In Love

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By Oscar M. Baker

"...in love may grow up unto Him, the all things Which is the Head, even Christ." Now, we've taken the liberty here of moving a comma. And why? Well, it does not interfere with the sentence structure in the Greek, and it does parallel the expression in the doctrinal section in Eph. 3:17 and 18, "...that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend..." So the growth is dependent on being rooted in love. And so in love we should grow up unto Him. All too often man wants to substitute fear for love. But here it is, NO LOVE - NO GROWTH!

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Remember Lot's Wife

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Remember Lot's Wife

By George Feldman

She looked back. Rather a simple thing, was it not? But it had a result. She became a pillar of salt.

Why did she look back? Probably she had daughters there and even grandchildren. Is it not natural to have affection for one's own family? But what had God said? Not to look back. Judgment was at hand and there could be no delay. They must leave quickly.

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En Tois Epouranios #7

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By Michael S. Mecikalski

We are members of the church which is Christ's body are the fullness of the Creator, the One Who gave Himself as a "ransom" for us, Who divested Himself of His majesty, Who died and was buried, and who was raised from the dead and was set at the right hand of the Father in the Heaven far above all heavens, above all beings, above every power, above every name! (Eph. 1:20-23). A remarkable and unfathomable reality that sustains and comforts us, and oh so wondrous, beautiful and true! The Heaven far above all heavens, no doubt, is a place, and it is in this realm that the church has its inheritance and what is more, we are the Father's personal, chosen inheritance (Eph. 1:3, 1:20, 2:6, 3:10, 6:12; Col. 1:9-12).

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