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Fruits of the Risen Saviour
It is inexpressible how sad a Sabbath the women and the disciples experienced after their Lord and Saviour was laid in the grave. Nevertheless, they rested according to the commandment, but it had hardly begun to dawn when they were at the place where the body was laid. It did not only ...
The Complaint of the Suffering Surety
In the Garden of Eden, Adam stood as the jewel of God’s Creation, formed out of the dust of the earth, adorned with God’s image, and having a chaste soul. Although he did not wear any clothing, nevertheless, Adam was not naked, for he was adorned with the glory of God. His heart and th ...
A Friend Who Never Sends His People Away
We read about David in Psalm 77, “I remembered God, and was troubled” (Psalm 77:3a). There are people who seem to receive something every day. God’s poor people seldom receive anything. Do you know how much they receive? In general, as much as is needed to keep them from despair and to ...
A Warning Against World Conformity (2)
Israel in former days was a people who had to live separately and was not allowed to be united with the heathen nations. That is also how it is with the Church of the New Testament. God’s Church must be separated from the world, also in her visual revelation. “Holiness becometh Thine h ...
A Warning Against World Conformity (1)
Although this admonition of the Apostle Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, was addressed to the congre gation at Rome, it is also necessary for us. In the first place, this admonition was addressed to those who no longer served the world, for the apostle wrote to the beloved of God and ...
No Desire
By nature, there is no one from among the children of men who delights in the knowledge of God’s ways. There was such a desire in the state of rectitude. Then man delighted in the law of God. In our deep Fall in Adam, we have not lost much, but we have lost everythin ...
The True Communicant
The true communicant abhors himself, believes in Christ, and pursues after sanctification. The Lord says in His Word, “Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD Thy God.”The Spirit of God convinces the elect sinner of sin, righteous ...
Self-Knowledge
Dr. H.F. Kohlbrugge who had much self-knowledge once wrote: “When we are speaking of someone else, we have gone too far.” That was also the case with the Pharisee in Luke 18. He saw the publican, but the publican did not see the Pharisee.… When David acknowledged his guilt before God, ...
The Birth of Christ
That which took place in the manger at Bethlehem was a manifestation of the eternal good pleasure of God and was founded on that alone. The incarnation of the Son of God took place by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. Most certainly the eternal God had already determine ...
“I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last”
The Old Year with all of its trials and tribulations, surprises and disappointments, joy and sorrow, but also with all of its guilt, sin, and shortcomings, again lies behind us. That year will never return except in the day of eternity. Then it will be a personal question for each of u ...
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