Comfort of the Scriptures

Before we were saved by God’s grace, it is written of us that “all we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” But now, thank God, it is said of us who know the Savior that “ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls,” that One who says that “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.” But though we are forever safe in His fold, we still have the capacity to go “astray like a lost sheep” and to act like an unsaved person acts, for we still have within us that fleshly nature common to all men, in which “dwelleth no good thing.” Therefore we are exhorted to “put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.” But, thank God, when we who know Him go “astray like a lost sheep,” “our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,” calls us back to His fellowship, when “we confess our sins” to Him.

I’m safe forever in His fold; No power can snatch me away; Yet He keeps watch over my soul, To restore me when I stray.

Psalm 119:176 ~ Isaiah 53:6 ~ 1 Peter 2:25 ~ John 10:27‑28 ~ Romans 7:18 ~ Romans 13:14 ~ Hebrews 13:20 ~ 1 John 1:9

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When we recognize that the Bible is the very Word of God, when we can truthfully say to the Lord that “my heart standeth in awe of Thy word. I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil,” then we shall find God’s Word doing a work in our hearts, for it “effectually worketh … in you that believe.” We will know its cleansing power, for, as our Lord said to His own, “Now are ye clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.” We shall experience its guiding power, for “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” We shall know also the “comfort of the Scriptures.” So “let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom,” thus finding that your actions are affected, so that your desire will be that “whatsoever ye do in word or deed,” you will “do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.” Then earnestly “desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.”

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, That I might not sin against Thee,” That I might show forth His praises, And that more like Him I may be.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 ~ Psalm 119:161‑162 ~ John 15:3 ~ Psalm 119:105 ~ Romans 15:4 ~ Colossians 3:16‑17 ~ 1 Peter 2:2

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“First of all” could mean first in time, in order, in place, or in importance. Here it evidently means “first of all” in importance. Our Lord Jesus Christ said “that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” He also said, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” “Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord.” “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice.” In the Christian’s life, if there is little prayer, there is little blessing. It is “first of all” in importance that we “watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” So “continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.” “Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us.” Let us then be “praying in the Holy Ghost.”

Much blessing we miss in our lives, Just because we fail to pray, Blessings we could bring to others, Helping to lighten their way.

1 Timothy 2:1 ~ Luke 18:1 ~ Matthew 7:7‑8 ~ Lamentations 2:19 ~ Psalm 55:17 ~ Matthew 26:41 ~ Colossians 4:2 ~ Psalm 62:8 ~ Jude 20

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Our Lord came to earth nearly 2000 years ago, “God … manifest in the flesh,” and offered Himself to His people Israel as their King. But “He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” To them, then, “He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.” But the day is fast coming, after the true church has been taken home to glory and then after the tribulation period, “the time of Jacob’s trouble,” has run its course, that the believing remnant of Israel “shall see the King in His beauty” as He returns to earth in power and glory. But we who know Him now and have been “redeemed … with the precious blood of Christ,” “shall see the King in His beauty.” “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.” Blessed prospect indeed, that “they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.” “For how great is His goodness, and how great is His beauty,” “which in His times He shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.”

He’s “King of kings, and Lord of lords”; We’ll “meet the Lord in the air”; Into the Father’s house we’ll go “With the Lord” forever there.

Isaiah 33:17 ~ 1 Timothy 3:16 ~ John 1:11 ~ Isaiah 53:2 ~ Jeremiah 30:7 ~ 1 Peter 1:18‑19 ~ 1 John 3:2 ~ Revelation 22:4 ~ Zechariah 9:17 ~ 1 Timothy 6:15

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“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.” One of the marks of “the last days” with their “perilous times” is that “men shall be … covetous,” which means lovers of silver. God warns His children against such covetousness and love of gain. “If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.” “Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.” “Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments?” For “the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” “But thou, O man of God, flee these things.”

The things of earth don’t satisfy; They only call for more, And he who only has such things Is of all men most poor.

1 Timothy 6:9 ~ 1 Timothy 6:10 ~ Ecclesiastes 5:10 ~ 2 Timothy 3:1‑2 ~ Psalm 62:10 ~ Proverbs 23:4‑5 ~ 2 Kings 5:26 ~ 1 John 2:17 ~ 1 Timothy 6:11

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“Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.” “Them which are without,” outside of God’s family because they are out of Christ, seek to find flaws in the lives and testimonies of those who name the name of Christ, so the believer is to be “providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.” “Provide things honest in the sight of all men,” “that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life.” “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.” “For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.”

My life ought to show before men What the grace of God can do For those who know the Lord Jesus And give Him their lives to renew.

Colossians 4:5 ~ 1 Timothy 3:7 ~ 2 Corinthians 8:21 ~ Romans 12:17 ~ Philippians 2:15‑16 ~ 1 Peter 2:11‑12 ~ 1 Peter 2:15

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God desires for His children that all our words and actions be “with grace.” It was written prophetically of our Lord Jesus Christ that “grace is poured into Thy lips,” and when He was here on earth, men “wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth.” All of us who know Him can say with Jacob that “God hath dealt graciously with me,” and this grace ought to be reflected in our speech. “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty,” and “speak thou the things which become sound doctrine.” “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” “Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” “Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak.” “I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue.” “Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.”

“Let your speech be always with grace,” As God has shown grace to you, Showing forth daily His praises, Like Him in all that you do.

Colossians 4:6 ~ Psalm 45:2 ~ Luke 4:22 ~ Genesis 33:11 ~ James 2:12 ~ Titus 2:1 ~ Ephesians 4:29 ~ 1 Peter 3:15 ~ James 1:19 ~ Psalm 39:1 ~ Psalm 141:3

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Never let Satan cause you to doubt this, dear believer. “The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.” “The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him,” for “He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.” “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is infinite.” “The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His,” and His Word to His own is, “Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.” “For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men,” “for He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.” Never forget: “He careth for you”!

The Lord is full of compassion; His mercies are new each day; “He careth for” all His people, And cheers them along the way.

1 Peter 5:7 ~ Psalm 9:9‑10 ~ Lamentations 3:25 ~ Psalm 9:12 ~ Psalm 147:3‑5 ~ 2 Timothy 2:19 ~ Isaiah 43:2 ~ Lamentations 3:33 ~ Psalm 103:14

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The word “conversation” above is a word that means “commonwealth” or “citizenship.” For the saved sinner, “our citizenship is in heaven.” Our Lord said to His own, “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” He said to His Father, on the night before the cross, that “they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world,” and “I have given them Thy Word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” “And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” We who know Christ in the forgiveness of sins “are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.” Like Abraham, who “looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God,” we “are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,” “for our citizenship is in heaven.”

We are no longer at home on earth; Our citizenship is above, For He has put all our sins away; We shall dwell in that land of love.

Philippians 3:20 ~ John 15:19 ~ John 17:16 ~ John 17:14 ~ 1 John 2:17 ~ Ephesians 2:19 ~ Hebrews 11:10 ~ Hebrews 12:22

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“It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High.” “Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely” for us who have been redeemed “with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot.” “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation,” and “who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.” “Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.” “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful,” “giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” “By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.” “Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise and with Thy honor all the day.” “I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

Ought not we who have been favored By God’s grace so rich and free, With His overflowing mercy, Ought we not to thankful be?

Psalm 50:23 ~ Psalm 92:1 ~ Psalm 147:1 ~ 1 Peter 1:19 ~ Psalm 68:19 ~ 1 Timothy 6:17 ~ Psalm 33:1 ~ Colossians 3:15 ~ Ephesians 5:20 ~ Hebrews 13:15 ~ Psalm 71:8 ~ Psalm 34:1

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