Archive for April, 2009
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God.” - Psalm 139:17
Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside his mind from us, has us always before his eyes; and this is precisely as we would have it, for it would be dreadful to exist [...]
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
“And all the children of Israel murmured.” - Numbers 14:2
There are murmurers amongst Christians now, as there were in the camp of Israel of old. There are those who, when the rod falls, cry out against the afflictive dispensation. They ask, “Why am I thus afflicted? What have I done to be chastened in this manner?” A word with thee, O murmurer! Why [...]
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
The spontaneity of love
Love suffereth long, and is kind . . . 1 Cor. 13:4-8.
Love is not premeditated, it is spontaneous, that is, it bursts up in extraordinary ways. There is nothing of mathematical certainty in Paul’s category of love. We cannot say—‘Now I am going to think no evil; I am going to believe all things.’ The [...]
