Numbers 10:29-32

CHRIST'S INVITATION by J. C. Ryle "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 The text which heads this paper is one which deserves to be written in letters of gold. Few verses of Scripture have done more good to the souls of people than this old fa... Read More

The Blowing of the Great Trumpet A sermon preached on August 1, 1852, by J. C. Philpot, at Eden Street Chapel. "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, an... Read More

The Invitation of Moses to Hobab William Nicholson, 1862 "One day Moses said to his brother-in-law, Hobab : We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will do you good; for the LORD has promised good things to Israel." Numbers 10:29 The tende... Read More

Scarcely Saved! Francis Bourdillon , 1873 The Bible states that "the righteous are scarcely saved" (1 Peter 4:18). Now how can this be? Is not such a man sure to be saved? Is not salvation promised to him? Is there any doubt about it? None whatever. "The righteous" here means—not one who is righteou... Read More

Ruth's Resolution Dated April 1735 Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Subject: When those that we have formerly been... Read More

Job 28; Luke 11: 34-36 "There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: the lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it." What an unspeakable mercy for one who really desires to walk with God, to know that there is a way for him to walk in! G... Read More

Exodus 18 Preached on November 24th 1839 at Collace. I. Jethro's name. - His personal name was Reuel or Raguel, 'God's Shepherd.' His father must have been a good man, not an idolater. Jethro is his official title, meaning his highness, or 'his excellency.' So this man was at once a priest of God an... Read More

Do, done, did, doing; Make, made, makes, making; Perform, Practice (4160) (poieo) occurs 568 times, primarily in the Gospels and in a wide variety of contexts, which makes it difficult to do a simple word study. BDAG says poieo is "a multivalent term (possessing many meanings), often without pointed... Read More

Deserted (forsake, abandon, leave, left) (1459) (egkataleipo from en = in + kataleipo = forsake, desert) means literally to leave down in. It conveys the sense of deserting someone in a set of circumstances that are against them. The idea is to let one down, to desert, abandon, leave in the lurch, l... Read More

They declared their pedigrees - Numbers 1:18 It was not enough to be a true-born Israelite, a man must be able to show his descent. The genealogical tables were kept with the greatest care; and there was a holy pride in being able to vindicate the claim of having the blood of the patriarchs in the v... Read More