He Rebukes
He Will Chasten in Love As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Revelation 3:19. The Master saw that you needed a fitness for His heavenly kingdom. He did not leave you in the furnace for the fire of affliction to consume. As a refiner and purifier of silver, he […]
He Will Purge Thy Dross
He Will Chasten in Love And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. Isaiah 1:25. If received in faith, the trial that seems so bitter and hard to bear will prove a blessing. The cruel blow that blights the joys of earth will be […]
God’s Chastening a Blessing
He Will Chasten in Love Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law. Psalm 94:12. Of ourselves, we are not able to bring the purposes and desires and inclinations into harmony with the will of God; but if we are “willing to be made willing,” the Saviour will […]
He Chasteneth Whom He Loveth
He Will Chasten in Love For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Hebrews 12:6. The Lord can bring victory out of that which may seem to us discomfiture and defeat. We are in danger of forgetting God, of looking at the things which are seen, instead of beholding by […]
He Is Our Saviour
God Promises His Care I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. Isaiah 43:11. No self-assertion mingled with His life. The homage which the world gives to position, wealth, or talent, was foreign to the Son of man. None of the means that men employ to win allegiance or command homage […]
He Will Claim His Own
God Promises His Care I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. Isaiah 43:6. Sorrow filled heaven as it was realized that man was lost, and that the world which God had created was to […]