November 11 “He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.” (Prov. 18:13) Living Bible paraphrases this verse, “What a shame—yes, how stupid!—to decide before knowing the facts!” This pinpoints an important lesson. You cannot make an intelligent decision until you hear all the facts. Unfortunately many Christians…
November 10 “Maintain the spiritual glow.” (Rom. 12:11 Moffatt) One of the laws that operates in the physical realm is that things tend to lose momentum or unwind or burn out. That is not a scientific statement of the law, but it gives the general idea. We are told, for instance, that the sun is…
November 9 “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?.” (Jas. 2:14) James does not say that the man in today’s verse has faith. The man himself says he has faith, but if he really had saving faith, he would have works…
November 8 “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.” (1 Cor. 7:20) When a person becomes a Christian, he might think that he has to make a clean break with everything associated with his former life. To correct this thinking, the Apostle Paul lays down the general rule that a…
November 7 “Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.” (Mk. 5:19) When we are first saved, we think it is so simple, so wonderful that all our relatives will want to believe on the Savior when we tell them.…
November 6 “Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.” (Isa. 51:11) In its setting, this prophecy of Isaiah looked forward to the joyous return of God’s chosen…
November 5 “Holding faith, and a good conscience.” (1 Tim. 1:19) The conscience is a monitoring mechanism which God has given to man to approve right conduct and to protest against what is wrong. When Adam and Eve sinned, their consciences condemned them and they knew they were naked. Like all other parts of man’s…
November 4 “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devihwhosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother/’ (1 John 3:10) Years ago almost every home had a large family album in the living room. It had a stuffed leather cover embossed in…
November 3 “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” (2 Tim. 2:19) Even in the days of the apostles, there was a great deal of confusion in the religious world. Two men, for…
November 2 “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” (1 Cor. 15:58) It is not uncommon for a person to become discouraged in his service for the Lord and to quit. I…