Christian Watch “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.” Isaiah 27:13 Called by the sounding … Read more
“In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.” Jeremiah 50:20 Some have feared lest in the great day their sins should … Read more
“A time to kill, and a time to heal.” Ecclesiastes 3:3 All through the Christian’s life there will be “a time to kill, and a time to heal.” We sometimes read in books, and hear in conversation, an experience of this kind—a work of grace commencing with very powerful convictions of sin, and the soul … Read more
“Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.” Psalm 107:39 Oppression is the exercise of strength against weakness, the triumph of power over helplessness; so that poverty literally opens the door for oppression. It was so with Hezekiah. When Hezekiah was laid on his bed of sickness, death stared him in … Read more
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith.” Ephesians 3:17 God bade Moses receive from the people oil for the light, and to set up a candlestick with seven lamps, ever burning with this oil, to illuminate the holy place. This light was typical, no doubt, of the Holy Spirit, but as it is … Read more
“I will satisfy her poor with bread.” Psalm 132:15 What a sweetness there is in the word “satisfy!” The world cannot satisfy you and me. Have we not tried, some of us perhaps for many years, to get some satisfaction from it? But can wife or husband “satisfy” us? Can children or relatives “satisfy” us? … Read more
“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.” Isaiah 40:31 How different the religion of a living soul is from the religion of a dead professor! The religion of a dead professor begins in self, and ends in self; begins in his own wisdom, and ends in his own folly; begins in … Read more
“The fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.” 1 Corinthians 3:13 The fire which is to prove every man’s work of what sort it is, is not merely God’s wrath as manifested at the last day; but his fire as significative of the fiery trial which takes place in this life, … Read more
“For we which have believed do enter into rest.” Hebrews 4:3 To rest is to lean upon something. Is it not? So spiritually. We want to lean upon something. The Lord himself has given us this figure. “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved?” The figure of “a rock” … Read more
“I am God, and not man.” Hosea 11:9 We speak sometimes of the attributes of God, and we use the words to help our conception. But God, strictly speaking, has no attributes. His attributes are himself. We speak, for instance, of the love of God, but God is love; of the justice of God, but … Read more
“Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at.” Zechariah 3:8 A sinner saved is a spectacle for angels to contemplate. As the Apostle says, “We are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels and to men.” The ancients used to … Read more
“Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.” Jeremiah 2:2 If we look at salvation, we shall see that it consists of three parts; salvation past, salvation present, and salvation future. … Read more