“Then Jacob said, ‘O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac,…I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant…” (Gen 32:9-10). C.H. Spurgeon writes: “I have a dear brother in Christ, Mr. Curme, who is the mirror of […]
H.P. Barker was visiting the doors when he asked a man, “Are you able to say, ‘My sins, which are many, are forgiven?’” ‘Oh no, I don’t think anyone can speak positively on that.” “What place do you attend on Sundays?” He pointed to the parish church. “Why, sir, every Sunday you repeat in that […]
CHRIST our SHEPHERD: “I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own” (Jn 10:14). David, who well knew the characteristics of a good shepherd, describes in Psalm 23 the most convincing proof of such: contented sheep! As John Hooper (c. 1495-1555)—executed at the stake for his faith during […]
“Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Your mercy remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O Lord. Good and upright is the Lord…The humble He guides in justice, and the meek (KJV) He teaches His way” (Ps 25:7-9). At Wigtown, Scotland, on April 13, 1685, widow Margaret MacLachlan and […]
“Andrew…first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah.”…And he brought him to Jesus” (Jn 1:40-42). “One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, ‘There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish’…” (Jn 6:8-9). “Certain Greeks…came to Philip…saying, ‘Sir, we […]
CHRIST the PLANNER of the AGES: “God…in these last days did speak to us in the Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages” (Heb 1:1-2, Young’s Literal Translation). Paul speaks of the “purpose of the ages, which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Eph 3:11, […]
“When [the enemies] heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed…they became very angry, and all of them conspired together to come and attack Jerusalem and create confusion. Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God…” (Neh 4:7-9). Anger is one of our chief enemies, often […]
“I am debtor…” (Rom 1:14). A.P. Gibbs spoke of a tract called “Suppose.” In it the question is asked, “Suppose you were offered $1000.00 for every soul you sought to win for Christ. Would you, for this reward, seek to win more souls for Christ than you are doing right now? Isn’t, then, your love […]
The Chronicles finish the Hebrew Bible. Ezra’s first paragraph is put here so the book ends in hope! What did this mean, “until the rule of the kingdom of Persia” (2 Chron 36:20)? The Chaldeans had swept Israel away to Mesopotamia. The Assyrians had assimilated Chaldea into their empire. Then Babylon, the new superpower, had removed the prime […]