May 25 “…go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone.” (Mt. 18:15b) Someone has done or said something which has offended you or bothered you in some way. The Bible says to go and tell him his fault, but you don’t want to do it; it’s too difficult. So you start brooding…
May 24 “Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished.” (Prov. 13:11) “You may have already won $100,000!” With this and similar come-ons, we are constantly barraged by the temptation to participate in some form of gambling. The housewife shopping in the supermarket is enticed by the latest sweepstakes. The average citizen is encouraged to send…
May 23 “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” (John 17:21) Twice in His great high priestly prayer, our Lord prayed that His people might be one (verses…
May 22 “Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” (Isa. 2:22) When we give a man or woman the place in our life that only God should have, we are in for a bitter disappointment. We will soon learn that the best of men…
May 21 “Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” (John 12:24) One day some Greeks came to Philip with the noble request, “Sir, we would see Jesus!” But why did they want to see Him? Perhaps they wanted to…
May 20 “…no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved.” (Lu. 5:37, 38) The bottles referred to here were actually containers made from the hides of…
May 19 “…the judgment of God is according to truth.” (Rom. 2:2) God is the only One in the universe who is perfectly qualified to judge. We can be everlastingly thankful that He has not entrusted the final judgment to us. Think of some of the disabilities under which an earthly judge works. It is…
May 18 “…he spake unadvisedly with his lips.” (Psa. 106:33) When the people of Israel grumbled about the lack of water at Kadesh, God told Moses that water would flow if he would speak to the rock. But Moses was fed up with the people by now, so he lashed out at them, saying, “Hear…
May 17 “…whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea and will rejoice.” (Phil. 1:18) It is a common failing among men to acknowledge no good beyond their own private circle. It is as if they have a monopoly on excellence and refuse to admit that anyone else…
May 16 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1 John 2:15) The world is presented in the New Testament as a kingdom that is opposed to God. Satan is its ruler, and all nonbelievers…