But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. —Psalm 3:3 ESV C. H. Spurgeon, from The Treasury of David: The word in the original signifies more than a shield; it means a buckler round about, a protection which shall surround a man entirely, a shield … More What a shield!
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. —Psalm 2:11 ESV Does this mean that our joy in the Lord is on shaky ground? Do we have reason to be afraid? This is not the only place in the Bible where we will see seemingly contrary commands. The Bible describes Christ’s … More Rejoice with trembling
J.C.Ryle, with some beautiful words of encouragement from John 20:24-31 Nowhere, perhaps, in all the four Gospels, do we find this part of our Lord’s character so beautifully illustrated as in the story before our eyes. It is hard to imagine anything more tiresome and provoking than the conduct of Thomas, when even the testimony … More Jesus: Love that passes knowledge, and a patience that passes understanding.
“Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” (KJV) “Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down. (ESV) As I read commentaries on Amos 1-2, I stumbled on Charles Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Loaded Waggon” He was using the … More Crushing load
“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered.”—Joel 2:32 C. H. Spurgeon: WHY do I not call on His name? Why do I run to this neighbor and that, when God is so near and will hear my faintest call? Why do I sit … More Spurgeon: He who makes the promise will find out ways and means of keeping it.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 4 Charles H. Spurgeon: No parents can say from their hearts, “We have no greater joy than to hear that our children walk in truth,” unless they are themselves walking in truth. No wolf prays for its … More No greater joy
And the name of the city from that time on shall be, “The Lord Is There.” Ezekiel 48:35 C. H. Spurgeon, in a sermon preached in 1891:”Jehovah-Shammah: A Glorious Name for the New Year” You remember how, in after ages, when Solomon was crowned and his reign of peace had been inaugurated, he built for God a … More Spurgeon: “The Lord Is There.”
“For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. Then you will remember your ways and be … More Spurgeon on pardon and praise
And the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? Behold, it is … More A Humbling Parable
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. —2 Peter 1:21 ESV C.H.Spurgeon comments on 2 Peter 1:21 This is the foundation of our faith,-that this Book is divinely inspired. Suffer nobody to make you doubt concerning this … More You have nothing else to fall back upon but this Book
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