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“In Joshua the high priest we see a picture of each and every child of God, who has been made nigh by the blood of Christ, and has been taught …
Read More“Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.”Hosea 12:12
Jacob, while expostulating with Laban, thus describes his own toil, “This twenty years have I been with …
Read More“But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus …
Read More“In Job’s uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father’s face. His first prayer is …
Read More“The Lord’s portion is his people.”Deuteronomy 32:9
“How are they his? By his own sovereign choice. He chose them, and set his love upon them. This he did altogether apart …
Read MoreThe word refuge may be translated “mansion,” or “abiding- place,” which gives the thought that God is our abode, our home. There is a fulness and sweetness in the metaphor, …
Read MoreOur Lord would have all his people rich in high and happy thoughts concerning his blessed person. Jesus is not content that his brethren should think meanly of him; it …
Read More“Praise should always follow answered prayer; as the mist of earth’s gratitude rises when the sun of heaven’s love warms the ground. Hath the Lord been gracious to thee, and …
Read MorePaul has four of these “faithful sayings.” The first occurs in 1 Timothy 1:15, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the …
Read More“Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine …
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