“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence.”
(Isaiah 62:6)
The prophet begins this chapter with much zeal to show the Lord’s peculiar care over his afflicted people. “For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, [...]
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26 Feb
“Watchmen Upon Thy Walls”
26 Feb
Spiritual Liberty
“When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.”
(Psalm 126:1)
This then is the word we must first look at; it implies something we have to expect and wait for, when will this good thing be done for us, this turning of our captivity?
Now many think this [...]
26 Feb
Receiving And Walking
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him.”
(Colossians 2:6)
To walk in Christ as we received him is to retain the sense of our need of him, as when we felt the Day Spring from on high first visited us, and the terrors of the Lord made us afraid. [...]
26 Feb
Free Grace Salvation
“By grace ye are saved.”
(Ephesians 2:5)
What a wonderful mercy it is to an enlightened sinner to hear what the Apostle says, “By grace ye are saved.”
Men under the conviction of sin and the discovery of God’s justice and holiness often feel themselves utterly hopeless, and whatever men may say to them about amending their [...]
19 Oct
Watchmen Upon The Walls
All the comforts and privileges that the children of God know on this side of heaven, and in heaven, proceed from the Father’s everlasting love to us in Christ Jesus. Whatever grace the Lord bestows upon us, it is eternal life begun. All divine grace is everlasting. This is what the faithful watchman must declare [...]
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