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Is Every Affliction a Judgment of God Upon Sin?

Posted on May 29, 2015 by The Editor

John 9:1-3        And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, … Continue reading →

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Considering God in the Midst of Our Adversities

Posted on March 19, 2015 by The Editor

Job 2:10; Ecclesiastes 7:14        What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?        In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set … 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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Singing in the Rain

Posted on November 2, 2013 by The Editor

Job 5:7-11        Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: who giveth rain upon … Continue reading →

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The Certainty of Temptations & Trials, Troubles & Tribulations

Posted on September 25, 2013 by The Editor

John 16:33; Acts 14:22        In the world ye shall have tribulation.        We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. BROWNLOW NORTH (1810-1875): Every Christian may settle it as a truth in his own mind, that … Continue reading →

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Trees of Righteousness Under the Gardener’s Pruning Knife

Posted on March 2, 2013 by The Editor

John 15:1,2; Isaiah 61:3        I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring … Continue reading →

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Riches & Honours: The Subtle Snare of Worldly Prosperity

Posted on August 10, 2012 by The Editor

2 Chronicles 18:1,2        Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab…And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people he had with him, and persuaded him to go up … Continue reading →

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