Separation from the Ungodly World “Therefore, come out from them and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.” 2 Cor. 6:17 There is not a stronger mark of the Lord’s people than their separation. They are separated from the world, separated from their families, separated […]
“Draw me; we will run after you! Let the king bring me into his chambers.” Song of Solomon 1:4 How many of us can take the words of the bride into our lips, or have ever been able at any one time of our life to use such an expression? We must have had some […]
“Draw me; we will run after you! Let the king bring me into his chambers.” Song of Solomon 1:4 How many of us can take the words of the bride into our lips, or have ever been able at any one time of our life to use such an expression? We must have had some […]
Covenant Broken, Covenant Fulfilled Ezekiel 17: 1-24 The everlasting covenant of God is the covenant God the Father and God the Son made with each other before the world began. It was the terms of his covenant oath to which Christ referred on the cross when he said, “It is finished!” When God writes his […]
The Rock affords refreshing shade. Isaiah, with enraptured eye fixed on the coming Savior, cries, “A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great Rock in a weary land.” (Isa. 32:2) Lively images here […]
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 […]
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 […]
Christ in You, the Hope of Glory (Colossians 1:27). When men are sick, they are glad to see the doctor and happy to follow his advice, but when they have recovered from the illness they don’t want him to stay. It is a fact we have come to know and see played out in our […]
Unquenchable! (Bonar, “The Love That Passes Knowledge”) “Many waters cannot quench love; neither can rivers drown it.” Song of Solomon 8:7 Let us take this verse as descriptive of the love of Christ, the “love that passes knowledge.” Nothing in heaven, or earth, or hell is able to extinguish or cool the love of Christ; […]
A faint symbol of unutterable affection! (Charles Spurgeon, “Gleanings among the Sheaves”) “Yes, He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend!” Song of Songs 5:16 In calling the Lord Jesus “altogether lovely,” the redeemed Church asserts that she sees nothing in Him which she does not admire. The world may […]