"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you." [Joel 2:25] Three times we are told that God, “the God of [our] mercy,” whose “mercy endureth for ever,” [Psa 59:10; 136:2] does not take any …
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The Great God’s Humble Gaze
"For The LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols: but The LORD made the heavens." [Psa 96:4-5] The word great means, “expressing a large, extensive, or unusual degree of any thing…[important…momentous]…[highest in office or rank; principal]…” [Webster] …
Ascending Heaven’s Ladder
"And He saith unto him, verily, verily, I say unto you, hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man." [Jn 1:51] When Jacob and Esau were in Rebekah’s womb, it was said to her of The LORD, “the elder shall serve the younger.” [Gen …
Jesus’ Better Fruit
"But if The Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live …
A Spotless Bride
"Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee." [Songs 4:6-7] We know that marriage is ordained of God to be a picture of Jesus and the church, …
Bondslaves of The King
"And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers…My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." [Jn …
A Cloud of Favor
"I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee." [Isa 44:22] Long ago, when Christ walked the earth, it came to pass on a certain day that a man, who was “afflicted with paralysis,” was brought to Jesus, “lying on …
Preface: The Glory of Christ in Marriage, Vol I
In Ephesians we are told, “husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it;” [Eph 5:25] and, in regard to the institution of marriage, Paul writes by The Spirit, “this is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.” [Eph 5:32] From this passage we …
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Today is the Day of Salvation
Paul once wrote to the Corinthians, “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” [2 Cor 11:3] The gospel is to be as Paul also says we should live: “in simplicity and godly sincerity, not …
Serving Without Fear
Through the New Covenant, that everlasting promise which God has made to us through His Son Jesus, it is promised to us, “that He would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve Him without fear.” [Lk 1:74] Through Jesus alone, for He is the only Savior, …