Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. – Matthew 5:8. The Prophet Isaiah says: “We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). The Lord God also says:…

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. – Matthew 5:7. True Christians, God’s children, are known to be merciful. For their faith daily teaches and reminds them that it is only and exclusively by the mercy of God…

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled. – Matthew 5:6. All poor sinners who truly believe in Jesus Christ have and possess with Him that righteousness wherein they can stand before God and…

Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. – Matthew 5:5. True Christians, God’s children, are meek. According to their new man of faith, they are not selfish, willful, quarrelsome, contentious, disputatious, vindictive, angry, or spiteful. When they…

Blessed are they that mourn; for the shall be comforted. – Matthew 5:4. True Christians, God’s children, mourn here on earth. Why so? Their sin causes them to grieve and mourn. They are not as the rude and carnal-minded people…

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 5:3. True Christians recognize and acknowledge their sinful unworthiness in the sight of God, and are thus described as being poor in spirit. They come…

Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. – I Corinthians 11:28. You are familiar with this word of Scripture. A Christian should examine himself before going to the Lord’s Supper…

If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer…

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. – Acts 2:42. To the heterodox, that is, to those who deviate from the Word of God in any point of Christian doctrine and…

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine. – Matthew 7:6. These are words of our blessed Lord. “That which is holy” would also include the Lord’s Supper, which is one of our…