Vol 15 Issue 21

A timely admonition. God’s church exists in a world that glorifies and practices the lie. As never before the truth is trampled under foot. True, since that terrible moment when man inclined his ear to the lie of the devil this was the case. Yet, there is development in sin. As life itself deepens and develops the lie develops, until the latter shall have reached its acme in the kingdom of the man of sin. The godless world worships the lie. It is her life, her sphere, her delight. Maliciously men hold the truth in unrighteousness. Facts, which men gather...

Sin is guilt. Guilt is obligation to pay. Sin involves us in the obligation to suffer the extreme penalty, the wrath of God. And this wrath of God is eternal. For God is eternal life. Man, created as adapted to God’s service and communion, can experience peace and happiness only in fellowship with the Most High. The love of God, my love of God and God’s love of me, is for me eternal life and joy. Sin deprives us of this happiness. It places us in the state of guilt. And God, Who maintains Himself and will not suffer evil...

The name of the prophet, Amos, means burden bearer. He was not the father of Isaiah whose name was also Amos. The book tells us the following about the history of the prophet. His home was in Tekoah the modern Tekua, located about 12 miles south of Jerusalem and about 6 miles south of Bethlehem. According to tradition it was a place where many shepherds grazed their flocks. Amos was no prophet by profession, that is, he was no member of the prophetic guild, and came from no prophetic school. His occupation was that of a herdsman. It is a...

A fool is a man who has his eyes closed for the reality of life and death, of the things of this life and those of the life to come. This is true of every one who lives without God in the world. If a man blesses his own soul and depends upon his own wisdom, he makes a fatal mistake. Such a man we meet in the parable of the rich fool. This parable was spoken and stands in close connection with a peculiar event. The Lord was preaching to the multitude. He warned his listeners for the leaven...