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GRACE REIGNS!

" And he bowed himself, and said,  What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?" -II Samuel 9:8 [KJV] Old love cannot be forgotten: it makes such deep, and leaves such lasting impressions on the mind, which time itself cannot efface. This was verified in David and Jonathan. The latter is dead; yet love to his memory lives in David’s heart. Hence, he enquires after the remains of his family, to shew kindness unto them. Mephibosheth, the lame son of Jonathan, is introduced to the king: he thus expresses the affection of his royal heart to him, “Fear not; I will surely shew kindness to thee, for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.”   Had any of David’s subjects a right to arraign, and call him to an account, for this sovereign act of favour? Which of them would dare to say unto him, What doest thou?  But yet proud hearts rise with ...
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Hail! Thou Glorious Almighty Mediator

"A nail in a sure place." -Isaiah 22:23 [KJV] My soul! through grace, thou hast long been enabled to hang all thy grand concerns for eternity upon the Lord Jesus; and will it not be a very refreshing subject for thine evening meditation, to see how eternally firm and secure all rest, with an unshaken and-unchangeable confidence? Behold Him as He is in Himself, in His person, work, and righteousness; "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." Next contemplate Him as the source, origin, fountain, and support of all the great things of salvation. There is not a purpose of God, but is founded on Christ; not a promise, but is made, confirmed, and fulfilled in Christ; and not a dispensation in all the kingdoms of nature, grace, and glory, but comes from Christ and His own righteous government. Go on, under a third branch of meditation, and behold Jesus as a nail in a sure place, and that the persons, concerns, and blessings of His people ...
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LORD God Almighty ~ Our Blessed Physician

"I am the LORD that healeth thee." -Exodus 15:26 [KJV] How does God heal the diseases of His people? He heals them chiefly by subduing them; for in this life they are never thoroughly healed. The promise runs: "He will subdue our iniquities"   (Micah 7:19) . To subdue them is to restrain their power. Thus He sees one suffering under the power of unbelief. He gives him faith: this subdues his unbelief. Here is another poor languid patient, dying of exhaustion: He gives him strength. Here is a third mourning under his corruptions: He gives a drop of His blood to purge his conscience, and a taste of His love to warm his heart. He sees a fourth crying under the strong assaults of Satan: with one look Satan flies and the soul is set free. Thus with infinite wisdom blended with infinite love and power, He passes on from bed to bed of every sick patient, administering health wherever He goes. This blessed Physician has a remedy for every disease, and the reme...
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Eternally Secure in Christ JESUS

  Faith asks no signal from the skies, To show that prayers accepted rise; Our Priest is in the holy place And answers from the throne of grace.                                                                              --Josiah Conder     -------O-------     ETERNALLY SECURE IN CHRIST          Someone asked me, “Do you think those who believe on Christ are eternally secure, or do you believe that a person can, through sin and neglect, lose their salvation?”   My response was, “What do the scriptures say?”   This is always how we should seek to answ...
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THE VISION WE NEED

“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.  Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.  And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory ” (Isaiah 6:-1-5).   Isaiah was privileged with a sovereign revelation of the glorified and victorious Lord Jesus Christ.  However, before that came to pass the Lord killed Isaiah’s king, Uzziah.   Maybe Isaiah thought too highly of this most popular and powerful king (II Chronicles 26:11-15) .  Maybe Isaiah took his eye of faith away from the King of kings and starting trusting Uzziah to solve Israel’s troubles.   When the Lord killed Uzziah, He took away all the support that Isaiah was resting in. Isaiah was shut up to the only King, God...
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Humble, Meek & Thankful

" But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear. " -I Peter 3:15 [KJV]   God is essentially and infinitely holy. We do not make Him so; but we do declare, proclaim, and regard Him to be our Holy and Sovereign Lord in two ways.   1 . INTERNALLY - " Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts ." Unless we truly love, praise, and worship God in our hearts, all of our outward form and claims are hypocrisy.   2 . EXTERNALLY - He is sanctified by His people when we walk in the Spirit, obey His word, preach His gospel, and live together in peace.   "BE READY TO GIVE AN ANSWER." When a person asks us to tell him why we believe our sins are pardoned, why we are not under condemnation, and why we expect to dwell in the house of the Lord forever, be ready to give him a scriptural answer. It is because " Christ loved us and gave Himself ...
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Christ Is Our Peace

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” - Matthew 10:34 [KJV]   At first glance this statement the Lord Jesus Christ makes seems to be contradictory to other places where the gospel is called, the gospel of peace (Romans 10:15) . We also read about our God being called the God of peace (Hebrews 13:20) . The Lord Jesus Christ is also called the Prince of peace (Isaiah 9:6) .   The Lord Jesus was instructing His apostles before He sent them to preach the gospel of the kingdom (Matthew 10:7) and He tells that His message is not one that would bring world peace among all men or all nations . We are not to expect that. Christ did not come to give His life to bring peace among nations.    But rather the Lord Jesus Christ gave His life as a sacrifice for sin to bring peace and reconciliation between God and His covenant children (Ephesians 2:12-18; Colossians 1:12-23) . We do have peace with God through our L...
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