Christian Watch “Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus.” Hebrews 6:20 How blessedly did the Lord comfort his sorrowing disciples when he said to them, “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” He is gone to … Read more
“Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.” Jeremiah 45:5 There is a life given to the elect when the blessed Spirit quickens their souls,—a life eternal, communicated to them out of the fulness of the Son of God. This life is a personal, individual life; and … Read more
“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.” 2 Peter 1:2 If we do not know Jesus for ourselves, by some spiritual discovery of his Person and work, what testimony have we of an interest in his grace? Because, there is no grace except that which … Read more
“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.” Isaiah 2:11 How does the Lord humble? By discovering to man what he is; by opening up the depth of his fall; by making him feel what a … Read more
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6 Hunger is a painful sensation. It is not merely an appetite for food; but an appetite for food attended with pain. So spiritually. It is not merely a desire after Christ that constitutes spiritual hunger. “The sluggard desireth, … Read more
“Behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence he will come and save you.” Isaiah 35:4 “Behold, your God will come.” The Lord then is not yet come; but he says he will come, and the promise of his coming takes away the fear. He says, “Behold.” Even that little word … Read more
“Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not.” Isaiah 35:4 “Fear not.” “Ah! but Lord,” the soul says, “I do fear. I fear myself more than anybody. I fear my base, wicked heart, my strong lusts and passions, and my numerous inward enemies, the snares of Satan, and the temptations … Read more
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood.” Romans 3:24, 25 Before we can have faith in Christ’s atoning blood, we must see the glory of the Person of the Lord of life. “We beheld … Read more
“No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Psalm 84:11 There are those who walk uprightly, very uprightly, in the fear of God, and yet have little comfortable or abiding evidence that they are at present partakers of God’s grace, or will be hereafter sharers of Christ’s glory. But this one evidence … Read more
“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:11 How many poor souls are struggling against the power of sin, and yet never get any victory over it! How many are daily led captive by the lusts of the flesh, the love … Read more
“His going forth is prepared as the morning.” Hosea 6:3 It is to the living soul walking in darkness, and unable to find God, that this text speaks: “His going forth is prepared as the morning.” There is an appointed time for the Lord to go forth and this is sweetly compared to the rising … Read more
“That he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.” Deuteronomy 8:3 This is the grand lesson which we have to learn in our wilderness journey— “that man doth not live by bread only,” that … Read more