A Great Nation

Genesis 12:1-3 states, ā€œNow the Lord said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred. And from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be …

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The Fire God

Hebrews 12:29: “For our God is a consuming fire.ā€ In Matthew 9:37 Jesus said, “…the harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.” Again in John 4:35, “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; …

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The Calling

Jonah 1:2 says, ā€œArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.ā€ Have you found your calling? This could refer to an occupation, a ministry, or in Jonah’s case a call to preach. While at the Bible College I met all kinds of men, young …

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The Shining Light

Proverbs 4:18 states, “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.ā€ In Daniel 12:3 we see that not only will the path of the just shine, but so will the traveler on that path. ā€œAnd they that be wise shall shine as the …

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The Dog House

Daniel 4:37 says, “Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgement; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.” When I was a boy of about nine, our family moved from California to Cheney, Washington. We lived in a …

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The Early Church

Acts 2:1 states, ā€œAnd when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” Years back there was a Catholic school for girls. There was very strict training—getting up early was part of it. When the old red rooster crowed at sunrise the sister in charge would make …

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Remember Me

Luke 23:42 says, ā€œAnd he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.ā€ As a young teenager I would hear my dad sing, “The Last Mile of the Way,” by Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1908). I didn’t realize at the time that my little brother was on his last mile of the …

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The Trembling Earth

Psalm 97:4 states, ā€œHis lightnings enlightened the world; the earth saw, and trembled.ā€ Upon almost being hit by lightning, Martin Luther vowed to become a monk. A couple of weeks after the incident he joined a monastery and kept his vow. I know somewhat how he felt. I was upstairs in our vacant farmhouse when …

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The New Creature

II Corinthians 5:17 states, ā€œTherefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.ā€ My Old Pop used to say, “The worst of ridin’ beats the best of walkin’.” Before I was old enough for a car I wanted one in the …

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Fire Insurance

Jeremiah 7:4 says, ā€œTrust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.ā€ Back around 1970 in Northeastern Oregon, there was a man offering fire insurance to his community. He had his own fire truck. When there was a house fire …

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