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Lord's Day Snippets

for Shepherds of His Flock

& the Sheep of His Pasture

by H. Rondel Rumburg

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:  (Exo 34:14)

 Snippet #490 The Heart of Christianity

“We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”
1 Corinthians 1:23-24

 Snippet #489 The Sitting Refiner

The LORD “… shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.”
Malachi 3:3

 Snippet #488 God is Great

“Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.”

 

Job 36:26

 Snippet #487 Fig Tree Faith

“Jesus answered and said unto him, because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.”
John 1:50

 Snippet #486 THE EASY YOKE

“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:30

 Snippet #486 THE EASY YOKE

“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:30

 Snippet #485 THE GREATEST OF INVITATIONS

“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28

 Snippet #484 THE DANGER OF STRANGE FIRE

“And Nadab and Abihu … brought strange fire before the Lord: which he commanded them not and there went a fire out from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.”
Leviticus 10:1-2 (Tyndale’s Translation)

 Snippet #483 LAHAIROI: “THOU GOD SEEST ME”

“And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me….”
Genesis 16:13

 Snippet #482 PERPETUAL PRAISE TO THE LORD

“I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
Psalm 34:1

 Snippet #481 FOR THE TRUTH’S SAKE

“For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.”   2 John 1:2 

 Snippet #480 Pleading Children

“So teach us….”  Psalm 90:12

 Snippet #479 Always Triumphant in Christ

“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ.”

2 Corinthians 2:14 

 Snippet #478 The Danger in Being a Troglodyte

“What doest thou here, Elijah?”
1 Kings 19:9

 Snippet #477 WHO COMES TO CHRIST?

“No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.”

 

John 6:44

 Snippet #476 Obedience or Ritual?

“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to harken than the fat of rams.”

 

1 Samuel 15:22

 Snippet #475 Unstable as Water

“Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.”

 

Genesis 49:4

 Snippet #474 Christ Is Our Peacet

“For He (Christ) is our peace.”

Christus est pax nostra—Christ is our Peace

 

Ephesians 2:14

 Snippet #473 The Victorious Christ

“Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”

 

Ephesians 4:8

 Snippet #472 Talk Without the Walk

“But do not ye after their (Scribes and Pharisees) works: for they say, and do not,” said Jesus.

 

Matthew 23:3

 Snippet #471 The Doctrine of Absence

“These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.”
John 12:16

 Snippet #470 Christ the Everlasting Father

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6

 Snippet #469 “Is It Well with the Child?”

“Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.”
2 Kings 4:26

 Snippet #468 The Heart of Christianity

“We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.”

 

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

 Snippet #467 Christ a Sweet-Smelling Savor

“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
Ephesians 5:2

 Snippet #466 The Child of God’s Imperative

“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.”

 

James 4:8

 Snippet #465 Foreordination

“”Christ … verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifested in these last times for you.”

 

1 Peter 1:20

 Snippet #464 Time Like an Ever-Rolling Stream

“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

 

2 Peter 3:8

 Snippet #463 Receiving the Crown of Life

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”
James 1:12

 Snippet #462 The Song of Victory

“[T]he saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God,
which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Corinthians 15:54-57

 Snippet #461 The Great Acquittal

“Much more then, being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”
Romans 5:9

Snippet #460

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God … with all thy mind.”

 

Matthew 22:37

Snippet #459

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”
John 14:1

Snippet #458

“For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye … have become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.”

 

Hebrews 5:12

Snippet #457

The Lord Jesus said, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.”

 

John 6:37-39

Snippet #456

“Thy great and terrible name … is holy…. The Lord our God … he is holy…. Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.”
Psalm 99:3, 5, 9

Snippet #455

“Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men.”

 

2 Corinthians 3:2

Snippet #454

“Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.”

 

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Snippet #453

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”

 

Psalm 17:8

Snippet #452

“Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”

 

Psalm 17:8

Snippet #451

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”

 

John 9:4

Snippet #450

“But law was introduced that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace superabounded.”

 

Romans 5:20 (Literal Translation)

Snippet #449

“Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?”

 

Luke 12:24

Snippet #448

“That I should preach among the gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see what the fellowship of the mystery is, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God which made all things through Jesus Christ.”
Ephesians 3:8-10

Snippet #447

“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”

 

Proverbs 27:1

Snippet #446

“Thou shalt call his name JESUS.”

 

Matthew 1:21; Luke 1:31

Snippet #445

“The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”
Luke 1:35

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