“Nevertheless, I am continually with You.” Psalm 73:23 “Nevertheless,” as if, notwithstanding all the foolishness and ignorance which David had just been confessing to God, not one atom the less was it true and certain that David was saved and accepted, and that the blessing of being constantly in God’s presence was undoubtedly his. Fully […]
REST IN THE CRUCIFIED “Come unto Me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” “Peace be unto you. And when He had so said, He showed them His hands and His side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.” John 20:19, 20 That was a […]
CHRIST IS THE CHARIOT… in which souls are drawn to heaven. The people of the Lord are on their way to heaven, they are carried in everlasting arms; and those arms are the arms of Christ. Christ is carrying them up to His own house, to His own throne; in time His prayer–”Father, I want […]
NONE CAST OUT “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “I delight to sit in His shade, and His fruit is sweet to my taste.” Song 2:3 “Whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” John 6:37 An invitation to every burdened Israelite—every way-worn pilgrim […]
WHAT IS PEACE Clay Curtis (extract from what are Grace and Peace) 2 Peter 1: 2: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you… A. When God crosses a sinners path with the gospel of grace God reveals his righteousness in the face of Christ Jesus—God begins to make us truly hear—at first we have no […]
A BELIEVER’S PEACE Where does a believer find real and genuine peace? On what foundation can we rest and say in truth, “It is well with my soul?” I’ll tell you; it lies in this, that we are justified by faith and not by works. Christ Jesus stood in my place before God. I was […]
Let each believer follow the precept of the Spirit—come apart for awhile enter into the secret chambers of solemn retrospective meditation, and under the rays of heavenly light review his former state. Now, through grace, he is light in the Lord; but formerly he was darkness, and how great was that darkness, how thick those […]
THE GOOD SHEPHERD “Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said,” “I am the Good Shepherd. I know My sheep — and My sheep know Me.” — John 10:14 “The Good Shepherd” — well can the sheep who know His voice, attest the truthfulness and faithfulness of this endearing name and word. Where […]
DIVINE TREASURES “How precious also are Your thoughts unto me, O God!” And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him. Malachi 3:17 The preceding context tells us of “a […]
(Charles Spurgeon, “The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant!” 1859) “The blood of the everlasting covenant!” Hebrews 13:20 Long before the day-star knew its place, long before God had spoken existence out of nothing, long before angel’s wing had stirred the unnavigated ether, long before a solitary song had disturbed the solemnity of the silence in […]