Tag Archives: Abraham

Further Evidence MANY other passages in Scripture corroborate the great fact that God will not bring judgment upon the earth until the saints of God are first caught away. Speaking of the coming day of the Lord and the tribulation, … Continue reading →

What a Difference WHILE the Bible teaches beyond a question of a doubt the rapture of all saints before the tribulation, it also shows that there will be different results. In 1 Corinthians 3 we have two classes of believers … Continue reading →

Two Kinds of Believers WE face the question squarely: Who will be raptured at Jesus’ coming, which we believe to be imminent? Some tell us that the Church will have to pass through the tribulation. This is called the post-tribulation … Continue reading →

The Rapture in Genesis “Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there” (Genesis 19:22). THESE words were spoken to a worldly, carnal man of God by the name of Lot, just before God destroyed Sodom and … Continue reading →

Needs But Little – Continued MOSES was indeed, the salt of the earth in those days. When finally God did come to judge Israel, it was because the salt had lost its power and there was found no intercessor. In … Continue reading →

Needs But Little IT does not take a great deal of salt to flavor and to preserve, usually only a pinch. So, too, a few believers, yes, one believer, has more power with God than a world full of diplomats … Continue reading →

Salt of the Earth JESUS said of this company of believers, “You are the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13). Yes, indeed, God’s people are the salt of the earth. Salt retards corruption. Salt will not prevent corruption from setting … Continue reading →

Standing In the Gap THE world and professing Christendom are unaware that the only reason the hell of God’s judgment has not yet fallen upon the nations is that there is in this world today a company, a small, despised … Continue reading →

Most Important People MANY important lessons lie here in the story of Abraham, the intercessor. First is the importance of believers in the world. The most important people in all the world are that little company of often unrecognized but … Continue reading →

Speaking Boldly AFTER each test Abraham’s faith becomes stronger. In Genesis 18 we have wonderful evidence of this fact. Here Abraham becomes the great prevailing intercessor for his backslidden nephew, Lot. The wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah had reached its … Continue reading →

Normal Experience THIS is the law of the Christian life. God is constantly testing and trying us, passing us through the fire and under the rod, that out of each testing and each trial we may emerge stronger, purer and … Continue reading →

Abraham the Intercessor . . . but Abraham still stood before the LORD (Genesis 18:22). FAITH which is never tested will never grow strong. Faith must be exercised or it will ever be weak. This is the reason God permits … Continue reading →

Hindrance, Not an Aid to Faith NOW, of course, I hear objection made constantly to this sort of reasoning by people who say that pictures, images, icons and all the rest, are an aid to our faith. They help us … Continue reading →

In The Church TODAY the enemy has invaded even the sacred precincts of the church of the living God. When I was a child no pictures were ever shown in the church. It was exclusively a place of worship, for … Continue reading →

Dangerous Appeal to the Eye IN THIS present age of illustrations, images and pictures—still and moving, good and bad—the events just cited should make us ponder seriously. Can we not link the rapid decline in morals, the awful increase in … Continue reading →

Faith Comes By Hearing NOW the ear is the channel through which God speaks to man, while Satan’s approach seems usually to be through the eye of man. The ear is the portal of faith, while the eye is often … Continue reading →

The Lust of the Eye And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of … Continue reading →

Why This Graciousness THE reason for this magnanimous graciousness on the part of Abram and his conduct toward Lot we have already seen. First of all, Abram believed God’s Word that He would take care of him no matter what … Continue reading →

Abram Learned a Lesson THROUGH Abram’s backsliding and God’s chastening of his sin, Abram learned an important lesson. He never went back to Egypt again, and instead of rebelling against the sad result of his sin, he acknowledged his guilt. … Continue reading →

Out of Egypt, But – God Overrules ABRAM had left Egypt, but Egypt had not left Abram. Egypt’s cattle went with him, and became the occasion for the strife between the brethren before the eyes of the unbelieving Canaanites and … Continue reading →