“And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.” Genesis 17:7. O Lord, Thou hast made a covenant with me, Thy servant, in Christ Jesus my Lord; and now, I beseech Thee,…
Read More“Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” Psalm 50:15. This is a promise indeed! Here is an urgent occasion?”the day of trouble.” It is dark at noon on such a day, and every hour seems blacker than the one which came before it. Then is…
Read More“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…
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