Overview - Isaiah 45 1?God calls Cyrus for his church's sake. 5?By his omnipotency he challenges obedience. 20?He convinces the idols of vanity by hi...
Overview - Psalms 62 1?David, professing his confidence in God, discourages his enemies. 5?In the same confidence he encourages the godly. 9?No trus...
Overview - Psalms 68 1?A prayer at the removing of the ark. 4?An exhortation to praise God for his mercies; 7?for his care of the church; 19?for his...
Righteousness. 1 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk h...
Chapter?7 Ezra goes up to Jerusalem. (1-10) The commission to Ezra. (11-26) Ezra blesses God for his favour. (27,28) Verses 1-10 Ezra we...
Romans 10:2 For I bear them record, that they have a zeal of God A zeal for God; for the being and unity of God, against the polytheism and idolatry o...
Isaiah 45:15 Verily thou art a God that hideth thyself Who hid himself from the Gentile world for some hundreds of years, who had no knowledge of the ...
We know him that said (oidamen ton eiponta). God lives and is true to his word. He quotes Deuteronomy 32:35 (cf. Romans 12:19 ). For ekdikhsi see ...
There is joy (ginetai cara). More exactly, joy arises. Futuristic present of ginomai (cf. estai in verse Matthew 7 ). In the presence of the angels ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 10. The God of my mercy shall prevent me. God who is the giver and fountain of all the undeserved goodness I have received, will go b...
1 John 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God This is a rule by which believers may know whether a man professing to have the Spirit of God, and to be c...
WITH CHRIST En tfje School of pragcr. Twelfth Lesson. 'Have faith in God;' Or, The Secret of believing Prayer. 'Jesus, answering, said unto the...
?EXPOSITION Verse 7. Yet they say, the Lord shall not see. This was the reason of their arrogance, and the climax of their wickedness: they were blind...
Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.] Either God personally considered, God in the person of Christ; so the Shechinah, with the Jews, is cal...
Chapter?3 David complains to God of his enemies, and confides in God. (1-3) He triumphs over his fears, and gives God the glory, and takes to himself...
1 John 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God As a divine person who came in the flesh, and obeyed the law, and brought in everlasting righteousness...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 21. Here the assertion of purity is repeated, both in a positive and a negative form. There is I have and I have not, both of which ...
Twenty-third Day. WAITING ON GOD: ffor tnnloofcedsfot Cbinflo. 'For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 3. Say unto God. Turn all your praises to him. Devotion, unless it be resolutely directed to the Lord, is no better than whistling to...
The Confession of Sin. 'If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.'? 1 ...