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Eph_5:16. Admonitory Counsels for the Concluding Year. [Part 2.] "Redeeming the time because the days are evil."’97Eph_5:16. In discoursing on the former verse, we considered both the course prohibited, and the course recommended for our adoption by the apostle. Our present subject is intimately connected with it. One of the highest evidences of wisdom is … Continue reading “795. EPH 5:16. ADMONITORY COUNSELS FOR THE CONCLUDING YEAR. [PART 2.]”

Gen_49:10. The Promised Shiloh The sceptre shall not, depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."’97Gen_49:10. Our text is one of the predictions of the dying Jacob. It is evidently a prophecy concerning the promised Messiah. It is a prophecy … Continue reading “793. GEN 49:10. THE PROMISED SHILOH”

Gal_2:10. Remembrance of the Poor Enjoined "We should remember the poor."’97Gal_2:10. One part of religion consists in yielding cheerful homage, reverential fear, and sincere and affectionate obedience to God. Another part of true religion consists in the right regulation of our own faculties and powers, and in the progressive sanctification of our hearts. Inward, experimental … Continue reading “791. GAL 2:10. REMEMBRANCE OF THE POOR ENJOINED”

Luk_2:10, Luk_2:11. The Birth Of Jesus. "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."’97Luk_2:10, Luk_2:11. The subject of the text … Continue reading “792. LUK 2:10, LUK 2:11. THE BIRTH OF JESUS.”

Act_10:38. The Benevolence of Jesus "Who went about doing good."’97Act_10:38. In whatever light we contemplate the Saviour, we are constrained to exclaim, "Thou art the fairest," &c. If we witness his spotless life, we feel that we contemplate a holy being, one who was "harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners." If we listen to his … Continue reading “789. ACT 10:38. THE BENEVOLENCE OF JESUS”

Isa_58:11, Isa_58:12. The Rewards of Benevolence "And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: and the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou … Continue reading “790. ISA 58:11, ISA 58:12. THE REWARDS OF BENEVOLENCE”

Joh_2:19-21. The Temple Of Christ’s Body. "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body."’97Joh_2:19-21. … Continue reading “787. JOH 2:19-21. THE TEMPLE OF CHRIST’S BODY.”

Job_24:11-16. True Beneficence. "When the ear heard me then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me it gave witness to me: because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him," &c.’97Job_24:11-16. Few histories are so eventful and interesting as that of Job. His career … Continue reading “788. JOB 24:11-16. TRUE BENEFICENCE.”

Mat_27:50. The Expiring Saviour "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost."’97Mat_27:50. Death, under any circumstance, is indeed a solemn and affecting thing. To be removed out of the present world;’97to be. severed from all our friends and associates;’97to leave all the scenes of sense, and go into another … Continue reading “785. MAT 27:50. THE EXPIRING SAVIOUR”

Joh_19:41. The Garden Sepulchre "Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre wherein was man never yet laid."’97Joh_19:41. The goldsmith is careful of the very dust of the precious metal on which he employs his care and skill. The holy word of God is … Continue reading “786. JOH 19:41. THE GARDEN SEPULCHRE”