“Who [Jesus] his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,” (1 Peter 2:24)      Say you want a new cell phone. A certain company sells phones. Even if you don’t understand cellular technology, you buy one of their phones based on their reputation and the advice of people you know.…

“Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.” (1 Samuel 14:6)      Saul was Israel’s king. The Philistines, an idol-worshipping, heathen people, had overtaken Israel. Saul…

“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” (1 John 5:13)      Police work is dangerous, but important. The Bible says so. The Bible…

“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.” (Daniel 1:8)    God had let Judah be taken captive by the Babylonians because of…

 Joshua was Israel’s leader after Moses. Joshua brought Israel into the promised land of Canaan. When Joshua was old and near death, he made this statement to the Israelites: “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served…

 “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen;” (Revelation 1:18)      Easter is the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead after He died for our sins. Easter celebrates the fact that we have a living Saviour! Jesus’ atoning death for us was foretold in the Old…

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” (Psalm 46:1)      John 3:16 is like a synopsis of the gospel: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:17 then says, “For God…

“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” (2 Corinthians 9:6)    Galatians 6:7-8 is about sowing and reaping: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his…

The phrase, “the powers that be,” referring to leaders, is from the Bible: “…The powers that be are ordained of God.” (Romans 13:1) So is “the apple of your eye,” someone special to you. God said of Israel, “…he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his [God’s] eye.” (Zechariah 2:8) So is “by the…

“Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,…

“Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: And whoso falleth not down…

“Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.” Daniel 2:47      Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon with immense riches and power. He also had taken Judah captive. Yet while God had allowed Babylon,…