“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23, 24 The people of God cannot take their religion upon credit; they cannot be satisfied with the endorsement of this or that … Read more
“Keep yourselves in the love of God.” Jude 21 When Christ is made known to our soul by the power of God, we have views of truth in him, of happiness in him, and of deliverance. “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him.” We receive him as the … Read more
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.” Jude 20 By the words “most holy faith,” we may understand chiefly the grand truths of the everlasting gospel which are revealed unto and embraced by faith. And they are called “our most holy faith,” because they are imbued … Read more
“We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.” Hebrews 8:1, 2 Our blessed Lord was to be “a High Priest after the order of … Read more
“Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.” Matthew 14:33 What a beauty and blessedness there is in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, when viewed by the spiritual eye! Our reasoning minds, it is true, may be deeply stumbled at … Read more
“And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.” 2 Corinthians 1:7 The Lord has appointed the path of sorrow for the redeemed to walk in. Why? One purpose is to wean them from the world; another purpose is to … Read more
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” John 15:5 Without a union with Christ, we have no spiritual existence; and we may boldly say that we no more have a spiritual being … Read more
“The gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24 What does the word “gospel” signify? Gospel is a good old Anglo-Saxon word, sprung from that pure Anglo-Saxon stock which forms the bulk, as well as the most expressive and precious portion of our noble language, of that language of which the daily lengthening line is … Read more
“I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.” Psalm 91:14 A man must know the Lord’s name before ever he can feel any real love to him. Now this is needful, this is what the Lord does for his people, he causes them to know his name. “They shall all know … Read more
“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” John 10:28 The Lord says, “I give unto them (that is, my sheep) eternal life;” not, “I will give them in the life to come; but I give it unto them now.” We … Read more
“Those that walk in pride he is able to abase.” Daniel 4:37 Amongst all the evils which lie naked and open before the eyes of Him with whom we have to do, pride seems especially to incur his holy abhorrence; and the outward manifestations of it have perhaps drawn down as much as, or more … Read more
“It shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary.” Ezekiel 47:12 There is always something new in the things of God. Here is a passage perhaps in the word of God that we have read and read again and again without seeing or feeling anything … Read more