'And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.'

'Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side.’

A parable from the prophet Isaiah shows major limitations placed by God upon human life when He is left out of consideration. Here are the consequences of a materialistic life, and the great release that comes from turning to the Lord.

A passage in which Paul gives all the reasons why salvation is through faith, and not by works, providing a full rebuttal of the 'Judaisers' who called Gentile believers to observe Jewish ceremonies. An insight into the subtle power of error in every age.

'And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians... And ye have this day rejected your God...and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by…

Conversion is an intensely personal experience. It is a conscious awareness of Christ intervening in our life. We become certain that Christ, in incomprehensible love, bore away the punishment of our sin in His sufferings on Calvary's cross. It is to become truly related to Him.

When Peter fell into compromise, Paul gave six convicting reproofs. It was caused by faithless fear, set a disastrous example, destroyed the Gospel, defamed Christ, placed Peter in opposition to the truth, and effectively proclaimed that Christ died for nothing. Here are today's lessons.

'Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he…

Coming to Christ brings us to taste and feel and experience His power and kindness. It is far deeper than head-knowledge or mere sentimentality. Here, from the prayer of Scripture, we show what Christ gives to all who trust in Him.

God's true message is a simple, exclusive plan of salvation. Paul, like the other apostles, needed three years of training in God's revelation to prepare for the task. Here are Satan's attacks, the apostles' resolute defence, and how they reached out to different forms of unbelief.