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Steven R. Houck, a missionary of the Protestant Reformed Churches, is currently laboring in Ripon, California. The Proper Emphasis “Know ye that the Lord he is God . . .” (Ps. 100:3). Are not these words of the psalmist the expression of the faith of every true child of God? The Christian believes that his God is indeed GOD. He is the absolutely sovereign God of heaven and earth. It is He Who has created the world by His sovereign power. It is He Who even now upholds the world and all that is within it. It is He Who...

Steven R. Houck, a missionary of the Protestant Reformed Churches, is currently laboring in Ripon, California. The Sovereign Savior Since God is the sovereign King over all the world, we must also acknowledge that He is the sovereign Savior. How inconsistent we would be if we recognized God to be the great King, but refused to recognize Him as the Savior Who saves His people by sovereign grace alone. These two can not be separated. If God is not the sovereign Savior, then He can not be the sovereign King. The Psalms, however, make it very clear that God is...

Steven R. Houck, a missionary of the Protestant Reformed Churches, is currently laboring in Ripon, California. The Comfort of God’s Sovereignty From all that we have shown in our previous articles, it ought to be clear that the various themes of the sovereignty of God run throughout the Psalms like golden threads. They are everywhere. If you were to pull out these threads by cutting out the doctrine of God’s sovereignty, you would unravel the entirePsalter. For there is not one Psalm that does not refer to the sovereignty of God in one way or another. It is impossible to...

In Ezekiel 23 we find two names of women given to the two nations in Canaan. According to this word of God, Aholah represents Samaria or the ten tribes of the north, and Aholibah represents Judah. The prophecy concerning Aholah and Aholibah contains for us today much needed instruction, as well as a warning which should serve to bring us to repentance and watchfulness.

THE INCEPTION OF THE NEW VERSION  Many times God uses the incidental, the unexpected, and even the seemingly evil things of life to perform mighty wonders for His church. Who would ever have expected that the words of a little Jewish maiden would lead to the conversion of Naaman the Leper? Who would ever have thought that the evil deeds committed by Joseph’s brothers would have resulted in the preservation of Israel in the time of famine? But so it was in the wondrous providence of God. 

Robert C. Harbach is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches.

Robert C. Harbach is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. Continuing from where we left off in the first installment under the above heading, at John 18:6, we now go on with verse 7. “Then asked He them again, ‘Whom seek ye?'” Putting this His second request to them, Jesus releases His holding them down where they had fallen on the ground and allows them to get to their feet. They had lost their dignity, but not Jesus His. What He is saying to them in effect now is, Does not My identity dawn on you yet as to...

David J. Engelsma is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of South Holland, Illinois. As it comes to the sinner, whether elect or reprobate, the preaching of the Gospel is a call to the sinner. Not only does the Bible name the saving summons to the elect “the call,” but it also describes the preaching itself, unaccompanied by the secret operation of the Spirit in the heart of the hearer, as a “call.” Jesus teaches that the preaching by God’s servants is a call in Matthew 22:14: “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Indeed, the entire parable of the...

I would like to consider with you a portion of the truth of God’s Word as it is given to us in I John 3:1-3. We read a very blessed truth in these verses. It is good to reflect upon them for awhile; and thus we shall through this meditation. First we quote the text referred to above: “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.

“There appeared an angel unto Him from heaven, strengthening Him.”  Luke 22:43