“Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.” Psalm 68:18 What a painful thing it is to be rebellious! There is hardly any feeling worse than rebellion to a man whose conscience is made … Read more
“O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.” Job 23:3, 4 Was not Job in the same spot where we often are? If this aged patriarch had not known what it was to … Read more
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” Romans 8:17 O the blessedness of being a child of God! Can heart conceive or tongue express the heights and depths of grace and glory, the safety, the … Read more
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” Romans 8:16 You may not perhaps, for the most part, enjoy a strong or clear assurance of your interest in Christ; you may be frequently much exercised whether you are a child of God; and yet you may at times … Read more
“My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.” Psalm 119:81 How difficult, for the most part, it is, and we may add, how rare to be able to realise for ourselves, with any degree of abiding permanency, a sweet experimental sense of, and an assured interest in those spiritual blessings with … Read more
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.” Hebrews 6:18 If ever there was in your experience a season never to be forgotten of alarm, of fear, of terror, … Read more
“Having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8 True religion lies deep; it is not a balloon hovering over us miles up in the air. It is like truth—it lies at the bottom of the well. We must go down, then, into religion, if we … Read more
“Godliness is profitable unto all things.” 1 Timothy 4:8 What is “profitable?” I may define it in one short sentence—that which does the soul good. Now “godliness” is profitable unto all things, as doing the soul good in all circumstances. Here it stands apart and separate from everything of a worldly nature. Here it is … Read more
“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.” Psalm 51:1 This psalm is very suitable to the wants and feelings of every sensible sinner, for it is not necessary to have committed David’s sin to have a measure of David’s repentance … Read more
“And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,” Ephesians 1:19, 20 It is no great mystery that the … Read more
“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.“ 1 John 5:7 A spiritual knowledge of the Trinity lies at the foundation of all vital godliness. To know Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by special teaching and divine revelation, is the sum … Read more
“He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.” Psalm 57:3 And where is God’s mercy revealed? Outwardly in the word of God; inwardly in the heart. And it is by sending his mercy into the conscience, … Read more