“And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.” Psalm 107:7 When the Lord leads, we can follow. The path may be rough, but if the Lord upholds, we can walk in it without stumbling. Whatever the Lord bids, we can do if we have but … Read more
“The Lord will give grace and glory.” Psalm 84:11 Wherever the Lord gives grace, he in and with that grace gives glory. We, therefore, read, “Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” Thus he has already made … Read more
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.” 1 Peter 1:2 Foreknowledge of the persons of the elect in the divine economy precedes election. “Whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate;” and this foreknowledge was not any eternal foreview of their faith or love in time, as if that were the ground of … Read more
“The light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:4 Oh! what beauty and blessedness shine forth in the gospel, when we view it connected with the Person and work of the Son of God! Take the doctrines of grace isolated from the Person of Christ; they are … Read more
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Romans 8:29 The risen body of Christ is the type to which the risen bodies of the saints are to be conformed, for “as we have borne the … Read more
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” John 3:6 There is no promise made that we shall be set free in this life from the inbeing and the in-working of sin. Many think that they are to become progressively holier and holier, that … Read more
“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.” 2 Peter 1:19 The “sure word of prophecy” is the mind of God revealed in the … Read more
“I and my Father are one.” John 10:30 There is a great deal of cavilling in some men’s minds about the expression, “the blood of God.” “How,” say they, “could the Godhead bleed? How could the Godhead suffer?” But if it is not the blood of Him who was God, I might just as well … Read more
“Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.” Ephesians 2:19 If grace has touched your heart; if the love of God has come into your soul, it has placed you among the saints of the Most High, and given you every privilege which … Read more
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” Proverbs 22:15 We profess to believe in an Almighty, All-present, All-seeing God; and we should be highly offended if a person said to us, “You do not believe that God sees everything, that he is … Read more