The Lord has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm. 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 Jesus has destroyed the enemy’s reigning power…
Read MoreHumble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 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…
Read MoreAnd as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings 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…
Read More“And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. Hosea 2:16-17. That day has come. We view our God no more as Baal, our tyrant…
Read MoreBut go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13. We cannot understand all the prophecies, but yet we regard them with pleasure and not with dismay. There can be nothing in the Father’s decree which should justly alarm His child. Though…
Read MoreThe one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out ofthe book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. Revelation 3:5. Warrior of the cross, fight on! Never rest till thy victory is complete, for thine eternal reward will prove worthy of…
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