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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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Christian Suffering in its Proper Perspective

Posted on March 24, 2023 by The Editor

2 Timothy 2:12—Romans 8:17,18; 1 Peter 3:14,15—4:16,19—Hebrews 11:25 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him—If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present … Continue reading →

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Consider This

Posted on July 15, 2022 by The Editor

Job 9:12; Job 2:10; Ecclesiastes 7:14 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In the … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ’s Way of Dealing With Persecution

Posted on March 26, 2021 by The Editor

Hebrews 12:3; 1 Peter 2:19-24 Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For … Continue reading →

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Some Things to Remember on Remembrance Day

Posted on November 8, 2019 by The Editor

John 21:17-19; Revelation 6:9-11 Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ, the King of Empathy

Posted on July 5, 2019 by The Editor

John 11:32-35 When Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the … Continue reading →

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The Depths of Christ’s Suffering During Calvary’s Darkness

Posted on March 30, 2018 by The Editor

Psalm 69:2, Psalm 42:7, Psalm 130:1; Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:45,46 I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me…Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy watersports: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me…Out … Continue reading →

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The Unpayable Price of Redemption

Posted on November 11, 2016 by The Editor

1 Corinthians 6:20 Ye are bought with a price. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): I cannot handle money but what I think I am bought with a price. I do not receipt a bill without recollecting that He has blotted out … Continue reading →

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Jesus Christ, the Most Forsaken Man in the History of the World

Posted on March 25, 2016 by The Editor

Isaiah 53:3-5 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of Martyrdom in the 21st Century

Posted on March 4, 2014 by The Editor

Genesis 4:8; I John 3:12        And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.        And wherefore slew he … Continue reading →

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