Mark then well the importance of the Truth of God, for in these days men are apt to set light by it and, for the sake of peace and quiet, to lead us to suppose that contrary things can also be true. The Truth is not only important, but substantial in its character. The Gospel […]
Mark then well the importance of the Truth of God, for in these days men are apt to set light by it and, for the sake of peace and quiet, to lead us to suppose that contrary things can also be true. The Truth is not only important, but substantial in its character. The Gospel […]
Solomon And The Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10:1-10 Or, Christ and His Servants, 1Ki 10:1-10 A greater than Solomon is here (Mat 12:42). We have perhaps a picture here of the glory that shall yet characterise the “Greater Solomon” and His servants in the age to come (Isaiah 60:1-6). What brought the Queen of […]
The Glorious Hope! “The hope which is laid up for you in Heaven.” Colossians 1:5 Hope only has reference to the future — it has nothing to do with the past and the present. Faith looks backward as well as forward — but hope fixes its glance exclusively upon things to come. And the objects […]
J. C. Philpot’s Daily Portions “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all–how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32 I have thought sometimes of the sweet figure of Solomon, as a type of Christ, in his royal liberality to the […]
J. C. Philpot’s Daily Portions “He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all–how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” Romans 8:32 I have thought sometimes of the sweet figure of Solomon, as a type of Christ, in his royal liberality to the […]
AND HE DREAMED Gen. 28:12 Robert Hawker (1753-1827) “And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.”␣Gen. xxviii. 12. Visions of the night, such as the patriarchs were blessed with, serve to teach […]
My ruling desire! (James Smith, “Christ Exalted, Saints Comforted, and Sinners Directed” 1855) My ruling desire is to be wholly given up to the Lord and to His work, and to show forth His praises from day to day. But when I aim at this most — I am baffled, opposed, and always hindered! I […]
My ruling desire! (James Smith, “Christ Exalted, Saints Comforted, and Sinners Directed” 1855) My ruling desire is to be wholly given up to the Lord and to His work, and to show forth His praises from day to day. But when I aim at this most — I am baffled, opposed, and always hindered! I […]
5:1. “I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse–I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine and My milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.” Scarcely is the invitation uttered, when acceptance sweetly comes. The echo of […]