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Mercy, My LORD & My GOD!

"LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee."   -Psalm 41:4 [KJV]   Is this the language of the man after God’s own heart? Was David a saint when he uttered it? Yes, he was a holy man of God. This confession and prayer shew it. His heart was not hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, nor blinded by self-righteous pride, so as to say, “I have no sin.” Self-righteous hearts cannot away with this, that all the Lord’s saints are yet in themselves miserable sinners; that they daily see need to confess this; and to sue for mercy and healing from the Lord. Here is a confession, a plea, and a prayer.    (1st.) A confession, “I have sinned against Thee.” Thus we must come and confess to the Lord to-day, to-morrow, and every day, till the sun of life sets. Sense of sin, whether fresh contracted, or long since committed, abides with us. It wounds and pains a gracious soul. Here grace discovers itself. That soul waits not for time to...
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Secured by Such Almighty Support

"Yea, He loved the people; all His saints are in Thine hand." - Deuteronomy 33:3 [KJV]   My soul, here is a very blessed portion to meditate upon in the night watches, and to lie down with, reposing in the bosom of Jesus. The word yea , is a sweet scripture word, and very strong to the purpose. God's "yeas," and "amens," are firmer than all the oaths of creatures; and when Jehovah puts His yea to the love that He hath to His people, it ought to give great comfort and confidence to our faith. And Oh what testimonies hath Jehovah, in His three-fold character of person, manifested in the Father's love, the Redeemer's grace, and the Holy Ghost's fellowship, in proof of this affection! Blessed Lord! help me to keep it in remembrance.   But, my soul, do not stop here. Mark what the Holy Ghost hath said, as a farther testimony of it: "All His saints are in Thine hand." In whatever point of view we read these words, they...
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THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

"I lead in the way of righteousness." -Proverbs 8:20 [KJV]   How does the Lord Jesus—who speaks here under the name of Wisdom— lead His saints "in the way of righteousness?" By casting a mysterious light into their souls, whereby they see what the word of God has revealed, and shedding abroad a mysterious power in their hearts, whereby faith is created, to receive, lay hold of, and credit that which God has made known. We may read the word of God for ever in vain, unless that word is made life and light to our souls; but when the Lord the Spirit, whose covenant office and work it is to take of the things of Jesus and reveal them to the heart, sheds a mysterious and blessed light upon those Scriptures which speak of Jesus as the Law-Fulfiller, as having brought in a glorious righteousness, and at the same moment is pleased to raise up faith and power in the heart to receive, credit, embrace, and handle what He has thus revealed, then by His own persuas...
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The Wednesday Word ~ 03 June, 2026 A.D.

  The Revelation of God by D G Miles McKee   In the Gospel, God has revealed Himself in the person and work of Christ  (see Colossians 1:15) . He has done this so that, among other things, there might be no mistake about who He is and what He is like.  God is not some vague ethereal spirit out there who chooses to conceal Himself. He is not a God Who refuses to or is unable to communicate with us. One of the astonishing truths discovered in the Gospel is that Christ Jesus is the revelation of God. He is fully God yet fully man. He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him (John 10:38) . It is in Christ alone that we see the exegesis and full declaration of God (John 1:18) . In Jesus Christ we have the express image of the Father’s person (Hebrews 1:3) . Christ is the crossroads between heaven and earth. Don’t think for a moment that it was an angel or a created dignitary who went to the cross for sinners. A created angel could never save depraved and fa...
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Thought for the Day ~ 03 June, 2026 A.D.

"As truly the first Adam, by one act, made all that were in him sinners, which was true enough; so really and truly did Christ, the second Adam by His own act; namely, the sacrifice of Himself, make all that were in Him, Righteous (Romans 5.12-19.) " -preacher Samuel Richardson, excerpt from, Justification by Christ Alone (1647 A.D.)
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Precious Faith ~ A Gift from Almighty God

"To them who have obtained like precious faith with us through [ in ] the righteousness of GOD, and [ even ] our Saviour JESUS CHRIST."   -II Peter 1:1 [KJV]   There may be strong faith, where there is no true faith. Persons may pretend to have the assurance of faith—may believe that their sins are forgiven, without one grain of precious faith. Who believes more than a Deist does? He believes he has wisdom to guide, and power to save himself, without either the word, or the grace of God. Who has stronger faith than the self-righteous Pharisee had? He believed he had a right to go to God—to plead his Works before God—and to assure his heart that he was accepted of God. He wanted no righteousness from God.    This is just such a faith, which all unregenerate men have. It is not a precious faith—it is not obtained through the precious righteousness of Christ—it doth not make His glorious person, and everlasting righteousness precious to the heart—it does...
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The LORD JESUS is My Banner!

"Jehovah-nissi."   -Exodus 17:15   Jehovah-nissi, is the suitable inscription for every undertaking. The meaning is, "The LORD is my banner." And how blessed is it to set this over us in all the conflicts of our warfare, because it appeals to God, and calls in God to our help in all emergencies. Hence the church cries out, "We will rejoice in Thy salvation, and in the name of our God we wilt set up our banners"   -Psalm 20:5. And how lovely is the church described, when strengthened in the Lord her God, "looking forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners" -Song of Solomon 6:10.   But this inscription hath a yet more special reference to Jesus. The history to which it belongs, gives us an account of Amalek, with whom the Lord declared "he would have war from generation to generation." Now as Joshua was a type of Christ, so Amalek became a type of the devil. There is n...
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