OV229 The Golden Rule “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them, for this is the law and the prophets.”—Mat 7:12. “How wise are God’s commands, How just his precepts are!” OUR conception of God measures our highest ideals and principles. Whoever, therefore, has a mean or slipshod
R5989 “THE EARTH TREMBLED”—AND FELL “His lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw, and trembled.”—Psalm 97:4 GOD’S holy Prophets of the Old Testament and of the New give us numerous pictures of our day and the events now taking place in the world. The Psalmist David, taking prophetically a standpoint of observation future from his day
R5897 NON-RESISTANCE OF EVIL “See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but everfollow that which is good, both among yourselves, and toall men.” “Resist not evil.”—1 Thessalonians 5:15; Matthew 5:39. PERHAPS every well-balanced man has a natural disposition to exact justice from those who do him harm. There is a sense of justice apparently in
GOD’S “Great Reset” We hear a lot of talk in the mainstream news and online lately of a proposed “Great Reset.” The idea being put forward by world governments and the highest classes of society – often referred to as “Elites” – is to unify global economies and societies through technology, making the people easier
R5975 A LIVING SACRIFICE ROMANS 12:1-8 THE PURPOSE OF THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS—THE ADVANTAGEOF THE JEW OVER THE GENTILE—THE CAUSE OF ISRAEL’SFAILURE TO GET THE CHIEF BLESSING—THE CALL OF THEGENTILES TO COMPLETE THE ELECT NUMBER OF THE BODYOF CHRIST—ISRAEL’S RETURN TO FAVOR THE SIGNALFOR BLESSINGS UPON THE WHOLE WORLD—THE CHURCHCALLED TO SACRIFICE—VARIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. “Present
R3987 A LESSON ON DIVINE PROVIDENCE EXODUS 2:1-15 Golden Text:—”And Moses was learned in all the wisdomof the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and indeeds.”—Acts 7:22 . OF the greatness of Moses the renowned Gladstone said:— “We have in the history of Moses a great and powerful genius, an organizing, constructing mind. Moses belongs to the
R3149 THE APOSTLE PETER’S EXHORTATION. “Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the endfor the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of JesusChrist; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to theformer lusts in your ignorance; but as he who hath called youis holy,
JOHN 18:1-27 Golden Text:—”Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men.”—Matt. 17:22 . TODAY’S lesson constitutes one of the saddest chapters in history. It reveals to us the depths of human ingratitude, selfishness, weakness, and fear to a remarkable degree. Nevertheless, it is a most helpful lesson to those who
I SAMUEL 17:38-49 Golden Text:—”In the Lord put I my trust.”—Psalm 11:1 . NOT long after David’s anointing he became the hero of a most remarkable battle. The Philistines, residing on the seashore of Palestine, were the enemies of the Israelites from earliest times, and, as we have already seen, they held mastery over them at the
Mark 5:1 MKJV And they came over to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. They came to the eastern shore, but not even there was the Lord destined to find peace or rest. Into the country of the Gerasenes. Matthew in the parallel account says Gadarenes. The explanation is easy. Gerasa,
