Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil: neither tempteth he any man–Jas. 1: 13. There is a difference between temptations which the Father considers proper and the temptations which come from the Adversary. The former are...
Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward man–Acts 24: 16. Our consciences require regulating, as do all the other features of our fallen nature. If our consciences are to be regulated, we must have some standard by which to...
Ye have need of patience that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise–Heb. 10: 36. Here we see that it is not merely to do the will of God that is the test, but that after having attained to that point, that...
The zeal of thine house hath consumed me–Psa. 69: 9. Cold, calculating people may have other good qualities, but there is no room for coldness or even luke-warmness on the part of those who have once tasted that the Lord is gracious. With such, the love enkindled should lead...
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations–Jas. 1: 2. All wish frequently, no doubt, that the testings were all over and that we were accepted to a place among the overcomers; but patience and faith and trust are to do a refining work in...
