Chapter 5—The Lord’s Prayer “After this manner therefore pray ye.”—Matthew 6:9. The Lord’s Prayer was twice given by our Saviour, first to the multitude in the Sermon on the Mount, and again, some months later, to the disciples alone. The
Series: The Unknown Power of the Scriptures Lesson 2 – How to Be Born Again Discover what Jesus was really telling Nicodemus when he told him to be born again.
The True Motive in Service “Be not therefore anxious for the morrow…. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”—Matthew 6:34, R. V. If you have given yourself to God, to do His work, you have no need to be
The True Motive in Service “Seek ye first the kingdom of God.”—Matthew 6:33. The people who listened to the words of Christ were still anxiously watching for some announcement of the earthly kingdom. While Jesus was opening to them the
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. John 15:19 The Lord our Saviour knew
The True Motive in Service “Be not anxious.”—Matthew 6:25, R. V. He who has given you life knows your need of food to sustain it. He who created the body is not unmindful of your need of raiment. Will not
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction. Proverbs 3:11 Do not permit yourself to be discouraged. Do not permit yourself to be provoked, but let intelligent reason control your actions. Inquire what good
The True Motive in Service “No man can serve two masters.”—Matthew 6:24. Christ does not say that man will not or shall not serve two masters, but that he cannot. The interests of God and the interests of mammon have no
The True Motive in Service “If … thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”—Matthew 6:22. Singleness of purpose, wholehearted devotion to God, is the condition pointed out by the Saviour’s words. Let the purpose be
The True Motive in Service “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth.”—Matthew 6:19. Treasure laid up on earth will not endure; thieves break through and steal; moth and rust corrupt; fire and storm sweep away your possessions. And “where
Series: The Unknown Power of the Scriptures Lesson 1 – How to get rid of Sin Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalm 119:11
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Isaiah 58:1 The time has come when things must be called by their right names. The truth
Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3. Read the instruction given in the eighteenth chapter of Matthew. There is nothing more positive
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. 1 Peter 2:21. It is not enough merely to acknowledge Christ. We must follow where He leads the way.
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the Lord
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. Psalm 116:13. Are you one that makes mistakes? Go to Jesus, and ask Him to forgive you, and then believe that He does. “If we confess
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 1 Peter 2:9. God gives men
Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Psalm 37:3. The Lord is acquainted with all our circumstances. When that Ethiopian traveler was reading the Scriptures, as he rode
Partakers of Jesus’ Glory Dada Fialho The honours are too high to be rejected. Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
The True Motive in Service “When ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites.”—Matthew 6:16. The fasting which the word of God enjoins is something more than a form. It does not consist merely in refusing food, in wearing sackcloth, in
The True Motive in Service “When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do.”—Matthew 6:7. The heathen looked upon their prayers as having in themselves merit to atone for sin. Hence the longer the prayer the greater the
The True Motive in Service “When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are.”—Matthew 6:5. The Pharisees had stated hours for prayer; and when, as often came to pass, they were abroad at the appointed time, they would
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:30, 31.
Chapter Four – The True Motive in Service “Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them.”—Matthew 6:1, margin. The words of Christ on the mount were an expression of that which had been
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105. If we would work wisely and intelligently, our human passions, our hereditary and cultivated tendencies, must be brought under the control of a higher and
The Spirituality of the Law “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”—Matthew 5:48. The word “therefore” implies a conclusion, an inference from what has gone before. Jesus has been describing to His