The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” Numbers 21:8. This is a glorious gospel type. Jesus, numbered with the transgressors, hangs before us on the cross. A look to Him will heal us of the serpent-bite of…
Read More“Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.” Psalm 119:165. Yes, a true love for the great Book will bring us great peace from the great God and be a great protection to us. Let us live constantly in the society of the law of the Lord, and it…
Read More“I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.” Exodus 23:28. What the hornets were we need not consider. They were God’s own army which He sent before His people to sting their enemies and render Israel’s conquest easy. Our God by His own chosen…
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“Do not be afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes; For the Lord will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.” Proverbs 3:25-26. When God is abroad in judgments, He would not have His people alarmed. He has not come forth to harm but to…
Read More“For I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” Acts 18:10. So long as the Lord had work for Paul to do in Corinth, the fury of the mob was restrained. The Jews opposed themselves and blasphemed; but they…
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