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Captivity Led Captive
Ascension preaches unto us that Christ has not only ascended up on high but also that He has led captivity captive.In times past, prisoners were drawn along behind the victory chariot of the winners of the battle. In this manner the heaven-ascended King has bound all ...
Godly Sorrow (6)
What is the end result of worldly sorrow? It ends in death. That is apparent in the examples of people such as Cain, Esau, Ahab, and Judas. They all fled farther and farther from God.If your sorrow does not bring you closer to God, then it will drive you farther and f ...
Godly Sorrow (5)
Godly sorrow is an essential element of spiritual life. When we read 2 Corinthians 7:10, we must say that this text also speaks about the children of God, those who already know faith but who have lost the way and who return with sorrow.God’s children so often lose th ...
Godly Sorrow (4)
How does such a sorrowing one come to the knowledge of the Saviour? In which way does he acquire this knowledge?It should be noted that this godly sorrow justifies and is in agreement with God. God’s honor and justice are so bound upon the heart that it becomes our de ...
Godly Sorrow (3)
Because of the drawing love of the Lord, such a sorrowing one cannot let the Lord go. Jacob could not let go, the Canaanitish woman could not let go. All those who sorrow after God cannot let go, and they say with Job, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him” (Job 13:15a). All of J ...
Godly Sorrow (2)
What is godly sorrow? With every sorrow there is a missing. A husband has sorrow when he misses his wife; a sick person has sorrow when he misses his health. With godly sorrow, a person experiences that he is missing God.This sorrow concerns the sorrow after God, for ...
Godly Sorrow (1)
How must we understand what is meant by the sorrow after God? In 2 Corinthians 7:10, the Apostle Paul speaks about this specifically when he says, “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” With these words of th ...
Easter Instruction from Christ Himself
The name of the one was Cleopas; we do not know the name of the other one. In any event they were children of God who knew themselves to be bound to the Saviour. Theirs was a deep sorrow. Jesus had been crucified and buried. Their hope had perished with His death. They missed Jesus, an ...
Prayer Day in the Light of Our Present-Day Society
We observe Prayer Day in the midst of a society which shows more and more the signs of the end-time. What that means as God’s Word speaks of it is the great apostasy and falling away and the revelation of the man of sin.What is the special mark of the present-day worl ...
The Great Goodness Which Has Been Laid Up for Them That Fear the Lord
When David pens this psalm, he is surrounded by great trials. He begs the Lord for help. He is very afraid. His eye is consumed with grief, and his life has wasted away because of sorrow. His enemies mock him, and there is fear on every side. Yet, in all of his anxiety and sorrow there ...
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