Truest Friend
“God, be merciful to me a sinner!”—Luke 18:13 With awakened conscience many a troubled soul, suffering bodily ailments as the result of continued transgression, cries out, “Lord, be merciful to me a sinner; make me Thy child.” It is then that the minister, strong in faith, should be ready to tell the sufferer that there […]
Compassionate Physician
Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people? —Jeremiah 8:22 The Scripture says that “men ought always to pray, and not to faint” (Luke 18:1); and if ever there is a time when they feel their need […]
Adored of the Angels
“Do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?”—Matthew 26:53 Many among Christ’s hearers who were dwellers at Jerusalem, and who were not ignorant of the plots of the rulers against Him, felt themselves drawn to Him by an irresistible power. […]
Hoped-for Deliverer
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.—Psalm 34:17 When the Saviour began His ministry, the popular conception of the Messiah and His work was such as wholly unfitted the people to receive Him. The spirit of true devotion had been lost in tradition and ceremonialism, and […]
Only True Guide
And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”—Numbers 22:12 The Moabites were a degraded, idolatrous people, yet they manifested sincerity and earnestness in their persistent efforts to secure the power of divination against Israel. According to the light which they had received, […]
Stronghold
“As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you.” —Zechariah 9:11, 12 Every church should labor for the perishing within its own borders and […]
