June 27, 2025 Only you must not go very far away. - Exodus 8:28 This is a crafty word from the lip of the arch-tyrant Pharaoh. If the poor enslaved Israelites must leave Egypt, then he bargains with them that it shall not be very far away—not too far for them to...

June 26, 2025 You have become like us! - Isaiah 14:10 What must be the apostate professor's doom when his naked soul appears before God? How will he bear to hear that voice telling him that he is banished forever from His presence and that he will not be the recipient...

June 25, 2025 Get you up to a high mountain. - Isaiah 40:9 Our knowledge of Christ is somewhat like climbing one of the mountains in Wales. When you are at the base you see only a little: the mountain itself appears to be only half as high as it really is. Confined in...

June 24, 2025 A woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” - Luke 11:27-28 It is fondly imagined by some...

June 23, 2025 Ephraim is a cake not turned. - Hosea 7:8 A cake not turned is uncooked on one side; and so Ephraim was, in many respects, untouched by divine grace: Though there was partial obedience, there was too much rebellion left. My soul, I charge you to see...

June 22, 2025 It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord and shall bear royal honor. - Zechariah 6:13 Christ Himself is the builder of His spiritual temple, and He has built it on the mountains of His unchangeable affection, His omnipotent grace, and His...

June 21, 2025 You are the most handsome of the sons of men. - Psalm 45:2 The entire person of Christ is like one diamond, and His life in every dimension leaves one lasting impression. He is altogether complete, not only in His various parts, but as a gracious...

June 20, 2025 For behold, I will command, and shake the house of Israel among all the nations as one shakes with a sieve, but no pebble shall fall to the earth. - Amos 9:9 Every sifting comes by divine command and permission. Satan must ask permission before he can...

June 19, 2025 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. - Acts 2:4 The blessings of today would be rich if all of us were filled with the Holy Spirit. It would be impossible to overestimate the consequences of this sacred filling of the soul. Life, comfort,...

June 18, 2025 Your Redeemer. - Isaiah 54:5 Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours forever. All the offices of Christ are held on our behalf. He is King for us, priest for us, and prophet for us. Whenever we read a new title of the Redeemer, let us...