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Jesus Therefore…Went Forth
In our text the Mediator is about to enter upon His sacrificial labors. In the previous chapter we hear Him as the interceding High Priest for His Church. Now, He must as the High Priest on the Great Day of Atonement put on the holy linen coat and the linen breeches upon His flesh, be ...
The Life of Moses (15)
The Israelites were led to Sinai. There the holy and righteous God would give them His law. They would experience their great need of a Mediator. We read in Exodus 20:19, “And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, ...
To Give His Life
The time had approached when the Lord Jesus would be delivered into the hands of the enemies. The Lord Jesus had spoken much, also by parables and in performing miracles, to prove that He was the promised Messiah that should come.In this portion of Scripture, we read ...
The Man Born Blind (11)
We have heard of the unbelieving Jews that they did not want to believe the Lord Jesus had performed a miracle. The evidence of the wonder was clear, but the hardness of heart intensified in their life under the clearest tokens of divine power. The Jews went to question the parents of ...
Of Predestination (2)
We now proceed with a more detailed explanation of the doctrine of predestination, beginning by defining election and reprobation. According to Rev. Kersten, “election is the decree of God by which He in perfect sovereignty determined in which persons, known to Him by name in Christ, H ...
The Life and Dying of Mientje Vrijdag (6)
Christ testifies: “Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am…for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world.” The Father chose Mientje to this end, the Son bought her to this end, and the Holy Spirit worked in her to this end— to fashion her ...
“I Am the Good Shepherd”
It is a very remarkable word which we read in the gospel of John 10:11: “I am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.” The attentive Bible reader will immediately observe that this is not said of an ordinary person or an under shepherd. No man can with freed ...
Curatorium Announcement
The Lord willing, the Curatorium hopes to hold its next meeting on May 31, 2023, in Grand Rapids at the Beckwith Avenue Church. A prayer service is scheduled the evening before at 7:30 P.M. with Rev. P. van Ruitenburg officiating.We may be glad that the studies of Stu ...
Persecutions in Germany
The general persecutions in Germany were principally occasioned by the doctrines and ministry of Martin Luther. Indeed, the pope was so terrified at the success of that courageous Reformer, that he determined to engage the emperor, Charles V, at any rate, in a scheme to attempt their e ...
Many Stripes and Greater Lustre
Many stripesWe read in an old conversion history: “From my earliest youth the Lord gave me impressions of death and eternity, of heaven and hell, and of the holiness and righteousness of God; that I could not die as I was born and had lived. Oh, I saw so cle ...
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