“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.” Revelation 2:11. The first death we must endure unless the Lord should suddenly come to His temple. For this let us abide in readiness, awaiting it without…
Read More“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.” Proverbs 19:17. We are to give to the poor out of pity. Not to be seen and applauded, much less to get influence over them; but out of pure sympathy and compassion we must give…
Read More“When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them.” Proverbs 16:7. I must see that my ways please the Lord. Even then I shall have enemies; and, perhaps, all the more certainly because I endeavor to do that which is right. But what a promise this is!…
Read More“Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.” 2 Kings 22:19.…
Read More“And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.” Isaiah 35:8. The way of holiness is so straight and plain that the simplest minds cannot…
Read More“Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.’” Ezekiel 11:16. Banished from the public means of grace, we are not…
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