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"And I will give you an heart of flesh." Ezekiel 36:26 A heart of flesh is known by its tenderness concerning sin. To have indulged a foul imagination, or to have allowed a wild desire to tarry even for a moment, is quite enough to make a heart of flesh grieve before the Lord. The... Continue Reading →
"Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures." Luke 24:45 He whom we viewed last evening as opening Scripture, we here perceive opening the understanding. In the first work he has many fellow-labourers, but in the second he stands alone; many can bring the Scriptures to the mind, but the Lord alone... Continue Reading →
"He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself." Luke 24:27 The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey. Their companion and teacher was the best of tutors; the interpreter one of a thousand, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. The Lord... Continue Reading →
"I will be their God." Jeremiah 31:33 Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, wilt thou not say, with David, "My cup runneth over; I have more than heart can... Continue Reading →
"And God saw the light." Genesis 1:4 This morning we noticed the goodness of the light, and the Lord's dividing it from the darkness, we now note the special eye which the Lord had for the light. "God saw the light"—he looked at it with complacency, gazed upon it with pleasure, saw that it "was... Continue Reading →
"And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness." Genesis 1:4 Light might well be good since it sprang from that fiat of goodness, "Let there be light." We who enjoy it should be more grateful for it than we are, and see more of God in... Continue Reading →
