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Chuck Smith

Mark 10:46

Chuck SmithSight For The Blind I. The story of Bartimaeus. A. We are told of Bartimaeus that he was blind, and that he was a beggar. B. And as Jesus had went out from Jericho. 1. Luke tells us that He was coming near to Jericho. 2. There were two Jericho's, an upper and a lower. The sites have recently been un... Read More
John Gill

Of Humility.

John GillA Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 14 OF HUMILITY After "love, joy, peace," mentioned as fruits of the Spirit, "long suffering, gentleness, and meekness," in which "humility" is included, are observed as fruits of the same Spirit also (Gal. 5:22,23 and this naturally follows or accompanies ... Read More
John Gill

Of Spiritual Joy.

John GillA Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 10 OF SPIRITUAL JOY Joy is a fruit of the Spirit, which follows love; "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy" (Gal. 5:22), it attends faith and hope; and as these graces are in exercise, and increase, so does spiritual joy; hence we read of "the joy of fait... Read More
Charles Alexander

The Puritan Illusion - Part Two

And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. --Paul the Apostle And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans... Read More
Daily Light

SEPTEMBER 1 - morning

The fruit of the spirit is meekness. The meek ... shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. — Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as ... Read More
Desert Fathers

The Philokalia Volume 4B

Desert FathersOn Spiritual Knowledge, Love and the Perfection of Living: One Hundred Texts 126:5) If you search out the Lord and patiently wait for Him until the firstlings of His righteousness grow in you, you will reap a rich crop of divine knowledge. The light of wisdom will illuminate you and you will become ... Read More
John Nelson Darby

1 Corinthians 1

John Nelson DarbyThe first epistle to the Corinthians consists of details more than of great truths, and therefore not so much has been written on it. Sosthenes is associated with Paul, as having laboured there, where he had also been chief ruler of the synagogue; Acts 18. The association of others does not hinder t... Read More
Missionary Biographies

Mary Slessor: Mission Africa

The place is the Calabar River on the slave coast of Africa. The time is an afternoon in September 1876. A rusty ocean steamer is heading toward the mouth of the Calabar. This part of Africa is known as the White Man's Grave, and only a fool could come here without being afraid. The land a few miles... Read More
Stanley H. Frodsham

Ever Increasing Joy

Stanley H. FrodshamThere is a promise in Isaiah 29:19: “The meek... shall increase their joy in the Lord.” What class? The meek. Who are the meek? Those who find nothing in themselves and their all in the Lord. Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. With his exceptional ability and power, surely, he cou... Read More
Blaise Pascal

SECTION XI: THE PROPHECIES

Blaise Pascal693. When I see the blindness and the wretchedness of man, when I regard the whole silent universe and man without light, left to himself and, as it were, lost in this corner of the universe, without knowing who has put him there, what he has come to do, what will become of him at death, and incapab... Read More

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