“And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.” Isaiah 46:4. The year is very old, and here is a promise for our aged friends; yes, and for us all, as…
Read MoreBecause God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5. Several times in the Scriptures the Lord hath said this. He has often repeated it to make our assurance doubly sure. Let us never harbor a doubt about it. In itself the promise is specially emphatic. In the Greek…
Read More“For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10. One of the most delightful qualities of divine love is its abiding character. The pillars of the…
Read MorePeter answered and said to Him, “Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble.” Matthew 26:33. “Why,” cries one, “this is no promise of God.” Just so, but it was a promise of man, and therefore it came to nothing. Peter thought that he was saying…
Read More“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11. Many are celebrating our Lord’s first coming this day; let us turn our thoughts…
Read More“Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights.”(Deuteronomy 33:29) That archenemy, the devil, is a liar from the beginning; but he is so very plausible that,…
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