2 Corinthians is a treasure trove of comforting texts for Christians suffering various forms of affliction. This is perhaps because the apostle Paul was himself greatly afflicted due to some issues he had with the Corinthians. Indeed, it was only after he was able to sort out some of the issues he had with them and was assured of their love and respect for him that he wrote 2 Corinthians.
A brief of our visit to the RP Church in Kobe, Japan It was in 1991 when my friend Dave Landis teased about Japanese Calvinists. He was referring to those who claim to be Calvinists, but deny Limited Atonement. The Japanese alphabet does not have the equivalent of an “L.” Thirty-four years later, on 12 […]
Are you, beloved brethren and children, experiencing the warm and healing rays of the Sun of Righteousness? Are you enjoying the blessings of a righteous life? Are you enjoying being regarded as righteous in God’s eyes? Blessed are you if you are.
Nothing can separate us from God’s love— the same love with which He loves His Son. Nothing can rob our joy, for we know God is working all things together for our good. Nothing can destroy the peace that we have in Christ. Nothing can dampen our hope in Him as long as we continue to walk by faith. Nothing can ultimately harm us.
It is God’s purpose that those of us who experience trials may find comfort and then use our experience of being comforted to comfort others who are going through similar or not so similar kinds of trial. We are, to use a modern phrase, to pass it on.
Based on a series of sermons preached in PCC Prayer Meetings in 2023-2024 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 […]
Do you have a thorn in the flesh that gives you much heartache, dear reader? Remember, in the first place, that it is not pointless. So, learn not only to thank God for the roses in your lives. Learn also to thank God for the thorns. Roses without thorns are fake. They show the wisdom and power of man. But roses with thorns show the Lord’s infinite wisdom and mighty power.
As we begin the New Year of 2025 and observe the Lord’s Supper on this first Lord’s Day of the year, let us consider several things from the opening verses of Paul’s epistle to the Galatians.
Remember, O child of God, that all things are working together for your good even though they do not appear that way. Remember that God is cultivating Christ-likeness in you through what you are going through. Remember that Christ Jesus, your Lord and elder brother, will never leave you to fend for yourself. Nothing can separate you from His love for you, for He has already laid His life down for you. Amen.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 37 And some of […]
