And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.” Genesis 28:13. No promise is of private interpretation: it belongs not to one saint but to all believers.…
Read More“You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.” Psalm 73:24. From day to day and from year to year my faith believes in the wisdom and love of God, and I know that I shall not believe in vain. No good word of His has ever failed, and I…
Read More“Having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.” John 13:1. This fact is essentially a promise; for what our Lord was He is, and what He was to those with whom He lived on earth, He will be to all His beloved so long as the moon endureth.…
Read MoreLove is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.…
Read MoreBecause God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5. Several times in the Scriptures the Lord hath said this. He has often repeated it to make our assurance doubly sure. Let us never harbor a doubt about it. In itself the promise is specially emphatic. In the Greek…
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