Profoundly Simple

There are times when our hunger and thirst for understanding God’s truth can lead us further away from the actual meaning of Scripture. For example, the lawyer in Luke 10:25 – 37 gave Jesus the correct answer about what the great commandment of the law was, but...

Providence, Boaz, Ruth and the Church

As we study through the Old Testament book of Ruth, it is not hard at all to find the beautiful pictures of Christ and His love for His bride the church (Ephesians 5:23-32). Ruth is very much aware of the favor, kindness and comfort that Boaz has shown unto her (Ruth...

Faith, Truth And Love

We have seen how important it is for us to make sure that when a prophet or teacher talks about Jesus, that they are talking about the Christ of Scripture Who is fully God and fully Man (John 1:1,14; Colossians 2:9). John tells us that by this simple test of identity,...

The Nature Of Love

The very nature of love is that it is unselfish. How do I know that? Because God is love (1 John 4:8), and The Almighty is not selfish (John 3:16). I find it interesting that after spending three years on earth as one of Christ’s disciples, John ends his earthly...

The acid test of love

1 John 3.14,15 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 4.20,21 If...