_It is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it._ JACOB’S TROUBLE There is not a malady in human life, but we find its antidote in the Bible; not a wound, but we find its balm; not a spiritual sickness, but we find its remedy there. If there is no time of trouble to Jacob,... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will correct thee in measure._ CORRECTION IN MEASURE I. The text gives us God’s law of correction; and remember, first of all, that it is a law. It is not a passion; it is not a surprise on the part of the Ruler Himself: it is part of His very goodness; it is quiet, solemn, inexorable, everlasti... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord._ GOD’S LOVE IN RESTORATION Most times in Scripture the voice of God is the voice of love. The sterner words come forth as of necessity, on compulsion. How wonderful in the text is the tenderness with which God spe... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small._ THE CHURCH’S ENCOURAGEMENT IN TIMES OF DEPRESSION I. A representation cf the Church in a state of great depression and affliction. 1. Consternation and dismay are evinced. There is “the voice of trembling,” and the agitation of “fear,” at t... [ Continue Reading ]
_And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them._ THE CHOICE OF THEIR RULERS THE PRIVILEGE OF THE PEOPLE 1. The power of choosing their own rulers is a privilege which but very few of mankind have ever enjoyed. There is not one nation in all Asia a... [ Continue Reading ]