Comfort of the Scriptures

God wants His children to live peacefully, and He has admonished us to “follow peace with all men.” Such an aim and pursuit will result in blessing to our own hearts, “for he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and pursue it.” This being the case, “let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.” Even so, “peace with all men” may not always be possible, so “if it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.” We cannot have “peace with all men” by lowering our Biblical standards of conduct, for “the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,” and whether or not all men are peaceable with us, we should always seek to live by the standards of God’s Word, and “when a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.” “The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?” “Great peace have they which love Thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”

How can we be peaceable In a world that knows not His name? By constantly “looking to Jesus,” Being willing to bear His shame.

1 Thessalonians 5:13 ~ Hebrews 12:14 ~ 1 Peter 3:10‑11 ~ Romans 14:19 ~ Romans 12:18 ~ James 3:17 ~ Proverbs 16:7 ~ Psalm 118:6 ~ Psalm 119:165

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Living in and tempered by a materialistic society, it is hard to comprehend that one’s “life consisteth not in … abundance” and in “things.” It can even reach the point where we are “supposing that gain is godliness.” But we are not to “trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.” “Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.” Not only are “things” transitory, but they are also unsatisfying, and “better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and trouble therewith,” and “better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.” Let us never imagine that “abundance” brings happiness, or that “things” produce spirituality. If God is pleased to give an “abundance of … things,” let us be sure that “the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches” do not “choke the word” and its ministry in our lives. Rather, “be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”

Things and pleasures always beckon And entice the child of God, But they give no lasting pleasure, Which comes as we obey His Word.

Luke 12:15 ~ 1 Timothy 6:5 ~ 1 Timothy 6:17 ~ Proverbs 23:5 ~ Proverbs 15:16 ~ Proverbs 17:1 ~ Matthew 13:22 ~ James 1:22

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As important as the substitutionary death of Christ is, His bodily resurrection is of equal importance, for the gospel message, by which we are saved, is “how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.” Would it not be an awful thing for us believers to contemplate that we “are yet in [our] sins”? But we “by Him do believe in God, that raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory; that [our] faith and hope might be in God.” For “He was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.” And His resurrection not only assures our salvation, but assures us also strength to live for His glory, for when we trusted in Christ as Saviour, we were by the Holy Spirit “baptized into His death … that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection,” “that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection.”

We shared His death, and we share His life, Jesus, our Saviour and Lord; He gives us the strength to live for Him, Strength by the Spirit and Word.

1 Corinthians 15:17 ~ 1 Corinthians 15:3‑4 ~ 1 Peter 1:21 ~ Romans 4:25 ~ Romans 6:3‑5 ~ Philippians 3:10

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We never know how many stooping hearts we meet from day to day, heavy with sorrow, weighted down with difficulties, perplexed by unsolved and seemingly insoluble problems. We must, of course, be walking in close fellowship with the Lord in order to know how to speak “a good word” at the right time and thus be able to say that “the Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: He wakeneth morning by morning, He wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.” So we are told to “let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” Thus shall we be able to speak “a good word” to make someone’s heart glad. And not only will it bless others, it will also bring blessing to us as we speak the “good word,” for “a man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!” So “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.” “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty,” the Word of God.

Only a word, so quickly spoken; Only a word, what will it be? A word to help, a word of courage, A word to last for eternity.

Proverbs 12:25 ~ Isaiah 50:4 ~ Colossians 4:6 ~ Proverbs 15:23 ~ Ephesians 4:29 ~ James 2:12

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Our acts of “well doing” are usually not appreciated by the world, and sometimes not even by other Christians. This being the case, it is easy to become “weary in well doing.” But let us be encouraged by the fact that “God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward His name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” All that is done for Him will be rewarded, whether or not it is received or appreciated by men. Our Lord said that “whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My name, because ye belong to Christ … he shall not lose his reward.” “Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.” So, “beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” Then, “as we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” So, “as we have received mercy, we faint not.”

All that is done for Him Will receive its due reward When He shall come in glory, Christ Jesus, our blessed Lord.

