Jeremiah 10:23

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 27 CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CONCLUDED) John 7:32-53 The following is a general Outline of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The Pharisees’ attempt to apprehend Christ: verse 32. 2. Christ’s words to their officers: verses 33, 34. 3. The mystification of ... Read More

"If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us" (1 John 5:14). Throughout this book it has been our chief aim to exalt the Creator and abase the creature. The well-nigh universal tendency now, is to magnify man and dishonor and degrade God. On every hand it will be found that, when spiritu... Read More

"But he knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me I shall come forth as gold" (JOB 23:10). Job here corrects himself. In the beginning of the chapter we find him saying: "Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning" (vv. 1 & 2). Poor Job felt that his lot was un... Read More

“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.” (Exodus 12:2) New Year’s resolutions are good but fragile, that is, easily broken. New Year’s prayers are better; they ascend to the throne of God and set answering wheels in motion. As we come to... Read More

One of the marvels of modern technology is the Global Positioning System (gps). Through a series of satellites in the sky anyone with a receiver can determine their exact position here on earth. Aircraft and ships use this technology to find their way across the skies and oceans of the world. When t... Read More

"O Lord , I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps" (Jer. 10:23). "Lead me in a plain path" (Ps. 27:14). Many people want to direct God, instead of resigning themselves to be directed by Him; to show Him a way, instead of passively following whe... Read More

They that know thy name will put their trust in thee. This is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHT-EOUSNESS. — I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor. — O Lord, I know ... Read More

Thy will be done. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. — Not as I will, but as thou wilt. — Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. We know not what we sh... Read More

What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. — Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, s... Read More

The Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee. If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. — O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord:... Read More