Reading: “That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus.”—Ephesians 2:7 Gather in all the powers o£ arithmetic and try if you are able to count what the exceeding riches of God’s grace amount to. Think how great, how free, how sovereign, [...]
Reading: “If the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go out free. Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he [...]
Reading: “As having nothing, and yet possessing all things.”—2 Corinthians 6:10 There are three blessed lessons the Holy Ghost teaches on this ground. First, the believer is thoroughly emptied of himself. Have you been led to see, to feel, to know, to be convinced that, after all your attainments, after all learning and all your [...]
Reading: “He shall glorify me; for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” —John 16:14 Some people are at a loss to understand how the Holy Ghost makes application of Jesus and His benefits to His people. Hence they ask, how am I to know that the righteousness of Jesus and [...]
Reading: “And they said one to another, did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?”—Luke 24:32 Should we not do this now as the disciples of Jesus did then—to speak of Jesus and with Jesus by the way? The Lord’s [...]
Reading: “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”—1 Timothy 1:15 This is the faithful saying of a faithful God. Surely, then, we should look well to it, for it is for our good. And if it be worthy of all acceptation, it must [...]
Reading: And he shewed me Joshua, the high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, the Lord rebuke thee, 0 Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem, rebuke thee. Is not this a brand plucked out of [...]
Reading: “That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”—Romans 5:21 Contemplate of the two united sources of joy in this verse: the Father’s eternal purpose in grace and the everlasting efficacy and infinite value of Jesus’ righteousness, to eternal life. None [...]
Reading: “They shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a Saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.”—Isaiah 19:20 Notice the sweet encouragement contained in these words. Here is a cry of the soul and it is directed to the Lord. There is a cry of nature under [...]
Reading: “But for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.” —Genesis 2:20 Mark what is here said, for sure it is a sweet scripture. Amidst all the works of God, “there was not one that could be found an help meet for man.” The inferior creatures could indeed minister to his bodily comfort, [...]