Galatians 6:9 ~ Galatians 6:10 ~ Mark 9:41 ~ 2 Chronicles 15:7 ~ 1 Corinthians 15:58 ~ Hebrews 6:10 ~ 2 Corinthians 4:1

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How wonderful it is to think upon the faithfulness of God! How it refreshes our hearts to look away from our own unfaithfulness and the unfaithfulness of men, and to remind ourselves that there is One who is absolutely faithful. To be sure, we who know the Lord are called unto faithfulness, and “it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” But our faithfulness is relative; His is absolute. There is no possibility that it can ever fail. “If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful: He cannot deny Himself.” For “God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” He is “a merciful and faithful high priest,” for “He is faithful that promised.” Then “let them which suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” “Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.”

Faithful to all His promises, Found in His precious Word, Faithful to teach and to chasten, Faithful and wonderful Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:9 ~ 1 Corinthians 4:2 ~ 2 Timothy 2:13 ~ 1 Corinthians 10:13 ~ Hebrews 2:17 ~ Hebrews 10:23 ~ 1 Peter 4:19 ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:24

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How easily and quickly we forget the Lord’s mercies to us. It is written of the children of Israel that “they remembered not His hand, nor the day when He delivered them from the enemy.” Many Christians become so engrossed in their business and at being successful in this world that little time and energy is left to think upon the Lord and His blessings and mercies. “Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I command thee this day: lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein … and all that thou hast is multiplied; then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God.” May it not be said of us that “they forgat God their saviour,” or that “they soon forgat His works; they waited not for His counsel,” but may we rather be able to say, by God’s grace, that “I will delight myself in Thy statutes: I will not forget Thy word,” “for consider how great things He hath done for you.”

Forget not His blessings and mercies, Ye who know His dear name; Remember the way He has led thee, He who is ever the same.

Psalm 103:2 ~ Psalm 78:42 ~ Deuteronomy 8:11‑14 ~ Psalm 106:21 ~ Psalm 106:13 ~ Psalm 119:16 ~ 1 Samuel 12:24

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Not only are we saved by grace—“By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God”—but we must also live and love and labor by God’s enabling grace. Only thus can we “serve God acceptably.” And God’s grace has been provided for every possible circumstance and situation which might enter into our lives. “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” Paul testified that “by the grace of God I am what I am. … I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” So God’s Word encourages us to “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” Helpless and needy ourselves, having nothing to offer God except ourselves as living sacrifices, we hear Him saying to us that “My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Let us, therefore, “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”

Grace to labor, grace to suffer, Grace to break the chains of sin, Grace abundant, all sufficient, Giving peace and joy within.

Hebrews 12:28 ~ Ephesians 2:8 ~ 2 Corinthians 9:8 ~ 1 Corinthians 15:10 ~ 2 Timothy 2:1 ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9

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We who know the Lord are called upon to show forth His excellencies. For “ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” We are to be “always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.” Our lips then should be open to tell forth His praises. “My tongue shall speak of Thy word.” With Asaph the psalmist, let us determine that “I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember Thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all Thy work, and talk of Thy doings.” For “it is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High: to show forth Thy loving-kindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night.” “I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”

Praise to our Lord and Saviour, Praise for His boundless grace, Praise for His merciful kindness, Until we look on His face.

Psalm 51:15 ~ 1 Peter 2:9 ~ 2 Corinthians 4:10 ~ Psalm 119:172 ~ Psalm 77:11‑12 ~ Psalm 92:1‑2 ~ Psalm 34:1

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Every true believer in Christ as Saviour is indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and “if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.” This indwelling presence of the Third Member of the Godhead marks us off as belonging to God by redemption. “After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.” So “ye are not your own … for ye are bought with a price.” Therefore, believers “should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again.” Henceforth “we also should walk in newness of life.” “Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things He hath done for you.” So, “grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption,” but rather “be filled with the Spirit,” “building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,” never forgetting that the Holy Spirit is in us to glorify Christ, for our Lord said that “when the Comforter is come … He shall testify of Me.”

The Spirit of God dwells in me, Ready to help me and make me free From sin’s power, its loss and shame, Willing to help me honor Christ’s name.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ~ Romans 8:9 ~ Ephesians 1:13 ~ 1 Corinthians 6:19‑20 ~ 2 Corinthians 5:15 ~ Romans 6:4 ~ 1 Samuel 12:24 ~ Ephesians 4:30 ~ Ephesians 5:18 ~ Jude 20 ~ John 15:26

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