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The Hearer of Prayer
Thou that hearest prayer”—this is the title David gives unto the LORD by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. David knew the LORD as “Thou that hearest prayer” by his own blessed experience. Is this not a blessed knowledge? Is this not a most honorable title? The LORD is so worthy of it ...
The Life of Moses (18)
The Lord had answered Moses’ request for His nearness, His favor. It would not be sufficient if the Lord would send an angel—Moses needed His presence. The Lord had answered, “I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in My sight, and I know thee by nam ...
Ascension
The third degree of Christ’s exaltation is the sitting at the right hand of God. It points to the habitation (Dutch: firmness—Ed.) of His throne. No power of hell is able to overthrow this throne. Christ is Zion’s eternal, triumphing King.It is ...
This Jesus
The Lord Jesus took His disciples to the Mount of Olives, the place from which He would ascend to heaven. How blessed the disciples were to witness His ascension, especially because there was a promise attached to it, namely, that He would go to prepare a place for them in His Father’s ...
Pentecost
Under the Old Testament, Pentecost was one of the three great annual feasts to be attended by every male Israelite of twelve years old and above. It was celebrated seven weeks after Passover. It was a feast in remembrance of the giving of the law at Sinai, seven weeks after the exodus ...
Psalm 139—God’s Omniscience (3)
Job was taught the greatness of his God by way of questioning. Read it in Job 38 and 39: “Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God? Knowest thou—Job—the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth. Hast thou loosed the wild ass? Will the unicorn be wi ...
A Letter about the Flood of 1953
It is through the Lord’s mercy that we are still in a fair measure of health, we whom the Lord has spared through the disaster of February 1 (70 years ago—Ed.). I am amazed from moment to moment that I do not spend my days and nights in rebellion against the Mos ...
The Man Born Blind (13)
The strife for the man that is born blind is intensifying. Really, what does it mean to have strife? Strife means to experience opposition. Strife is an activity. It takes two to have strife. By the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, this strife is recorded between the man born blind and t ...
Questions from Our Readers
There once was a pagan philosopher who asked, “Where is God?” A Christian then answered him and said, “Let me first ask you, where is He not?” The key to the answer of your question lies in the preceding verse. The incommunicable attribute of God’s omnipresence is ...
Current Events
Arrested for Singing Worship Songs at SchoolEritrean authorities have arrested 103 young Christians, some students, who gathered to sing together. The group had enthusiastically gathered and were singing when they were detained because their gathering and th ...
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