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True Spiritual Sorrow
When we speak about sorrow, there is not one among our readers who does not know what sorrow is. Since the entrance of Paradise closed behind us because of our sins, the word sorrow is written in this world with large letters. Who among us has not seen sorrow enter the doo ...
The Divine Mercy of God
Right at the beginning Paul places his finger on a very moving and tender spot: “Even when we were dead in sins.” That is a reality about which many no longer want to hear. Many wish to step over that spot and move onward to Christ. But if that awful state of death has never become a reality in o ...
The Tree Is Known by Its Fruits
In the beginning of this chapter, we read how the Lord became too strong for Saul—where the Lord brought him as a sinner upon his knees and opened his heart to sorrow after God. Here we see the free and sovereign grace of the Lord as it is experienced in the heart of such a man. Now the fruits of ...
The One True Foundation
On October 31, Reformation Day, we remember something which took place many years ago. Does the Reformation still have a mandate in this present time? Many will say, “No.” That is why it is easily overshadowed by the heathen custom of Halloween. In order to understand that October 31 has a mandat ...
The Divine Mercy of God
Already in the beginning of these words, Paul places his finger on a very moving and tender spot: “Even when we were dead in sins.” That is a reality about which many no longer want to hear. They wish to step over that spot and move onward to Christ. However, when that awful state of death has ne ...
The Child in the Manger
This is the time of year when we commemorate Christmas, the time that Christ was born. Who among us can fathom the true meaning of this? Should we not stand still a moment with some serious thoughts pertaining to death and eternity? We may see how God from heaven has given a way, and now He who i ...
The Ascension of the Risen Savior
In meditating upon the ascension of the Lord Jesus into heaven, we are brought to the first chapter of the book of Acts. We read there how Christ showed Himself, by many infallible proofs, to be alive after His passion. For forty days, His way was a way of coming and going. During this time, the ...
Parable of the Prodigal Son (10)
The Lord Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees and the scribes, to those who mock the true religion which is according to God’s Word. It is those people who say that God’s people are always miserable. God’s people, they say, are always crying and sighing and never praising the Lord. But here we see ...
Scarcely Saved?
This question of Peter follows a solemn warning in verse 17: “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God.” This is a time when the house of God has departed far from the Lord, when the zeal and desire for the service of the Lord is missing, when the desire to be a separate ...
The Suffering Savior in Gethsemane
The place mentioned in this text is a well-known place. Each year as we pass through the Passion weeks, our attention is directed to the garden of Gethsemane. It is at this place that the words are repeated which Moses heard when the Lord came near to him, “Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, fo ...
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