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Shall Man Reply Against Almighty God Himself?

" And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath." —Luke 4:28 [KJV] Human nature, how low fallen in misery and wretchedness! yet how high doth it rise in pride! Though the meek Lamb of God is the preacher of sovereign grace and distinguishing love, yet the wrath of man dares to exalt itself against His doctrine. Fury burst forth like fire, vengeance and resentment break the bounds of the law of God and man, and would have instantly put Jesus to death. Pride is the first-born of Lucifer: "Ye shall be as gods," hath tainted our whole nature with the cursed leaven, and will be the last enemy that is destroyed in us. Out of the abundance of pride in the heart, the mouth is opened against God's sovereign grace, discriminating love, and divine dispensations. "Be still, and know that I am God , " is a lesson the proud nature of man is averse to. "I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will...

Jesus Manifests Himself to His Blood-bought People

"My beloved standeth behind our wall. He looketh, forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice" -Song of Solomon 2:9 [KJV] It might be truly said, that it was behind the wall of our nature the Lord Jesus stood, when, by taking a body of flesh, He veiled the glories of His Godhead, during the days of His humanity. And may it not be as truly said, that it is still, as from behind a wall, all the gracious discoveries He now makes of Himself are manifested to His people? For what from the dulness of our perception, the unbelief, and the sins and infirmities of our nature, the most we see of our Jesus is but as through a glass darkly. But yet, my soul, how sweet are even these visits of His love, when we can get though but a glimpse of the King in His beauty, through the windows of ordinances, or the lattices of His blessed word.  Oh, precious Jesus! let Thy visits be frequent, increasingly lovely, and increasingly glorious, that the souls of Thy people ma...

PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST!

"The L ORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." -Numbers 6:26 [KJV] When we offend a person, his face is not toward us as at other times. It was so with Laban towards Jacob; and if we have in any way incurred a friend’s or superior’s displeasure, we watch instinctively his countenance. Is it down or up? Does it wear a frown or a smile? Is it looking upon us with the eye of affection, or are the eyes averted? We can tell in a moment if we know the countenance. Thus is the blessing asked, "The L ORD lift up His countenance upon thee , " as a kind and affectionate parent upon an obedient child, as a fond husband upon a loving, devoted wife; for such is God to His children—Father and Husband. And do we not, as children, often provoke Him to look upon us with frowning brow, or rather, not to look upon us at all, to "hide His face," as we read, "that we cannot see Him?"   The prayer then is, "The Lord lift up ...