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AN OFFERING THAT IS WELL-PLEASING

“Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.  Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.” (Isaiah 1:2-4).   My wife and I recently heard a preacher delivering a message to a large group of young people.  His text was from Luke chapter 6 which reads: “And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46).  He said that Jesus often challenged the commitment of those who were following Him.  It was disciples that He was after, not just those who would follow when it was convenient for them – or wouldn’t follow Him at all.  To call Jesus our Lord and our Mast...
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CHARIOTS OF FIRE

In the sixth chapter of 2 Kings is the story of Elisha the prophet and his young servant who both needed deliverance from a great peril that they found themselves in.   God was faithful to His servants and sent a mighty deliverance in a unique and unprecedented way.   God is no less faithful toward you and me today.   When we find ourselves in difficulties, temptations, trials, or great peril; we can rely on the promises that God has given us in Christ Jesus to lead us to victory.   “Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.  And the man of God [Elisha the prophet] sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.  And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.” (2 Kings 6:8-10).   The king of Israel at...
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THE VOICE OF THE LORD

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” (John 10:27).    “Every one that is of the truth heareth My voice.” (John 18:37).   “And this voice which came from heaven we heard...” (2 Peter 1:18).   God wants every one of His children to learn to hear and recognize the voice of his Master and Lord.  God delights to speak to His children and to have them speak to Him.  It is this intimate relationship – this divine fellowship – which God has desired from the dawn of creation.  Man lost that close relationship with God by Adam’s fateful error; but now, in Christ Jesus, it is regained.   When the Lord called Paul to serve Him, He sent a disciple by the name of Ananias to lay hands on Paul to restore his eyesight and speak these words to him: “ The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know His will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of His mouth.  For thou shalt be His wit...
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