RESCUED FROM THE FIRE. "Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" (Zec_3:2). Joshua here may represent a fallen and degraded priesthood. The vision is a transformation scene. The one who has taken his stand before the messenger of the Lord in his filthy garments is seen to be cleansed, pardoned, clothed, and … Continue reading “0367. RESCUED FROM THE FIRE.”
0366. THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth" (Rom_1:16). I. What this Gospel is. The Gospel of Christ is the good news cf peace with God, through the blood of His Cross. Not only is the … Continue reading “0366. THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.”
0365. THE KINDNESS OF GOD.
THE KINDNESS OF GOD. "That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Jesus Christ" (Eph_2:7). Here the fountain of the great deep of the goodness of our God is opened up. "Come ye to the waters." Here is a river that maketh … Continue reading “0365. THE KINDNESS OF GOD.”
0364. NOTICE TO FLIT.
NOTICE TO FLIT. "Arise ye, and depart, for this is not your rest; because it is polluted it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction" (Mic_2:10). The good land given them by the Lord had ceased to be a place of rest for them because of their sin. There is no peace saith my … Continue reading “0364. NOTICE TO FLIT.”
0363. EBENEZER.
EBENEZER. "Then Samuel took a stone, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us" (1Sa_7:12). Every mile-stone along our life’s journey ought to be to us an Ebenezer, and will be if we have been walking in His ways. There were no Ebenezer stones raised in the far country … Continue reading “0363. EBENEZER.”
0362. A SAD FUNERAL.
A SAD FUNERAL. "I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy" (Ecc_8:9). Death is a busy worker, and funerals are no uncommon sight. But some funerals are infinitely more sorrowful than others because of the character of the life that has been lived. "Blessed are the dead … Continue reading “0362. A SAD FUNERAL.”
0361. THE CHOICE OF THE IMPOVERISHED.
THE CHOICE OF THE IMPOVERISHED. "He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot" (Isa_40:20). Even the heathen idolater, who is so poor that he cannot make for himself a graven image of gold or silver, will, in seeking a god, make it of incorruptible wood; even … Continue reading “0361. THE CHOICE OF THE IMPOVERISHED.”
0360. SEVEN MARVELS OF MERCY.
SEVEN MARVELS OF MERCY. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow," etc. (Isa_1:18). This invitation of grace shines out in this chapter like a morning star from between the rifted clouds of universal gloom. There are, it is said, … Continue reading “0360. SEVEN MARVELS OF MERCY.”
0359. THE SURE AND STEADFAST ANCHOR.
THE SURE AND STEADFAST ANCHOR. "Which hope we have as an Anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entered into that within the veil, even Jesus" (Heb_6:19-20). Life apart from Jesus Christ is full of uncertainties, because it is outside the plan and purpose of God. Only the Christian can say "We … Continue reading “0359. THE SURE AND STEADFAST ANCHOR.”
0358. THE BROKEN SNARE.
THE BROKEN SNARE. "Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped" (Psa_124:7). This was very literally fulfilled in the experience of the children of Israel when they escaped out of Egypt, out of the snares of Pharaoh. The snare was broken … Continue reading “0358. THE BROKEN SNARE.”