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Hearing the Voice of Christ JESUS, "The LORD our Righteousness"

" Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear, and your souls shall live." -Isaiah 55:3 [KJV] Some cannot bear exhortations to be used, either to saints or sinners. O, dear! they sound so legal in their ears, they are quite disgusted with them. But why? Truly, such are wise above what is written; and they proclaim their folly in condemning the conduct of Christ, and His Spirit in the prophets and apostles. They have most need of exhortations, who see least cause for them: be not high-minded, but fear .  A Chinese philosopher asserted, that a man had three ears: one differed from those two which are seen. This was counted a great absurdity. But it holds true in a spiritual sense; for naturally we have ears, but hear not. “The hearing ear, the L ORD hath made” (Proverbs 20:12.) This Christ calls for: “Incline your ear.” Act as sentenced rebels and condemned malefactors; be all ear to a sound of mercy, and a proclamation of a reprieve, from Me.   Though your heart...
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O Thou Meek & Holy LAMB OF GOD ~ the Sinner's SURETY

"Being in an agony ." -Luke 22:44 [KJV] My soul, art thou still in Gethsemane? Look at Jesus once more; behold Him in His agony; view Him in His bloody sweat, in a night of cold, and in the open air, when we are told the servants, in the high priest's hall, were obliged to make a fire of coals to warm themselves. In such a night was thy Jesus, from the extremity of anguish in His soul, by reason of thy sins, made to sweat great drops of blood. Look at the Lord in this situation; and as the prophet, by vision, beheld Him coming up with His dyed garments, as One that had trodden the wine fat; so do thou, by faith, behold Him in His bloody sweat; when, from treading the winepress of the wrath of God, under the heavy load of the world's guilt, His whole raiment was stained with blood. Sin first made man to sweat: and Jesus, though He knew no sin, yet taking out the curse of it for His people, is made to sweat blood. Oh Thou meek and holy Lamb of God! Methink...
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Encouragement in Christ JESUS ~ 05 April, 2025 A.D.

"And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: BUT THE SON ABIDETH EVER." -John 8:35 [KJV] It is the irreversible blessing of a son, that he is never to be turned out of the house, that the union between the Parent and the child can never be broken, but that he is to reign with Christ through the ages of one everlasting day. This is a sweet consolation to God's family that "the Son abideth ever." How often is a child of God exercised, whether he shall abide for ever, whether he may not draw back to perdition, whether some temptation may not overtake him whereby it shall be made manifest that he is nothing but a deceiver and deceived! But the Lord Himself says, "the Son abideth ever;" let him be but a babe, let him have but the first beginning of spiritual life in his soul, he "abideth ever;" he has the same interest in the affections of the Father, is a fellow-heir with Christ, and has a title to the same inheritance as t...
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The Word of The LORD is our Ground of Faith

" By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king." -Hebrews 11:27 [KJV] Here we see faith opposed by fear, and the victory of faith over the dread of wrath. Consider his work and his danger; his faith and his safety.  (1st.) Moses was engaged in a great work. He was to go to Pharaoh, and say from the Lord, “Israel is My son, even My first-born son: let him go, that he may serve Me” (Exodus 4:23.) Now, might not the king very naturally look upon Moses as a very dangerous, pestilent, hotheaded enthusiast, who, under a pretence of religion, wanted to raise a rebellion in his kingdom? He had to fear, that the king might put him to death in his wrath. “For the wrath of a king is as the roaring of a lion” (Proverbs 19:12.) Most terribly fierce! But,  (2d.) consider his faith. This set him above fear: he bids defiance to wrath. Forsake Egypt, he must; flee from the king, he was determined: for he had the command of his God for it. Faith is the parent ...
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A Meditation upon CHRIST JESUS in the Garden Gethsemane

"Then cometh JESUS with them unto a place called Gethsemane..." -Matthew 26:36 [KJV]   My soul, let thy morning meditation be directed to the garden of Gethsemane, that memorable spot, sacred to the believer, because so much beloved and resorted to by Jesus. Here Jesus oft came with His disciples. And here, my soul, do thou often take the wing of faith, and flee in devout contemplation. Was this place dear to Thee, Thou precious Redeemer? And was it not because here Thou didst enjoy the sweetest refreshing in communion with the Father? Was it not because here Thou knewest would begin the conflict and the agony, in which the great business for which Thou camest on earth would be accomplished. Didst Thou abide here, Lord, a whole night, after a day's constant preaching to the people, the week only before Thy crucifixion (see Luke 21:37.)   And when the night was past, didst Thou again repair to the temple to the same employ? Was Gethsemane dear to Jesus? Was he...
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WE SEE JESUS!

"But we see Jesus, Who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man." -Hebrews 2:9 [KJV] How wondrous that He Who, as the Son of God, made angels (Colossians 1:16) , should be made inferior to them, and even need and receive their ministering aid and succour (Matthew 4:11) . O the depths of humiliation to which the blessed Redeemer stooped, carrying down into their lowest point that pure, spotless, holy humanity which He had assumed into union with His divine Person as the Son of God! And let us ever bear carefully in mind that humiliation is not degradation. Our blessed Lord "humbled Himself" by a voluntary act of surpassing grace; and it was no more in the power of men or circumstances to debase Him of His glory than of lying witnesses to strip Him of His innocency. The spotless purity of His sacred humanity, as in union with His divine...
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Thought for the Day ~ 03 April, 2025 A.D.

" For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous." - I John 5:3 [KJV] ‘ Keep ’ is a verb that is also translated to observe, to watch, to reserve, to preserve , and to hold fast .  All of these verbs are used to define the Greek verb ‘tereo’ in the New Testament.  So, those that love God keep, observe, watch, reserve, preserve and hold fast to the commandments of God.  The ‘ commandments, ’ to which John refers are far more comprehensive than the Ten Commandments.  They are all of the commandments which the Lord Jesus gave to His disciples.  The Lord Jesus said, ‘ If ye love Me, keep My commandments .’ -John 14.15   The question now is, How do I know that I love Him? Do I love Him because I feel like I do, and because I say that I do?  If I truly love Christ, then there is some truth to that.  If I truly love Christ, my life will be conformed to His commandments.  I think it is true...
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