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THE GREAT TRIBULATION

There isn’t any doubt that there has been much tribulation suffered by the Christian Church over the centuries.   From the time that Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven in the sight of all His disciples, the world has persecuted the Church.   Before His departure, Jesus plainly told His followers, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).   He also told them, “Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord.  If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you...” (John 15:20).     Initially, it was the Jews who threatened the early Church, gradually stepping up the intensity of their persecution until they were imprisoning and martyring believers for the Gospel of Christ.   Before his conversion to the faith, Saul (who later became the Apostle Paul) received permission from the Jewish leadership in Jerusalem to round up Christians to...
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IF THE SON SHALL MAKE YOU FREE

"And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians...Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.  Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people the children of Israel out of Egypt." (Exodus 3:7-10).   The eyes of the Lord are always upon the righteous, and His ears are ever open to hear their cry (Psalm 34:15; 1 Peter 3:12).   He sees our afflictions just as surely as He saw the afflictions of His people in Egypt; and He understands the burdens and sorrows that we carry because of the taskmasters that enslave us in this life, and in this world.   God wants us to be in this world, but not of this world.   Knowing that whoev...
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STIRRING UP THE NEST

We are creatures of habit.   We all have our routines which we cherish and protect.   Some habits are good, like reading the Bible or praying at a certain time each day; but other habits are not so good (do I really have to name them?).   Even our good habits can get in the way of God's will if we become so rigid that we will not allow anything to interfere with our routine.   Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and scribes in His day saying, "This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.  For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition ." (Mark 7:6-9).   Whenever we get too set in our ways, we are in danger of quenching the Spirit in our live...
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