“I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice.” John 16:22. Surely He will come a second time, and then, when He sees us and we see Him, there will be rejoicings indeed. Oh, for that joyous return! But this promise is being daily fulfilled in another sense. Our gracious Lord has many “agains”…
Read More“The Lord has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; You shall see disaster no more.” Zephaniah 3:15. What a casting out was that! Satan has lost his throne in our nature even as he lost his seat in heaven. Our Lord…
Read More“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” 1 Peter 5:6. This is tantamount to a promise: if we will bow down, the Lord will lift us up. Humility leads to honor; submission is the way to exaltation. That same hand of God which presses us…
Read More“I wilt give you the sure mercies of David.” Acts 13:34. Nothing of man is sure; but everything of God is so. Especially are covenant mercies sure mercies, even as David said “an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure.” We are sure that the Lord meant His mercy. He did not speak mere…
Read MoreAnd it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali; for I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. Hosea 2:16-17. That day has come. We view our…
Read More“But you, go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13. We cannot understand all the prophecies, but yet we regard them with pleasure and not with dismay. There can be nothing in the Father’s decree which should justly alarm…
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