Notice that Jesus is ready, when necessary, to spend time with unbelievers. This is a pattern for all Christians. There is a time when the servant of Christ must mix with the ungodly. This doesn’t mean he takes part in their sins, but we are not to be impolite, withdrawing ourselves completely from the world. Much good can be done […]

When the Gospel is put before a man’s soul, it is as if God offers him a lighted candle. It is not enough to hear it, to agree with it, to admire it, and to say it is true. It has to be received into the heart, and obeyed in life. Until this happens the Gospel does him no more […]

The privileges of those who hear and obey God’s Word are great. They are considered by Christ as His close relatives, closer than any connected to Him by flesh and blood. All too often we think that if we had lived when Christ walked the earth, we would be a better Christian than we are now. But the ability for […]