The Seed of Apostasy
“…these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation become offended and fall away (Luke 8:13b).”
What did you expect? is more than the rhetorical question of an alleged cynic, but an axiom for determining just why you get so frustrated and disappointed with others. In every case, it [...]
The Remnant Principle (Part 5)
It would be helpful for us to review the principles we have learned thus far. First, the Lord has a Purpose, and that is for Christ to have the preeminence in all things. In the language of Daniel, a Rock made without hands will consume and break all other kingdoms into pieces, filling the earth, [...]
The Remnant Principle (Part 4)
“The heavens do rule” (Daniel 4:26b).
In the first three chapters of Daniel we find the spirit of Antichrist taking the offensive against the Remnant. In chapter one the point of conflict is their refusal to defile themselves with the king’s meat and drink. In chapter two there is the threat to murder them along with [...]
The Remnant Principle (Part 3)
“Upon whose bodies the fire had no power (Daniel 3:27ff).”
The Book of Daniel contains encouragement and wisdom for us who are being raised up as a Last Days Remnant of overcomers. It records a succession of attacks against the Lord’s Remnant and how they overcame these attacks and demonstrated the preeminence of Christ. [...]
The Remnant Principle (Part 2)
“[The Lord] reveals the deep and secret things: He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him (Daniel 2:22).”
We are progressing through the Book of Daniel to identify the Remnant Principle. In the first chapter of Daniel we see that the Lord has reserved for Himself a remnant of [...]
The Remnant Principle (Part 1)
“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself… (Daniel 1:8a).”
In our time the Lord is working with a Remnant and is raising up Overcomers to represent His interests in the earth, a people who are in this world but not of this world. In spite of a general failure of the [...]
The Prophetic Savant
sa-vant’ (n.): 1. a mentally defective person who exhibits exceptional skill or brilliance in some limited field; 2. a person who is highly knowledgeable about one subject but knows little about anything else.
“…the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad…” (Hosea 9:7).
“What then is genius? Could it be that a genius is [...]
The Priests of the Lord (Part 2)
“They shall enter into My sanctuary and they shall come near to My table, to minister unto Me, and they shall keep My charge (Ezekiel 44:16).”
In the first half of this series we established that the Lord has sought to secure for Himself individuals who will enter into a love relationship with Him [...]
The Priests of the Lord (Part 1)
What does it mean to be the Lord’s minister? What is ministry? According to the popular definition of ministry I have actually been “in the ministry” for many years. I have always been in a state of either preparing for the ministry or performing ministry as I understood it. Of course, that means I have [...]
The Ministry of the Watchman
Let us take up the topic of the ministry of the watchman with a text from Ezekiel 33:7:
So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
The watchman is a prophet and [...]
