“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.”  (Job 19:25, 26) When the faith of a child of God is desperately tried it falls upon the truth and justice of God. Saints, when in dark times have been led to great discoveries of comfort. Here Job found an argument for his own comfort. If he should die under slander from his accusers, he was certain that his God...

“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”  (II Corinthians 12:10) The Corinthian church is currently directionless. They were fighting with each other, as well as with the apostle who had planted the church. Paul wrote this deeply personal and emotional letter to reaffirm their relationship. This epistle followed a particularly painful visit and a severe letter that...

“But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.”  (Philippians 1:12-14) Paul wrote this letter to the church at Philippi sometime between AD 60 and 62, during his first Roman imprisonment. The church...