"Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 1 Corinthians 9:25 He that overcometh shall inherit all things. Revelation 21:7 To be only an almost Christian is a very...
Let us not "neglect to meet together" with God's people to worship on this Lord's Day---keeping in mind the words of Trelcatius 1542-1602. "Shall we not esteem the days of this life very short, if we compare them with the eternal Sabbath, which shall not only give an...
"The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us." Romans 8:26 God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. God hath many...
"Thy Maker is thy husband; the Lord of hosts is his name. The ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion, with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads." Isaiah 54:5, 35:10 When Cyrus took the king of Armenia and his son Tigranes, and their wives and...
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men." John 1:4 "Whatever rational knowledge men may have of divine truths as they are doctrinally proposed in the Scripture, yet if they know them not in their respect unto the person of Christ as the foundation of the...
"The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again. 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15....
"By the grace of God I am what I am." 1 Corinthians 15:10 Be this my motto, both as to my natural and spiritual life: how else could I have existed at all. Had not foreknowledge planned, and wisdom contrived, and power put every atom together, and fixed my scene of...
Praise on the Lord's Day ~ March 11, 2012 "I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is...
"Upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. The King’s daughter is all glorious within—her clothing is of wrought gold. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; so shall the King...