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The Truly Blessed Man?

WHO IS THE BLESSED PERSON? Ref: Psalm 32:1-2 [KJV]  Who would you say is the truly blessed man? Most people would probably say, “Well, it is the person who has good health, if you have good health you have everything.” To them I would answer, good health is only temporary, one day soon the flesh must wither and die and after that is judgment (Psalm 103:14; Isaiah 40:6; Hebrews 9:27) . Others might answer and say, “That the person who is wealthy, surely he is a blessed man.” Again, wealth may purchase a lot of things and influence many people, but we can be sure that we are not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold (I Peter 1:18) . David in this Psalm gives us the right answer to this very important and sobering question. " Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile." Truly, here is the statement of the Almighty God that ident...
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The Importance of Gospel Preaching

"My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips.  Once have I sworn by My holiness that I will not lie unto David.  His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me.  It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah."   - Psalm 89:34-37 [KJV] -------0-------    The things that are WRITTEN and that are PREACHED by us concerning salvation in our Lord Jesus Christ are not only written and preached to encourage sin­ners to believe Him and come to Him that they might be saved, but the gospel is written and preached to you who believe that you may have confidence and as­surance of your interest in Christ, and having come to Him, you are still coming. How is faith confirmed?    How is faith increased? Even by the preaching of the gospel, by having the person and work, the righteousness and sacrifice of our Lord explained to us again .  Eternal lif...
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Through God's Almighty Power ~ Eternal Deliverance

"David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul ."   -I Samuel 27:1 [KJV]   Who will say, that, from the nature and reason of things, David had not cause to think so? The king’s wrath was incensed against him. “The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: yea, as the roaring of a lion” (Proverbs of Solomon 16:14–19:12.) Saul wanted neither policy nor power to execute his cruel designs upon David: but only, he must have permission from David’s Lord, before he could hurt a single hair of his head. Poor David’s heart seems to forget this, when, in a fit of fear and frame of unbelief, he says, “I shall now one day perish by the hand of Saul.”    Now, only think, “The LORD had appointed and anointed David to be king; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon him from that day forward.”   Yet, we here find him doubting the truth of what had passed, giving way to unbelief, and suspecting that the Lord’s purpose might be prevented, by ...
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Draw Nigh, LORD JESUS & Go With Me Always

"Jesus Himself drew near, and went with them; but their eyes were holden, that they should not know Him." - Luke 24:15, 16 [KJV]   My soul! here is a most interesting subject proposed to thine evening meditation, in this account of an interview between Jesus and two of His disciples, in the interval between His resurrection and ascension. Sit down, and under the divine teaching, ponder it well. Were the eyes of those disciples so holden, that they should not know Him, from some supernatural effect wrought on their powers of vision; or was it induced from any alteration wrought upon the person of their Lord? Probably there might be a concurrence of both these causes. The effect accomplished by this interview seems indeed to shew it; but it is profitable, highly profitable, to exercise our meditation upon it, though the point cannot be determined.   I think it more than probable, that death had given an aspect to Jesus, which in itself must have induced a change. ...
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Earnestly on the Pursuit

"My soul followeth hard after Thee." -Psalm 63:8 [KJV]   The Lord (we would speak with reverence) does not suffer Himself at first to be overtaken. The more the soul follows after Him, the more He seems to withdraw Himself, and thus He draws it more earnestly on the pursuit. He means to be overtaken in the end: it is His own blessed work in the conscience to kindle earnest desires and longings after Himself; and therefore He puts strength into the soul, and "makes the feet like hinds' feet" to run and continue the chase. But in order to whet the ardent desire, to kindle to greater intensity the rising eagerness, the Lord will not suffer Himself to be overtaken till after a long and arduous pursuit. This is sweetly set forth in the Song of Solomon 5:2-8.    We find there the Lord coming to His bride; but she is unwilling to open to Him till "He puts His hand in by the hole of the door." She would not rise at His first knocking, and therefor...
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How Can I Be Joyful?

     If the Holy Spirit enables us to be honest, it is a fact that there can be no real inward joy when we evaluate ourselves.  Whenever we look within we get discouraged because all we see is corruption.  Yes, we do believe Christ, but we do not pray enough, we do not read the Bible as much as we ought, we don’t love the Lord like we should, we do not love each other like we are supposed to; our hearts are sometimes cold and seemingly lifeless.   Every thought, every deed, every motive, every imagination is polluted by sin.  Who among us can find any comfort in our own conscience with regard to our relationship with a holy God upon the basis of anything within us.  Let this be established, the heart can only be genuinely comforted when we look away from self and cast the eyes of our souls upon Christ Jesus the Lord .   He is our hope, our joy, our confidence, our righteousness and our salvation.  When we look only...
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JEHOVAH IS SATISFIED ~ Rejoice

More marred than any man’s The Savior’s visage see; Was ever sorrow like to His Endured on Calvary.   Oh, hear that piercing cry! What can its meaning be? “My God, my God, O why hast Thou In wrath forsaken Me?”   Oh ‘twas because our sins, On Him by God were laid; He Who Himself had never sinned, For sinners, sin was made.   Thus sin He put away By His great sacrifice; Then, Conqueror o’er death and hell, He mounted to the skies.   Therefore let all men know, That God is satisfied; And sinners all who Jesus trust, Through Him are justified.     The cross He bore is health,   Though shame and death for Him;   His people’s hope, His people’s wealth,   Their everlasting theme.         -Hymn, “I Love Thy Kingdom Lord” SM  Words by W. Russell, 1861 A.D.     -------O-------     JESUS IS OUR SAVIOR               Oh, to think that such an one as Jesus shou...
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