“The eternal God is thy refuge.” Deuteronomy 33:27 Who is this eternal God? He is the great and glorious Jehovah, eternal in his Trinity of Persons and in the Unity of his Essence. And what a depth of blessedness there is in this God being an eternal God; and that in and of this eternity, … Read more
“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” Hebrews 10:14 To be “sanctified” is to be made a partaker of that holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord; to be made a new creature; to “put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and … Read more
“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” Psalm 16:10 When the adorable Lord by a voluntary act laid down his life, the last words that he spoke were, “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” By his “spirit” we are to understand … Read more
“Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Genesis 18:14 The Lord will make us feel that though his arm is not shortened that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy that it cannot hear, yet he is to be enquired of. He is indeed a God that worketh wonders; apparent impossibilities are nothing with him; … Read more
“And was heard in that he feared.” Hebrews 5:7 There is something in my mind extremely mysterious and yet divinely blessed in the expression, “in that he feared,” and it is right to mention that there is some little difficulty as to the right rendering of the expression. The word means in the original not … Read more
“Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and fears unto him that was able to save him from death.” Hebrews 5:7 The Apostle says that Christ was “crucified through weakness” (2 Cor. 13:4). We must remember, however, that weakness was not imperfection in him, … Read more
“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