Notes on Psalm 8 The inscription to this Psalm is the following: To the chief Musictan upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. This has been metaphrased, “To the conqueror, concerning the wine-presses;” and has been supposed to be a Psalm intended for the ti
Read more…Deuteronomy 8 An exhortation to obedience from a consideration of God’s past mercies, vv. 1, 2. Man is not to live by bread only, but by every word of God, v. 3. How God provided for them in the wilderness, v. 4. The Lord chastened them that they mig
Read more…Above All Goods and All Gifts We Must Rest in God!!!!!!
The Disciple- ABOVE all things and in all things, O my soul, rest always in God, for He is the everlasting rest of the saints. Grant, most sweet and loving Jesus, that I may seek my repose in Yo
The Basis of Firm Peace of Heart and True Progress!!!!! The Voice of Christ- MY CHILD, I have said: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you.” (John 14:27.) All men desire peace but all do not car
Read more…Four Things Which Bring Great Peace !!!!!!
The Voice of Christ- MY CHILD, I will teach you now the way of peace and true liberty. Seek, child, to do the will of others rather than your own. Always choose to have less rather than more. Look always for
Ecclesiastes 5 Stand in Awe of God 1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. 2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart
Read more…Proverbs 5 Warning Against Adultery 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, 2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoo
Read more…Psalm 5 For the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David. 1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing. 2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I l
Read more…Moses and Aaron open their commission to Pharaoh, v. 1. He insultingly asks who Jehovah is, in whose name they require him to dismiss the people, v. 2. They explain, v. 3. He charges them with making the people disaffected, vv. 4, 5; and commands the
Read more…The prophet, having described the judgments impending over his countrymen, enlarges on the corruptions which prevailed among them. Their profession of religion was all false and hypocritical, vv. 1, 2. Though corrected, they were not amended, but per
Read more…Prayer Marks Spiritual Leadership !!!!Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of hea
Read more…The Excellence of a Free Mind, Gained Through Prayer Rather Than By Study!!!!!
The Disciple -IT IS the mark of a perfect man, Lord, never to let his mind relax in attention to heavenly things, and to pass through many cares as though he had none; not
Isaiah 40:22 As a curtain “As a thin veil”—“It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat or inclemency of the weather by a velum, umbrella, or veil, as I shall
Read more…The great gospel doctrine of justification by faith without the works of the law was so very contrary to the notions the Jews had learnt from those that sat in Moses’ chair, that it would hardly go down with them; and therefore the apostle insists ve
Read more…Esther 2 The counsellors advise that a selection of virgins should be made throughout the empire, out of whom the king should choose one to be queen in place of Vashti, vv. 1-4. Account of Mordecai and his cousin Esther, vv. 5-7. She is chosen among
Read more…Proverbs 4
Wisdom Is Supreme
1 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a boy in my father's house,
still tender, and an only child of m
Ecclesiastes 4
Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness
1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed—
and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
and they have no
Psalm 4 (New International Version) Psalm 4 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David. 1 Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. 2 How long
Read more…Beware Vain and Worldly Knowledge!!!! The Voice of Christ- MY CHILD, do not let the fine-sounding and subtle words of men deceive you. For the kingdom of heaven consists not in talk but in virtue. Attend, rather, to My words which enkindle the heart
Read more…Romans 2 The scope of the first two chapters of this epistle may be gathered from ch. 3:9, “We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin.” This we have proved upon the Gentiles (ch. 1), now in this chapter, he proves it up
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