“Encourage him.”-Deuteronomy 1:38
God employs his people to encourage one another. He did not say to an angel, “Gabriel, my servant Joshua is about to lead my ...
“Bring him unto me.” -Mark 9:19
Despairingly the poor disappointed father turned away from the disciples to their Master. His son was in the worst possible con...
“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?” -Job 7:12
This was a strange question for Job to ask of the Lord. He felt himself to be too insign...
“Partakers of the divine nature.”-2 Peter 1:4
To be a partaker of the divine nature is not, of course, to become God. That cannot be. The essence of Deity is n...
“A people near unto him.” -Psalm 148:14
The dispensation of the old covenant was that of distance. When God appeared even to his servant Moses, he said, “Draw ...
“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings.”-Psalm 112:7
Christian, you ought not to dread the arrival of evil tidings; because if you are distressed by them, wha...
“I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of m...
“There were also with him other little ships.”-Mark 4:36
Jesus was the Lord High Admiral of the sea that night, and his presence preserved the whole convoy. It...
“This man receiveth sinners.” -Luke 15:2
Observe the condescension of this fact. This Man, who towers above all other men, holy, harmless, undefiled, and separ...
“Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well, the rain also filleth the pools.”-Psalm 84:6
This teaches us that the comfort obtained by a one may oft...
Do you want to join a perfect Church? You must die. You will not do it otherwise. And if you were to join a perfect Church, I am sure it would not be perfect af...
“The Lord trieth the righteous."-Psalm 11:5
All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at on...
