Wherefore Then Serveth the Law?

By Ike T. Sidebottom The law was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made” (Gal. 3:19). Verses 17 and 18 of this same chapter explain that the law was added to the Abrahamic Covenant “four hundred and thirty...

Quietness and Assurance

By Ike T. Sidebottom The world is in chaos and disturbance. Doubt and anxiety is manifested among the multitudes. Even the seasoned saints are not always confident and quiet before the Lord. How can the human heart have “quietness and assurance” in the...

God and Man

By Ike T. Sidebottom We shall begin where the Word begins. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). This is the first known truth concerning Him. Before He began to create, He was there. The inspired record is simply this:...

Water Baptism for Whom?

By Ike T. Sidebottom “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bare: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.” (Matt. 3:11) John preached the...

Death and Resurrection

By Ike T. Sidebottom Genesis, the book of beginnings, introduces us to God’s revealed truth concerning this timely subject. The book opens with the divine record of the living man, Adam, in “the garden of Eden,” and it closes with a dead man, Joseph,...

Our Blessings in Christ

By Ike T. Sidebottom In Ephesians 1, verses 3 to 14, we get a glimpse of the eternal purpose and plan of God which is now being worked out through the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. At the time Paul penned these verses he was suffering untold cruelties of...