“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” (Deut. 29:29) That is, as John Calvin explains, “The secret things of God are not to be scrutinized, but those things which He has revealed are not to [Continue Reading…]

All believers “Go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.” (Psalm 84:7) “In weakness the Lord strengthens them; in poverty the Lord supplies their needs; in sickness the Lord sustains them; and in death the Lord gives them the final victory! O Father, I am weak but You are strong. Give me of Your strength [Continue Reading…]

“But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:19-20) So then, as Robert M. Mc Cheyne has said, “There cannot be [Continue Reading…]

Our Lord Jesus asked His disciples, who “is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as He that serveth.” (Luke 22:27) So then, let us learn from our Lord, “to be low and humble here (on earth); that is, lowly [Continue Reading…]

The renown author of the hymn, “Amazing Grace” responded to the question, “What am I?” by saying, “I am not what I ought to be. Ah! How imperfect and deficient. I am not what I might be, considering my privileges and opportunities. I am not what I wish to be. God, Who knows my heart, [Continue Reading…]

As the Apostle Paul rejoiced in his being made holy in Christ he said, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” (Galatians 6:14) So then, “All imagined holiness, which does not arise wholly from [Continue Reading…]

“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.” (Rom. 8:33) So then, “When the devil throws our sins up to us and declares that we deserve death and hell, we ought to speak thus: ‘I admit that I deserve death and hell. What of it? Does this [Continue Reading…]

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him . . .” (I John 3:2) Thomas Watson says, “We have enough in us to move God to correct us, but nothing to move [Continue Reading…]

The Word of God says, “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” (Phil. 4:4) These words of Paul, written from a Roman dungeon, should be an impetus to rejoice and a rebuke against our failure to rejoice. If Paul knew the grace that caused  him to rejoice in such a dire situation, [Continue Reading…]

“But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” That is, by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, eternal life reigns over sin and death. Just as we know that, “No one was ever saved because his sins were small; so also, we know that no believer was ever rejected on account of the greatness [Continue Reading…]