If thou hadst known!
If thou hadst known . . . in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. Luke 19:42. Jesus had entered into Jerusalem in triumph, the city was stirred to…
The glory that excels
The Lord . . . hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight. Acts 9:17. When Paul received his sight he received spiritually an insight into the Person of Jesus Christ, and the whole of his subsequent life and…
Heartiness v. heartlessness towards others
It is Christ . . . who also maketh intercession for us . . . . The Spirit . . . maketh intercession for the saints. Romans 8:34, 27. Do we need any more argument than this to become intercessors—…
Heedfulness v. hypocrisy in ourselves
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. 1 John 5:16. If we are not heedful of the…
Holiness v. hardness towards God
And He . . . wondered that there was no intercessor. Isaiah 59:16. The reason many of us leave off praying and become hard towards God is because we have only a sentimental interest in prayer. It sounds right to…
Our Lord’s surprise visits
Be ye therefore ready also. Luke 12:40. The great need for the Christian worker is to be ready to face Jesus Christ at any and every turn. This is not easy, no matter what our experience is. The battle is…
Isn’t there some misunderstanding?
Let us go into Judea. His disciples say unto Him . . . Goest Thou thither again? John 11:7-8. I may not understand what Jesus Christ says, but it is dangerous to say that therefore He was mistaken in what…
Vision by personal character
Come up hither, and I will shew thee things. Rev. 4:1. An elevated mood can only come out of an elevated habit of personal character. If in the externals of your life you live up to the highest you know,…
Vision by personal purity
Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8. Purity is not innocence, it is much more. Purity is the outcome of sustained spiritual sympathy with God. We have to grow in purity. The life with…
The most delicate mission on earth
The friend of the Bridegroom. John 3:29. Goodness and purity ought never to attract attention to themselves, they ought simply to be magnets to draw to Jesus Christ. If my holiness is not drawing towards Him, it is not holiness…