“Behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord.” Jeremiah 45:5 The Lord may be said spiritually to “bring evil upon all flesh,” when he lays trouble and calamity upon the flesh, and upon all that the flesh loves. The blow falls upon the fruits of the flesh, when it cuts down fleshly … Read more
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” 2 Timothy 2:3 How is the Christian soldier made? By going to chapel, by reading the Bible, by singing hymns, by talking about religion? Just as much as the veteran warrior is made at Aldershot or Southsea. He must go into the battle and … Read more
“Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?” Jeremiah 2:17 No man knows better, I believe, than myself, that we cannot do anything of a spiritual nature to bring us near to God, but I am equally sure that we … Read more
“Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” John 6:29 Oh! how many a living saint is there who wants to believe in Jesus, who longs to trust in his holy name; and yet he cannot, so plagued, so pestered is he … Read more
“Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.” 1 Peter 1:2 we see and feel how we need grace every moment of our lives, we at once perceive a beauty in the blessing thus asked for in an abundant, overflowing measure. We cannot walk the length of the street without sin. Our carnal minds, our vain … Read more
“Your life is hid with Christ in God.” Colossians 3:3 There is nothing so deep, nothing so hidden, as the life of God in the soul. It seems to be enshrined in the lowest depths of a man’s heart. It does not float upon the surface, like a cork upon the water, but sinks deep, … Read more
“My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.” Deuteronomy 32:2 We have in our text a regular scale: the dew, the small rain, the rain, and the showers. And this graduated scale of heavenly … Read more
“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.” Philippians 3:9 Here are the two righteousnesses clearly laid down, in one or other of which we must all stand before God—the righteousness … Read more
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things.” John 14:26 If the Lord has given to any of you eyes to see and hearts to receive this divine Comforter, praise, bless, and adore your God and Father, and most merciful Benefactor, … Read more
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.” Psalm 91:16 It is not in the number of our years that we shall find preparedness for death. It is not the longer a man lives the more will he be satisfied. No such thing. Then what can the promise mean? Why, that … Read more
“The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:6 What heart can conceive, what tongue express what the holy soul of Christ endured when “the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all?” In the garden of Gethsemane, what a load of guilt, what a weight of sin, what an … Read more
“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” Romans 5:5 How the Scriptures speak of “a good hope through grace;” and call it “an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within … Read more