A Time to Be Blind and Deaf
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant? Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. Isaiah 42:19, 20. What kind of blindness is this? It is a blindness […]
The Stamina of Pure Religion
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. Psalm 119:45. There are some who talk in a regretful way concerning the restraints that the religion of the Bible imposes upon those who would follow its teachings. They seem to think that restraint is a great disadvantage, but we have reason to thank […]
No Taproot?
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58. In order to be firmly anchored, there must be something firm to hold us; and nothing will avail until Christ takes possession […]
Rooted in Christ
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Psalm 92:12. The Christian is likened to the cedar of Lebanon. I have read that this tree does more than send down a few short roots into the yielding loam. It sends strong roots deep down into the earth, […]
A Superficial Experience Not Enough
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world. Philippians 2:15. There is always danger of being satisfied with a superficial work; there is always danger that souls will not anchor themselves in […]
The Foundation of All True Peace
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. John 16:33. “That in me ye might have peace”—peace in Christ, peace through belief of the truth. The Comforter is called the Spirit of truth because there is comfort and hope and peace in the truth. Falsehood cannot give genuine peace; […]
