Godly Stability

“I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue and save you,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 15:20. Stability in the fear and faith of God will make a man like a wall of…

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Harvest of Light, Gladness

“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.” Psalm 97:11. Righteousness is often costly to the man who keeps to it at all hazards, but in the end it will bear its own expenses and return an infinite profit. A holy life is like sowing seed: much is going out,…

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Naboth and Ahab

1 Kings 21: Naboth’s Vineyard Ahab covets Naboth’s vineyard. (1-4): Discontent is a sin that is its own punishment, and makes men torment themselves. Ahab failed to obey the commandment that says, ”do not Covet.” Naboth murdered by Jezebel. (5-16): When, instead of a help meet, a man has an agent for Satan, in the form…

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Plead His Own Promise

“Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.” 2 Samuel 7:29. This is a promise pleaded, and so it yields double instruction to us. Anything which…

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