“He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity and has not sworn deceitfully.” (Psalms 24:4) David wrote this in response to his question, “Who shall go up into the hill of Jehovah? Or who shall stand in His holy place?” (Psalms 24:3) His reply is “He who has clean hands and a pure heart.” They go together. Clean hands have to do with how we live, a righteous life. A pure heart is the product of that righteous living. “He Himself bore our

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25) Paul writes and makes a distinction between living in the Spirit and walking in the Spirit. They are two different things. The verse implies that one can live in the Spirit and not walk in the Spirit. But to be sure, one cannot walk in the Spirit if one doesn’t live in the Spirit. What does all this mean? Paul in his letter to the Corinthians writes, “But we have not received the spirit of the wo

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame,...

“All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?” (Isaiah 14:10) Isaiah prophesies...

“And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.” (1Corinthians 3:1) Who...