‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’” Matthew 20:7. Yes, there is work in Christ’s vineyard for old bodies. It is the eleventh hour, and yet He will let us work. What grace is this! Surely every old man ought to jump…
Read More“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.” Proverbs 23:17-18. When we see the wicked prosper we are apt to envy them. When we hear the noise of their mirth…
Read More“Then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you.” Deuteronomy 30:3. God’s own people may sell themselves into captivity by sin. A very bitter fruit is this, of an exceeding bitter root. What a bondage it is when…
Read More“Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.” 1 Timothy 4:15. This is, practically, a promise that, by diligent meditation and the giving up of our whole mind to our work for the Lord we shall make a progress which all can see. Not by hasty…
Read More“And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it.” Isaiah 35:8. The way of holiness is so straight and plain that the simplest minds cannot…
Read MoreAbout Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and you, Issachar, in your tents.” Deuteronomy 33:18. The blessings of the tribes are ours; for we are the true Israel who worship God in the spirit and have no confidence in the flesh. Zebulun is to rejoice because Jehovah will bless his “going out”;…
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