_‘LOVED WITH EVERLASTING LOVE’_ ‘I have loved thee with an everlasting love.’ Jeremiah 31:3 I. WE CANNOT ESTIMATE THE LENGTH OF GOD’S LOVE.—When did it begin to be? Long before I was born. Long before the Cross was raised on the brow of Calvary. Long before the world was made. Its foundations li... [ Continue Reading ]
_A GOOD TIME COMING_ ‘The days come.’ Jeremiah 31:27 I. THE HOPEFULNESS OF GOD’S MESSAGE TO ISRAEL.—The kingdom was doomed, but yet there were good times coming. The characteristic of true religion is that it has always more future than past. An ill day for a people, a church, or any one person... [ Continue Reading ]
_A NEW COVENANT_ ‘I will make a new covenant.’ Jeremiah 31:31 The progress of Jewish history, as recorded in the Old Testament, was marked by a series of covenants, in which God declared His gracious purposes towards His people, with the conditions on which His favour was to be enjoyed, and the p... [ Continue Reading ]
_LIGHT-WRITING_ ‘I will … write [My law] in their hearts.’ Jeremiah 31:33 (_A sermon to children_) Did you ever think that the best writer in the world is light? A photograph is a writing by means of light. When you go to a studio and say, ‘I want my photo,’ what the artist does is this: he puts... [ Continue Reading ]