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Constraining Love

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 – For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

It requires far more of the constraining love of Christ to love our cousins and neighbors as members of the heavenly family, than to feel the heart warm to our suffering brethren in Tuscany or Madeira. To love the whole Church is one thing; to love–that is, to delight in the graces and veil the defects–of the person who misunderstood me and opposed my plans yesterday, whose peculiar infirmities grate on my most sensitive feelings, or whose natural faults are precisely those from which my natural character most revolts, is quite another.  ELIZABETH CHARLES.

The Last Enemy

Romans 5:12 – Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 1 Corinthians 15:26 – The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:55 – O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where…

Two Are Better Than One

Ecclesiastes 4:9 – Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. Ecclesiastes 4:12 – And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Two are better than one.  This is definitely true in any good marriage or any good friendship.…

The Smoking Flax

Isaiah 42:3 – A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. I wanted to continue the discussion we had yesterday regarding this verse and now look at the smoking flax.  The Common Flax or linseed is used for multiple purposes.  The seed can…

The Bruised Reed

Isaiah 42:3 – A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Matthew 12:20 – A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. Richard Sibbes whom I have quoted…

Believing in Vain

1 Corinthians 15:2 – By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. We are saved by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ.  According to this verse, it is possible to believe in vain.  According to the Webster’s 1828 vain means. Empty;…

God Needs Us

Psalms 144:3 – Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! Luke 15:4 – What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which…

Sticking Up For God’s People

Psalms 139:20-24 – For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. Search me, O God, and…

Eternity is a Long Time

Isaiah 57:15 – For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Revelation 14:11…

People Are Different

1 Corinthians 12:4-7 – Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.…

The Three Classes of People

1 Corinthians 10:32 – Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: There are three classes of people in the New Testament and they are not the poor, the middle class and the rich.  The world wants to divide us into classes based on wealth.  God’s…

Making Consecration

1 Thessalonians 5:23 – And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. I was listening to Pastor Don Green preach the other day and he mentioned that he made a consecration of…

Dealing With the Unreasonable

2 Thessalonians 3:2 – And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. Romans 12:18 – If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. John 16:33 – These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace.…

The Interruptions of Life

Deut. 15:10 – The Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. Luke 10:41-42 – And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which…