Rejected By His Home Town

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, He departed thence.  And when He was come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, "Whence hath this Man this wisdom, and these mighty works?  Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not …

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The Judgment Seat of Christ

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:  (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.  Wherefore we labour, that, whether …

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Remember The Great and Awesome One

And our adversaries said, "They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease."  And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, "From all places whence ye shall return unto …

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When Kings Disobey the Word of the LORD

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, "I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me."  Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, "If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely …

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The Word For Today – December 16, 2024, Monday

The Rest Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.  For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that …

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