In the Old Testament…God is the owner of the vineyard. Here He is the Keeper, the Farmer, the One who takes care of the vineyard. Jesus is the genuine Vine, and the Father takes care of Him…In the Old Testament it is prophesied that the Lord Jesus would grow up before Him as a tender plant and as a root out of the dry ground. Think how often the Father intervened to save Jesus from the devil who wished to slay Him. The Father is the One who cared for the Vine, and He will care for the branches, too.

He is preeminent in creation because He is the Creator. He is preeminent in redemption for He is the Redeemer. He is preeminent in the church because He is the One who gave Himself for the church.

As someone has said, we either crucify or crown the Lord Jesus by our lives.

The greatest sin today in the church is the man in the pew who is ignorant of the Bible.

I believe in the eternal security of the believer and in the insecurity of the make-believer.

The Bible. Know it in your head. Stow it in your heart. Show it in your life. Sow it in the world.

In order to live a life of holiness, we must first receive new life from God - we must be born from above.