“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the […]
“Love,” said George Herbert, “is a man of war.” Christ’s suffering therefore was not passion merely; it was action to the highest degree. Our Redeemer stood alone in the universe as the visible exponent of love. Earth rejected Him. Hell assailed Him. Heaven forsook Him. Of the people there was none with Him: He trod […]
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God…in whom I will trust” (Ps 18:2). Asa, “because the Lord had given him rest” (2 Chron 14:6), took advantage of the lull in hostilities. “Therefore he said to Judah, ‘Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the […]
James, the 7th Duke of Hamilton, was born at Holyrood Palace, the son of the 6th Duke of Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth. He succeeded to his father’s title of Duke of Hamilton at the tender age of two. He was educated at Eton and died of tuberculosis aged 14 at Hamilton Palace, the family’s […]
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength” (Isa 30:15). After “Abijah rested with his fathers” (2 Chron 14:1), his son Asa ascended the throne of Judah in Jerusalem. Happily, “Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, for he removed the altars of […]
“So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: ‘Rise up, O Lord! Let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You.’ And when it rested, he said: ‘Return, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel’” (Num 10:35-36). Regarding these beautiful verses, Adam Clarke writes: “Unless the […]
“His name shall be called Wonderful” (Isa 9:6). Arno C. Gabelein writes: “No mind can fathom, no heart can grasp, no pen describe, how wonderful the Savior is. The express image of God’s Person, how wonderful His condescension: the Creator of the angels made lower than the angels! Wonderful is He in His incarnation, resting […]
Our Lord is stronger than the strong man (Lk 11:21-22); He can toss him with one finger (v 20)! As with the devil at Calvary, what Jeroboam thought would be his greatest victory was his ultimate defeat. “Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied […]
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