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THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God THROUGH FAITH unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.  Wherein ye greatly rejoice THOUGH NOW FOR A SEASON, IF NEED BE, YE ARE IN HEAVINESS THROUGH MANIFOLD TEMPTATIONS: THAT THE TRIAL OF YOUR FAITH, BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN OF GOLD THAT PERISHETH, THOUGH IT BE TRIED WITH FIRE, MIGHT BE FOUND UNTO PRAISE AND HONOR AND GLORY AT THE APPEARING OF JESUS CHRIST : Whom having not seen, ye love; in Whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.” (I Peter 1:3-8).   “Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?”   (St. Luke 18:8).   The most valuable p...
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THE WAY

“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh to the Father, but by Me.” (John 14:6).      Jesus was preparing His disciples for their most difficult test yet: His own crucifixion.   He knew that He would be leaving them and that they would then have to carry the torch of truth and be lights in the world themselves.   Therefore, He told them, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me.” (John 14:1).   Thomas spoke for everyone when he said, “Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?”   (John 14:5)     Jesus’ answer is one of the most profound statements that He uttered.   He said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh to the Father, but by Me.” (v. 6).     Today, we may struggle at times with knowing the right thing to do, or the right way to go with our lives; but it always comes back to the same simple principle: Jesus is the Way, the Tr...
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BLESSED AND BROKEN

"AND WHEN IT was evening, His [Jesus'] disciples came to Him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.  But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.  And they say unto Him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.  He said, Bring them hither to Me.  And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, He blessed, and brake , and gave the loaves to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.  And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.  And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children." (Matthew 14:15-21).   "And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, He looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves , and gave them t...
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