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God Only, You Can Trust Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. (Matthew 26:33) “Why,” cries one, “this is no promise of God.” Just so, but it was a promise of man, and therefore it came to nothing. Peter thought that […] He Came; He Is Coming This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. (Acts 1:11) Many are celebrating our Lord’s first coming this day; let us turn our thoughts to the promise of His second coming. This is […] Over Jordan with Singing Thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee. (Deuteronomy 33:29) That archenemy, the devil, is a liar from the beginning; but he is so very plausible that, like mother Eve, we are led to believe him. Yet in our experience we shall prove him a liar. He says that we shall […] Precious Things And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath. (Deuteronomy 33:13) We may be rich in such things as Joseph obtained, and we may have them in a higher sense. Oh, for “the precious […] Immediately Present God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1) A help that is not present when we need it is of small value. The anchor which is left at home is of no use to the seaman in the hour of storm; the money which he used to […] |
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