opened. In our age of information technology it should be no surprise to realise that God keeps a record of all that has taken place. The gospel message has been ... Read more
"Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out". This request voiced by the foolish maidens ranks among those not granted. "Go and buy it for yourselves" was the quick reply, but regrettably it was too late. "Send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my ... Read more