_The Word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison._ A DIVINE MESSAGE SENT INTO A PRISON I. A true child of God and an honoured prophet in disgrace and affliction (verse 1). Let not the child of God think that his sorrows are always becaus... [ Continue Reading ]
_Call unto Me, and I win answer thee._ AN INVITATION A PROMISE-A REVELATION I. A gracious invitation--“Call unto Me” implies all the constituents of successful prayer. 1. Penitence. 2. Contrition. 3. Humility. 4. Importunity. 5. Restitution. 6. Faith. II. A precious promise--“And I will ans... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold I will bring __IT HEALTH AND CURE._ This passage, in its more immediate application, relates to the city and people of Jerusalem, and conveys a promise to the unhappy nation of the Jews of blessings which are yet in store for them. THE GREAT PHYSICIAN I. The visit which this Good Physician... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will cleanse them from all their iniquity._ OUR CLEANSER (with Psalms 19:12):--Many think that Jesus came into the world to forgive our sins; which is true, but it is only a part of the truth; for the New Testament reveals that He came to save us from our sins. Forgiveness is a great thing; but... [ Continue Reading ]
_They shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it._ CHASTENED HAPPINESS Our text suggests at the outset the remark that all the good things which make up prosperity are to be traced unto the Lord. These benefits are not from beneath, but from above;... [ Continue Reading ]
_The voice of Joy, and the voice of gladness._ JOY AFTER DESOLATION We are called upon to realise the fullest meaning of desolation. Think of a forsaken city, think of being afraid of the sound of your own footfall! Even in that desolation there comes an overpowering sense of society, as if the air... [ Continue Reading ]
_This is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness._ THE JUSTIFIED CHURCH It is no slip of the pen--“She shall be called”: it is no mistranslation, or unguarded statement, as might be imagined. It is a deliberate name, based on a great and an everlasting principle; and it i... [ Continue Reading ]
_If ye can break My covenant of the day, and My covenant of the night. .. Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant._ GOD’S GREAT DAY-AND-NIGHT ENGINE, AS A WITNESS AGAINST SKEPTICISM “Day and night in their season” are God’s perpetual challenge to unbelief, His sublime witnesses to... [ Continue Reading ]