Treasure Chest

“[Train yourself toward godliness (piety), [keeping yourself spiritually fit]. For physical training is of some value (useful for a little), but godliness (spiritual training) is useful and of value in everything and in every way, for it holds promise for the present life and also for the life which is to come.” (1 Tim. 4:7,8…

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 This thought [of appropriating Christ in sanctification] is also confirmed by experience. A little group of earnest men were gathered not long ago around a fire,…

Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.— Romans 13:14. At the beginning of the Christian life, for the most part at least, we try to imitate Jesus Christ. There is Scriptural warrant for our doing so. And the time will never come when we may not look up to Him as our model and ideal,…

“Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of…

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25, KJV. I have coined this term “psycho-spiritual dissonance” to point up a major issue in discipling believers. The word “psycho” comes from the Greek word for “soul”; “spiritual” refers to God’s Spirit residing in the believer’s new spirit (Rom. 8:16).…

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12 “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” Ephesians 6:18 Now is…

[Jesus said to His disciples] “Before long, the world will not see Me anymore, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize I am in my Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you” (John 14:19,20 NIV). Great men know how to…

“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might” (Ephesians 6:10). “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our…

[ Consider how God– the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit–has given believers special guarantees to encourage us to fully trust in Him.] My friend, Troy, has exciting plans for a Christian film he hopes to produce. Informed by his experience as an actor, and inspired by his own faith journey, he dove into…

In high school I realized that there was a calling on my life me to bring the gospel to people. I loved to talk about the Bible. Somehow God has opened the Word to me more than to most of my age group. As a family our community involvement revolved around the church and its…