Category Archives: Bible

October 30th Faith Without faith it is impossible to please Him. Hebrews 11:6. Faith in antagonism to common sense is fanaticism, and common sense in antagonism to faith is rationalism. The life of faith brings the two into a right relation. Common sense is not faith, and faith is not common sense; they stand inContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

October 30 “Let us run with patience.” (Heb. 12:1.) TO run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards the couch of the invalid. Yet,Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”

30 OCTOBER (PREACHED 4 OCTOBER 1767) Help and hope for the helpless and hopeless ‘Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.’ Psalm 63:7SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 9:1–20 In the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. Experience should determine us to David’s determination. The wings referContinue reading “365 days with Newton”

October 29th Substitution He hath made Him to be sin for us, … that we might be made the righteousness of God.… 2 Cor. 5:21. The modern view of the death of Jesus is that He died for our sins out of sympathy. The New Testament view is that He bore our sin not byContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

October 29 “He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” (Mal. 3:3.) OUR Father, who seeks to perfect His saints in holiness, knows the value of the refiner’s fire. It is with the most precious metals that the assayer takes the most pains, and subjects them to the hot fire, because such firesContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”