Tag Archives: afflictions

Shall I Not Drink It?

Posted on March 29, 2024 by The Editor

John 18:11 The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): And Jesus did drink it, though it involved more suffering than we can imagine! Yet there was no resistance to that … Continue reading →

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Job’s Diligent Search for God

Posted on November 12, 2021 by The Editor

Job 23:8-10, 13-15 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that … Continue reading →

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Hope in the Living God

Posted on April 23, 2021 by The Editor

Psalm 42:11; Daniel 6:26 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. For … Continue reading →

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Trusting Our Lord’s Wisdom & Mercy Under the Rod

Posted on August 17, 2018 by The Editor

2 Samuel 24:1-4, 8-14 The anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with … Continue reading →

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The Tender Mercies of the Wicked

Posted on January 18, 2018 by The Editor

Proverbs 12:10; Psalm 74:20 The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. WILLIAM ARNOT (1808-1875): Cruelty is a characteristic of the wicked in general. ADAM CLARKE … Continue reading →

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The Angelic Instruments of God’s Judgments

Posted on March 3, 2017 by The Editor

I Chronicles 21:15, 16; Acts 12:21-23 God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, … Continue reading →

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When God Shuts Up a Preacher’s Mouth

Posted on February 11, 2017 by The Editor

Ezekiel 3:24-27 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. Behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Medicine & Preventative Prescriptions

Posted on August 7, 2015 by The Editor

I Peter 1:6 Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM (347-407): God measures out affliction to our need. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES (1899-1981): “If need be”―if such proves needful—if God, in looking upon … Continue reading →

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Teaching Times

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The Editor

Hebrews 5:8        Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): Christ’s sonship did not exempt him from obedience and sufferings. MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714): He was a Son; the only-begotten … Continue reading →

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True Faith: The “No Pain, No Gain” Rule of Spiritual Exercise

Posted on December 2, 2013 by The Editor

Ecclesiastes 3:10; I Peter 1:7        I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.        The trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth. … Continue reading →

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