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They shall be filled. Matthew 5:6 I proceed now to the second part of the text. A promise annexed. They shall be filled'. A Christian fighting with sin is not like one that beats the air' (1 Corinthians 9:26), and his hungering after righteousness is not like one that sucks in only air, Blessed are ... Read More

His commandments are not grievous 1. John 5:3 You have seen what Christ calls for poverty of spirit, pureness of heart, meekness, mercifulness, cheerfulness in suffering persecution, etc. Now that none may hesitate or be troubled at these commands of Christ, I thought good (as a closure to the forme... Read More

Christ, a Rock! William Nicholson, 1862 "I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink. So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel." Exodus 17:6 "They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual... Read More

God Governing the Nations Arthur Pink "If that nation I warned repents of its evil—then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned" (Jer. 18:8). There is no "if" in connection with what God has foreordained, and the history of nations has been as truly and definitely predestinate... Read More

Christian Liberty Arthur Pink, 1923 The Law and the Saint The unregenerate sinner is, in heart and practice, an Antinomian; that is, one who is opposed to the Law of God. Proof of this is furnished by Romans 8:7, which tells us, "The carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the La... Read More

DIVINE GUIDANCE Arthur W. Pink, 1935 There is a need to amplify the positive aspect of divine guidance. There are few subjects which bear on the practical side of the Christian life, and that believers are more exercised about, than that they may be "led by the Lord" in all their ways. Yet when some... Read More

Enjoying God's Best Arthur Pink January, 1946 The above title embodies and expresses our "New Year's Wish" for our readers, that such may be the experience of each of them during 1946. In employing such language, perhaps it needs to be pointed out that we are not here accommodating one of the modern... Read More

ALIVE OR DEAD? by J. C. Ryle "And He has made you alive , who were once dead in trespasses and sins." Ephesians 2:1 The question which forms the title of this paper deserves a thousand thoughts. I invite every reader of this volume to look at it carefully, and ponder it well. Search your own heart, ... Read More

Jesus All-sufficient James Smith, 1855 It is a very beautiful and glowing account which the Apostle gives of the resurrection, ascension, and glorification of our beloved Lord — in the close of his first chapter to the Ephesians. He shows that he is exalted above all created beings, that all things ... Read More

The Voice of God in the Alarming Death of Jane! James Smith, 1860 "O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!" Deuteronomy 32:29 An accident occurred to one of my congregation. A strong, hearty, and healthy young woman, whom I saw in her place last S... Read More