“The just shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17. I shall not die, I can, I do, believe in the Lord my God, and this faith will keep me alive. I would be numbered among those who in their lives are just; but even if I were perfect I would not try to live by my…
Read More“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.” Ezekiel 34:11. This He does at the first when His elect are like wandering sheep that know not the Shepherd or the fold. How wonderfully doth the Lord find out His chosen! Jesus is great as…
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“In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord;” Zechariah 14:20. Happy day when all things shall be consecrated, and the horses’ bells shall ring out holiness to the Lord! That day has come to me. Do I not make all things holy to God? These garments, when…
Read More“The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.” Acts 23:11. Are you a witness for the Lord, and are you just now in danger? Then remember that you are immortal till your work is done. If…
Read More“Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you.” Deuteronomy 28:10. Then we can have no reason to be afraid of them. This would show a mean spirit and be a token of unbelief rather than of faith. God can make…
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