“That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:” (I Peter 1:7) This epistle is addressed to believers in general, who are strangers in every city or country where they live. Due to their allegiance to God and His Son, they are treated as foreigners on earth because they are “not of this world.” No matter if they have lived in the same city their...

“The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.” (II Peter 2:9, 10a) The Lord’s ability to deliver His own is not mere theory, but a demonstrated reality confirmed across the sweep of redemptive history. God has never been outmaneuvered by the complexity of our trials or overwhelmed by the opposition we face. What He...

“Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:13-14) Jesus is currently traveling around Judea, preaching, prophesying, and making disciples, who were then baptized by His followers. As is tradition, the Pharisees in Judea were not happy with this. “How dare you...