Comfort of the Scriptures

“Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart,” “for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.” “The Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men. The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.” It is not a light thing to truthfully ask the Lord to “let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight,” but it is a most needful thing, and a thing that will bring great blessing. Elsewhere the Lord tells us that “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” “Thou hast proved mine heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress,” “for there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether.” “I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways.”

I want my life to honor Him, Who gave Himself for me, “The meditation of my heart” To pure and faithful be.

Psalm 19:14 ~ Psalm 26:2 ~ Psalm 7:9 ~ Psalm 11:4‑5 ~ Jeremiah 17:9‑10 ~ Psalm 17:3 ~ Psalm 139:4 ~ Psalm 119:15

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The Christian who wants to please and honor the Lord must ponder his words, for “in the multitude of words there wanteth not sin.” “Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.” So “foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes,” remembering that “a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.” Therefore “let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man,” and “if thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.” “Should a man full of talk be justified?” “He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.” We should be sure that our speech “is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers,” and is “neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.” So let us “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.”

Our speech tells others what we are, And what is within our heart, So let it “be always with grace,” That it may blessing impart.

Proverbs 15:28 ~ Proverbs 10:19 ~ Ecclesiastes 5:2 ~ 2 Timothy 2:23 ~ Ecclesiastes 5:3 ~ Colossians 4:6 ~ Proverbs 30:32 ~ Job 11:2 ~ Proverbs 17:27 ~ Ephesians 4:29 ~ Ephesians 5:4 ~ 1 Peter 3:15

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The God-breathed Scriptures, having come to us as “holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost,” are “profitable” to the Christian “for doctrine,” that is, for teaching. If we would walk in the world by the teachings of God’s Word, then we must know what these teachings are. This necessitates that we “search the Scriptures” like the Bereans who “received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily.” Then we shall say with the psalmist, “How sweet are Thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.” But God’s Word will also bring “reproof” or conviction to our hearts, causing us pain as “we … judge ourselves, [that] we should not be judged.” And the Word rightfully received brings “correction.” With the psalmist we say, “I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies.” It also brings “instruction in righteousness,” for “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path,” and “the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.”

More precious than gold is God’s Word; It gives me strength for my way, Teaching, convicting, correcting, And guiding my steps each day.

2 Timothy 3:16‑17 ~ 2 Peter 1:21 ~ John 5:39 ~ Acts 17:11 ~ Psalm 119:103 ~ 1 Corinthians 11:31 ~ Psalm 119:59 ~ Psalm 119:105 ~ Psalm 19:7

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It is often true “that in a great trial of affliction” the Christian finds his joy in the Lord reaching the highest level. Like Paul who testified “that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead,” and “as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing,” we find our joy in Him greater because of His mercy and faithfulness to us in the hour of trial. With the psalmist we can say that “I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. … I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. … I was brought low, and He helped me.” It was when the psalmist was “mourning because of the oppression of the enemy” that he spoke of “God my exceeding joy.” When your circumstances give you no ground for joy, then remember that “the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

When all about us is dimness, And the clouds overshadow the sun, Remember that God in His mercy Will give needed help to His own.

2 Corinthians 8:2 ~ 2 Corinthians 1:8‑9 ~ 2 Corinthians 6:9‑10 ~ Psalm 116:1 ~ Psalm 116:4‑6 ~ Psalm 43:2 ~ Psalm 43:4 ~ Nehemiah 8:10

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“Through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue,” or, who “hath called us by His glory and virtue,” our Lord Jesus Christ, we have “all things that pertain unto life and godliness.” “In Him was life; and the life was the light of men,” and the Father has “given Him power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life,” and “he that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” “For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power,” and “in Him” we have all that we need to “live godly in Christ Jesus” and to “show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” “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.” “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” and who “is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.”

All that we need to live for Him He has so freely supplied That we might in this present world Stand firm with Him at our side.

2 Peter 1:3 ~ John 1:4 ~ John 17:2 ~ 1 John 5:12 ~ Colossians 2:9‑10 ~ 2 Timothy 3:12 ~ 1 Peter 2:9 ~ 2 Corinthians 9:8 ~ Ephesians 1:3 ~ Ephesians 3:20

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Let not the Christian who walks with the Lord in this Christ-rejecting world think that he shall escape its scorn and reproach, “for unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake,” and “we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” “For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ,” “for which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” “For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps,” “that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead,” and “who comforteth us in all our tribulation.”

How short is earth’s little while, To suffer reproach for Him Who, though troubles beset us, Sustaineth us to the end.

1 Thessalonians 3:3‑4 ~ Philippians 1:29 ~ Acts 14:22 ~ 2 Corinthians 1:5 ~ 2 Corinthians 4:16 ~ 1 Peter 2:19‑21 ~ 2 Corinthians 1:9 ~ 2 Corinthians 1:4

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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 Saviour 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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