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Great Encouragement in Christ JESUS ~ 12 February, 2026 A.D.

"Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be?"   -II Kings 7:2 [KJV] This is a daring reply to, “Thus saith the LORD!” The word of the Lord promises, by a great plenty, instantly to relieve His people from a great famine. Doubtless, with a witty sneer, this great peer of the earth uttered this reply to Elisha, as though he had said, “Behold, ye people, do not mind what this mad fellow says; use your reason; judge of the nature of things by your senses: do you think God will make windows in heaven, to pour down corn for you? there is no other possible way for such a supply as Elisha talks of.” Thus, with an imperious air he insults the prophet, and exalts his carnal reason and unbelief against the Lord’s word of promise. Today, he prides himself in his wisdom; to-morrow, he perishes, and is trod under foot, as an unbelieving fool. Here, see the cursed nature of carnal reason; here, Behold the dreadful evil of rejecting the word of the Lo...
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SALVATION: Ordered In All Things and Sure

" And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of Thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?" -Judges 15:18 [KJV] Here is a sweet thought, my soul, suggested in these words of Samson, and wilt thou not hope that the Holy Ghost may make it blessed to thy evening meditation? The Lord had wrought a great deliverance for Samson, in the discomfiture of his enemies: and now on a renewed pressing occasion, he makes this the plea of looking up for being again delivered. "Thou hast given," saith he,  "this great deliverance into the hand of Thy servant, and shall I now die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?" As if he had said, "Shall my God cease to be God; or shall I now want His help, who hath always helped me in what has passed? Hath He begun to deliver; and will He now cease to do so?" Pause, my soul! ...
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A Knowledge of Salvation by the Remission of Sins

"In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins." -Colossians 1:14 [KJV] Of all spiritual blessings made known to the soul by the power of God "a knowledge of salvation by the remission of sins"  is the hardest to be obtained, and most prized when got. How many poor tried, exercised, distressed souls are at this very moment sighing and crying for the manifestation of this one blessing. These well know, and some of them by the painful experience of many years' hard bondage and travail, how hard it is to get forgiveness sealed on their heart. Not that it is really hard on the part of God now to forgive, that is, in experimental manifestation; for it is already done to and for all the elect of God: "And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses" (Colossians 2:13) ; and again, "In whom we have"  (not "sha...
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The Wednesday Word ~ 11 February, 2026 A.D.

Here’s the Question , Part II by D G Miles McKee   Last time we considered the impossibility of the believer becoming lost and perishing. Here are a few more considerations,   11.  For a believer to become lost and perish, He would have to come into condemnation. But how is this possible?  The Lord has promised that such a thing would never happen. Here´s what the Master taught in John 5:24, “ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears My word, and believes on Him that sent Me, has everlasting life, and  shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from death unto life.”     12.  For a believer to become lost and perish, He would have to be plucked out of the Father’s hand … a thing which Christ promised would never happen.  In John 10:29 Jesus taught, “ My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand.” No one has the power to force open God's hand. Therefore, be...
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A Two-Edged Sword Text for Teaching God's people

"Teaching us, that, denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present evil world." -Titus 2:12 [KJV] We read in Esdras of three young men, who wrote of the strength of different subjects. The first chose Wine; the second, the King; the third Women and Truth. He fully demonstrated, that truth is superior to all the charms of women and the power of a king. “As for truth, it endureth, and is always strong; it liveth and conquereth for evermore. And all the people shouted, and said, Great is truth, and mighty above all things”   (I Esdras 4:38, 41.) Surely, so it is with the truth of God’s grace. The stoutest rebels have been conquered by it: the most mighty kings have fallen before it. Whom it conquers, them it also teaches. When it has brought the heart to yield to its sovereign power, it captivates the affections by its sweet influence, and regulates the life by its salutary rules. There is a most vile sp...
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Behold: The Reconciliation of God's saints in Christ JESUS

"And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, He hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day." -Jude 6 [KJV] This scripture, concerning the rebellion, and consequent punishment of apostate spirits, will form a solemn meditation, my soul, for thy evening thoughts to be exercised upon. And perhaps, under grace, it may lead thee to some sweet improvements in the contemplation of the distinguishing grace manifested to our rebellious nature; while judgment the most awful, and everlasting, overtook the higher nature of angels. If we humbly inquire what was the nature of their sin, all we can gather of information concerning it, was, that it was rebellion against God. One part of scripture indeed tells us, that "There was war in heaven:   Michael"   (by which we understand, Michael our Prince, the Lord Jesus Christ, Daniel 10:2l.) and His angels fought against the dragon; and the...
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The Dew of God's Grace Moistens & Softens His people Spiritually

"My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." -Deuteronomy 32:2 [KJV] In the falling of the natural dew there is something soft, still, and gentle. We therefore read, "We will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground" (II Samuel 17:12) , that is, stealthily and unseen. It does not rush down like the pelting hail, but falls stilly and often imperceptibly; so that we scarcely know it has fallen, till we go out in the morning and see every blade of grass tipped with the sparkling dew-drops; by these bright gems we know that dew has fallen during the still hours of the night. So spiritually, the kingdom of God is not in noise, rant, or wild excitement. The Lord was not in the strong wind, nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but in the still small voice (I  Kings 19:11-12) . And thus there may be a great deal of religious fire, but no presence of...
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