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An Inconvenient Truth: The Groaning of the Earth in Pain

Hebrews 1:10-12; Romans 8:22 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth … Continue reading

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The God of the Bible is a God of Mercy, Judgment & Justice

Psalm 101:1; Numbers 14:18; Psalm 89:14 I will sing of mercy and judgment. The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty… Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy … Continue reading

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Vignettes of God’s Vengeance Upon the Persecutors of His People

Luke 18:7,8; Romans 12:19; Genesis 12:3 Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. For it is written, vengeance … Continue reading

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A Bible Text Loved by Libertines & Ignored by Pharisees

Matthew 7:1,2 Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. A. W. PINK (1886-1952): There are few verses … Continue reading

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The Righteous Symmetry of God’s Judgments

Judges 1:5-7 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him…But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having … Continue reading

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The Mercy & Truth of God to Unworthy Sinners

Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant. COTTON MATHER (1663-1728): When Thomas Hooker was dying, one said to him, “Brother, you are … Continue reading

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The Sad Lament of Balaam

Hebrews 9:2; Numbers 23:10 It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714): There are many who … Continue reading

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Till He Come

I Corinthians 11:26        For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): At the Lord’s Supper, there is no discerning the Lord’s body … Continue reading

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The Judicial Hand of God in the Wars of Nations

Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it…My four sore judgments…the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence. EDWARD PAYSON (1783-1827): National judgments … Continue reading

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The Unthankful Perilous Times of the Last Days

2 Timothy 3:1-5; Matthew 24:11-13; James 5:8        This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural … Continue reading

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