MATTHEW 6:22.—“The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” THE human eye is the most striking and expressive feature in the human constitution. Of all the physical organs, it is the …
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THE REALITY OF HEAVEN
JOHN 14:2.—“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.” ALL Scripture is profitable, and conduces to the growth of the Christian. But some portions of it seem to be more particularly adapted than others to certain …
FAITH WITH AND WITHOUT SIGHT
JOHN 20:29.—“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” THIS is one of the most comforting and encouraging passages in the whole Scripture, to a doubting and anxious Christian. …
THE CREATURE HAS NO ABSOLUTE MERIT
LUKE 17:10.—“When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which it was our duty to do.” IN this direction which our Lord gave his apostles, he announced a truth that is exceedingly …
THE DUTY OF REFERENCE TO THE DIVINE WILL
JAMES 4:13–15.—“Go to now, ye that say, To-day, or to-morrow, we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell and get gain: Whereas, ye know not what shall be on the morrow: For what is your life? It …
THE GLORIFICATION OF GOD
ISAIAH 42:8.—“I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” THE name of a thing, provided it is a true and adequate one, denotes the essential nature of that thing. When …
GOD THE STRENGTH OF MAN
PSALM 84:5.—“Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee.” POWER and enjoyment are reciprocally related to each other. “To be weak is to be miserable,” said Satan to Beelzebub, as they lay weltering in the floods of tempestuous fire, after their expulsion from heaven; …
THE FUTURE VISION OF GOD
2 CORINTHIANS, 4:18.—“The things which are not seen are eternal.” THERE is a difference between things that are not seen, and things that are invisible. An object may not be seen at this particular moment, or under the present circumstances, and yet it may come …
THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD
LUKE 16:25.—“But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things, but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.” AT first sight, it appears singular that the unbelieving and impenitent Dives, in the very place …
THE SUPREME EXCELLENCE OF GOD
MATTHEW 19:16, 17.—“And behold, one came, and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is God.” THE eternal …