The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. (Joh_12:29) Christ's Agony and God's Assurance The visit of these Greeks to Jesus was a very memorable hour in His experience. It opened up prospects to Him of a worldwide recognition, and in that recognition … Continue reading Spiritual Analysis
“I am the Lord, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.” (Malachi 3:6) IT has been said by someone that “the proper study of mankind is man.” I will not oppose the idea, but I believe it is equally true that the proper study of God’s elect is God. The proper … Continue reading The Immutability of GOD.
“Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travails with child together; a great company shall return there. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: … Continue reading Gathering in the Chosen
How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? ( Joh_7:15) He Gave the Impression of a Student What our text implies is this, that our Lord gave the impression of a student. The Jews as they listened to Him recognized the accent of a cultured, educated man. Our Lord stood up in the temple and … Continue reading Our Lord as a Student
“Will you also go away?” (John 6:67) No mischief that ever befalls our Christian communities is more lamentable than that which comes from the defection of the members. The heaviest sorrow that can wring a pastor’s heart is such as comes from the treachery of his most familiar friend. The direst calamity the Church can … Continue reading Absconding and Apostasy
For the Father judges no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son (Joh_5:22) Not Future Judgment but Present When we hear the word judgment on the lips of Christ we are prone to cast our thoughts into the future. Almost instinctively there rises in us some foreboding of the day of judgment. So … Continue reading The Judgment of the Son
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (Joh_4:10) Scenes by Wells It is remarkable how many of the choicest scenes of Scripture should … Continue reading The Woman of Samaria
“Suddenly are my tents spoiled and my curtains in a moment.” (Jeremiah 4:20) THE sorrow of the weeping Prophet was exceedingly heavy when he uttered these words of bitter lamentation. A great and present burden from the Lord is weighing so heavily upon our hearts this morning that we cannot spare so much as a … Continue reading The Wailing of Risca
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit (Joh_3:8) The Night Wind This is one of the profoundest sayings that ever fell upon a listening ear, and yet it bears … Continue reading The Tidings of the Breeze
“And He said unto him, if they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.” (Luke 16:31) MAN is very loath to think ill of himself. The most of mankind are very prone to indulge in apologies for sin. They say, “If we had lived in … Continue reading A Preacher from the Dead
