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"But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." Romans 5:20In order to know what grace is in its reign over sin, and in its superaboundings over the aboundings of iniquity, we must be led...
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"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee." Isaiah 43:2How many of the dear saints of God, when they have been brought into tribulation and sorrow, have found the fulfilment of this...
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"That they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." John 17:21The Apostle declares, "He that is...
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"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28When we rest, we find relief for our weary limbs. So spiritually. When the soul comes to Jesus, he gives...
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"Likewise 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 with groanings which cannot be uttered." Romans...
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"And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." Hebrews 5:9By his sufferings in the garden and upon the cross the Lord Jesus was made perfect. But what...
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"Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he...
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"Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength." Isaiah 45:24The same blessed Spirit who shines as with a ray of light and life into the conscience, to make it feel the guilt of...
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"Beloved of God, called to be saints." Romans 1:7The very word "saint" has become, through man's perverseness and wickedness, a word of reproach and contempt. But God will honour it, let men dishonour...
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"Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no many; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." Isaiah 55:1How many a poor sensible...
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"That I may be found in him." Philippians 3:9The Apostle knew a time was coming when God would search Jerusalem as with candles. He knew a day was hastening on when the secrets of all hearts would be...
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"That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." 1 Corinthians 2:15It is true that real grace can suffer neither loss nor diminution, but its manifestations and its...
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"And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of...
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"Whom having not seen, ye love;" 1 Peter 1:8How this speaks to our hearts; and cannot some, if not many of us say too, "Whom having not seen, we love?" Do we not love him, dear readers? Is not his name...
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"In whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." 1 Peter 1:8Here we have linked together faith, love, joy, and glory. The word translated...
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"And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God." Romans 8:27God's will must ever stand, it is as...
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"It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes." Psalm 119:71We may have everything naturally that the carnal heart desires, and only be hardened thereby into...
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"Great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the flesh." 1 Timothy 3:16A mystery indeed it is, a great, a deep, an unfathomable mystery; for who can rightly understand how the divine Word,...
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"The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty." Zephaniah 3:17What a mighty God we have to deal with! And what would suit our case but a mighty God? Have we not mighty sins? Have we not mighty...
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"For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7The nature of faith is to trust in the dark, when all appearances are against it; to trust that a calm will come, though the storm be overhead; to...
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