Malachi 3:1,3 The coming of the Lord is an event which people are warned “Behold, I will send my messenger” (v.1) Why would God send a messenger? Lest we should be unprepared. God gives warning after warning, messenger after messenger in preparing the way. We know that the moral condition of people is not what…

Micah 7:7 The Strongest saint is infirm and liable to fall. “When I fall”  Sin within and temptation without may overcome a person. Disasters may come such as what happened to Job. The darkness of doubt, captivity and mysterious providence may come. Clouds may hang over you, and friends may desert you and shadows may…

Ecclesiastes 9:1,4 The hand of God is the symbol of Divine power and authority. The hand of God is the hand that will gather the righteous into Glory. When God holds us by his right hand, we may well cherish the blessed confidence that he will, as David declared, “Thou shalt guide me with thy…

Jeremiah 5:1 The Lord is always read to pardon a person, regardless of who he is. Here in this setting the Lord give this order, “run to and fro” What is this person searching for? He is searching for one person that is seeking for truth. The Lord is ever ready and willing to forgive…

Nahum 1:7 It is wonderful to be able to help comforter others. It is a blessing to minister to the sorrowful and stricken ones. What a blessing it is to watch and pray for people who are walking in there Gethsemanes. “And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,…

Cor. 1: 3, 8 Old Testament Saints waited for the first advent of the Messiah and the consolation of Israel. The New Testament saints wait for the second advent of the Lord, and the completion of the church in holiness, and its entrance into his glory at his appearing. We love him as our Saviour,…

Ecclesiastes 6:11,12 In the best conditions of earthly happiness, there is a craving for some unpossessed gain. People never attain to the end of their desires. We never reach a state of satisfaction. There always seems to be a goal that is always before us. We find there is no anchor in this life to…

Isaiah 40:12,18 Isaiah 40:12,18 The greatest things in the material world are nothing to God, (v.12) The ocean, the heaven and the earth, he made them all, (Ps.33:8,9) The greatest minds in the universe are nothing to him, (v.13,14) He is uninstructible, he is independent of all minds, no one counseled him when it come…

  Romans 5:20,21 This passage seem to trace the course of two mighty rivers. The one has its source in the stream of sin and evil. As sin has proceeds in to the world it is distinguished by abundance and is said to reign, to dominate the world, and it flows at last into the…

  Malachi 3:17,18 The people of God are his peculiar treasures, and it is a joy to know that in a world as this that there is anything which God can regard as his own peculiar treasure. Yes, when we look about us we see sin is everywhere and in all places.     The…