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Christ’s Word of Comfort
God’s Word here reveals Christ as the great Preacher of comfort, but consideration must also be given as to whom these words of comfort are proclaimed. Comfort is a very blessed experience, whether by common grace or by saving grace. In our deep fall in Adam we have sinned away all true comfort. ...
A Wonderful Meeting in the Temple
When the Lord Jesus was still a tiny infant, his parents brought Him to the temple at Jerusalem for the first time in order to make the required redemption-sacrifice there.In the Mosaic Law God claimed the first-born boy in every family for Himself, but He permitted the parents to redeem h ...
Attending Church Properly
Today it is not to be taken for granted that everyone attends church. Many people have given it up, often something which has developed quite gradually. First the week-night services were omitted. Then one time per Sunday was considered enough. After that it was once in two weeks, and then just o ...
A Threefold Benefit Shown on Thanksgiving Day
Elisha had come in the place of Elijah. By this, the Lord showed that He continued to care for His church. In the name of his Sender, Elisha had already performed several wonders. By this the Lord has shown that the same Spirit that was resting upon Elijah was now resting upon Elisha.It wa ...
New Year’s Eve
Another year has passed away into eternity. How rapidly did time go! How fast are we driven with time to eternity. Moses says:
Threescore years and ten we tarry,
Fourscore years the strong may stay,
Long the load of grief to carry,
Till at last we fly away.
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Christmas
It is noteworthy that the Christmas message does not begin with verse 7, “And she brought forth her firstborn son.” We must understand that we must place the Christmas message in the light of history, and may not change it to our liking. The Holy Ghost has placed it among all the events of the wo ...
“Passion: I Am He”
During the passion weeks we may hear the gospel of the bitter suffering of the Lord Jesus Christ. Truly, “He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.” And blessed are those who may say, with the prophet, “Surely, He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorro ...
From Passion to Post-Resurrection: The Penitent Thief
March 1989 embraces much on the church calendar: Passion (March 1–24), Prayer Day (March 8), Good Friday (March 24), Easter (March 26), and Post-Resurrection (March 27–31).At first, March appears breathtaking; for a preacher, overwhelming. As a forebear once said, “The problem is not that ...
He Leadeth the Blind
The chapter which contains this text opens with the explanation of the office of Christ. It reads, “Behold My servant, whom I uphold; Mine elect, in whom My soul delighteth; I have put My spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.” It speaks about Him who will lead the blind. ...
A Prayer for Pentecost
Pentecost is at the end of the Christian church year. Pentecost is at the same time the beginning and the end. For since Pentecost we have come in that time period known in God's Word as the latter days.Peter in his Pentecostal sermon points to this when he quotes the Prophet Joel. "And it ...
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