"But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart." -Luke 2:19
There was an exercise, on the part of this blessed woman, of three powers of her...
"And of his fulness have all we received." -John 1:16
These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. There is a fulness of essential Deity, for "in h...
"All they that heard it wondered at those things." -Luke 2:18
We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It would be very difficult to draw...
"Your heavenly Father." -Matthew 6:26
God's people are doubly his children, they are his offspring by creation, and they are his sons by adoption in Christ. ...
"Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law." -Romans 3:31
When the believer is adopted into the Lord's family, his re...
"The Lord mighty in battle." -Psalm 24:8
Well may our God be glorious in the eyes of his people, seeing that he has wrought such wonders for them, in them, a...
"Even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." -Romans 8:23
This groaning is universal among the s...
"I have much people in this city." -Acts 18:10
This should be a great encouragement to try to do good, since God has among the vilest of the vile, the most r...
"There is no spot in thee." -Song of Solomon 4:7
Having pronounced his Church positively full of beauty, our Lord confirms his praise by a precious negative,...
"Behold, all is vanity." -Ecclesiastes 1:14
Nothing can satisfy the entire man but the Lord's love and the Lord's own self. Saints have tried to anchor in ot...
"Thou art all fair, my love." -Song of Solomon 4:7
The Lord's admiration of his Church is very wonderful, and his description of her beauty is very glowing. ...
