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THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REFUSED

"The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.  This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes." (Psalms 118:22).   "Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?  For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not." (Isaiah 53:1-3).   It is incredible to think that the very children of God, the Israelites, who searched the scriptures continually and who looked for the signs of the coming of their Messiah, could miss His appearing altogether.  Even when they were told plainly that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God, they not only were blind to the facts and the prophecies, but the...
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THE FEAR OF THE LORD

"Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.  Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.  But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ?  Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.  The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.  It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.  It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.  Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding ?" (Job 28:1, 2, 12-16, 20).   In this 28th chapter of the book of the Bible that is named for him, Job is merely vocalizing something which men have wondered about since the beginning of their history on earth.  "Where shall wisdom be found?"  If metals, both precious and common, can be found in secret veins that run t...
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WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR FAITH...

After John the Baptist was arrested and cast into prison by King Herod, Jesus left His childhood home of Nazareth and went into Galilee to the city of Capernaum to live.   From there, He traveled throughout Galilee preaching the Gospel in their synagogues and working miracles.   Afterwards, the Lord returned to Capernaum.   Word spread quickly that He was there, and soon, the house was filled with people who wanted to see and hear Him.   It was so crowded that folks were spilling out of the doorways. (Mark 2:1, 2).   At some point, four men arrived who were carrying another man on some sort of couch or bed.   When they had surveyed the situation, they assessed that the only way they were going to be able to bring their friend before Jesus would be to break up a section of the roof and lower him down before the Lord.   I can only imagine the stir it must   have caused inside the house as the people watched the ceiling opening up above them and ...
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