“And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God” (Luke 18:27, KJV). On the way to Jerusalem “Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.” A few miles from the Jordan, on the western edge of the valley that here spread out into a plain, the city lay in the midst ofContinue reading “A Heart Beneath the Pride”
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Jehovah’s Rest
Rejected Blessings, Empty Feasts, Loving Savior
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:37, 38 KJV). From Jerusalem the report of Christ’sContinue reading “Rejected Blessings, Empty Feasts, Loving Savior”
Channels of Pardoning Love
“Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?“For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look,Continue reading “Channels of Pardoning Love”
Mourners Comforted
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4 KJV). “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” By these words Christ does not teach that mourning in itself has power to remove the guilt of sin. He gives no sanction to pretense or to voluntary humility. The mourning ofContinue reading “Mourners Comforted”
From Sin and Suffering to Purity and Peace
“For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast” (Psalms 33:9 KJV). The rabbis had waited anxiously to see what disposition Christ would make of this case. They recollected how the man had appealed to them for help, and they had refused him hope or sympathy. Not satisfied with this, theyContinue reading “From Sin and Suffering to Purity and Peace”
Healing Truth for the Hopeless
“He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away” (Luke 1:53 KJV). In the healing of the paralytic at Capernaum, Christ again taught the same truth. It was to manifest His power to forgive sins that the miracle was performed. And the healing of the paralytic also illustratesContinue reading “Healing Truth for the Hopeless”