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The Confession of Faith (36)
In the first sentence of this present article, our fathers emphasized the necessity of a person coming into an office in the church only in a lawful way. Now a serious warning is added, namely, “Therefore every one must take heed, not to intrude himself by indecent means, but is bound ...
The Life of Moses (13)
The Lord had been so faithful to His people. He fed them with manna, and they did eat it for forty years until they came to a land inhabited. After God started to send manna, they journeyed “according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for t ...
Rejoicing at the Coming of the Promised Messiah
Confession full of joyThis chapter is a rich chapter as Isaiah may see what will happen in the future. The Lord will do great miracles in destroying the enemies and delivering Israel from Babel. Isaiah may testify of this future: “And in this mountain shall ...
Christmas
Christmas is properly called “The Feast of the Father,” for from eternity the Father ordained His Son to be Surety, Mediator, and Head of the Covenant of Grace. In Isaiah 42 the Son is called “The Servant of the Father.” From eternity He was in the bosom of the Father and coessential w ...
Jacob: The Experience of a Dying Man (3)
The deathbed of the man we write about is far away from the Promised Land, the land where his forefathers lived and are buried. His deathbed stands in the land of Egypt. We visit the deathbed of a patriarch; his name is Jacob. He is now one hundred forty-seven years old. He came to Egy ...
At the Close of 1949
Beloved Friends:At the end of this year, we together may well declare: “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not” (Lamentations 3:22). May deep humility fill our hearts. In the course of this year, several members from amo ...
Samson (3)
Samson was so angry with his wife for tricking him and for giving his companions the answer to his riddle that he didn’t go home to her. He went to his father’s house instead, but soon his anger began to go away. So many times, when we are angry, we do things that we are sorry for late ...
The Man Born Blind (9)
The healed blind man has given an answer to the question of the neighbors who before had known him as blind. It was the answer that revealed his ignorance; he honestly had to say that he did not know where the Lord Jesus was. Yet, it was a question by which the Lord will bring out the ...
Questions from Our Readers
Dear children, what is meant by your heart? All of us have a heart. It is one of the most, if not the most, important organs of one’s body. It is the first organ which lives and beats in a human being and the last organ which dies. A surgeon can amputate a leg and an arm, remove a kidn ...
Builders
Dear Boys and Girls,Eric held his breath as he gingerly placed the last stone on the wall he had built. He was building a wall around the house he had made of sticks to keep it safe, but it had already fallen down three times. Would it stay up this time? Eric’s should ...
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