GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM. MATTHEW 18:1-14 “It is not the will of your Father which is inheaven that one of these little ones should perish.” AFTER the vision in the Holy Mount representing the coming glories of Christ there followed temptation. And this has not been an unusual course of events with the Lord’s people
JOSEPH RULER IN EGYPT. GEN. 41:38-48. Golden Text—”Them that honor me I will honor.”—1 Sam. 2:30. In Egypt we find Joseph making the best of his new and trying circumstances. Having resolved to look upon the brightest side of things and to act upon the right side, he trusted in God and was cheerful and faithful in all his duties, whether they were agreeable
VIEW FROM THE TOWER. Many of the household of faith looking out can see the storm coming upon the world—the “time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation, even to that same time.” (Dan. 12:1) They can see the various brigades preparing for “the battle of the great day of God Almighty.” There
PONDER WELL. THEY STAND OR FALL TOGETHER. —To admit God’s justice, is to admit man’s fair trial, and the justice of the penalty pronounced, destruction. —To admit the justice of the penalty, and the unchangeableness of God’s character, is to admit that the penalty cannot be set aside or remitted. —To admit that the penalty
CONSECRATED BUT NOT CRUCIFIED. Practical illustrations of how some who love the Lord are not crucified with him, may be seen everywhere. Thousands of Christian people (zealous, but not according to knowledge) are striving, each in his own way, to do good. Because their own wills have not been crucified, but still live, they are unable to see clearly God’s will
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