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Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8) Purity, even purity of heart, is the main thing to be aimed at. We need to be made clean within through the Spirit and the Word, and then we shall be clean without by consecration and obedience. There is a close connection between the affection and the understanding: if we love evil, we cannot…

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)

The practical applications of this discovery are many. We learn that, even when others are harming us, they are, unwittingly, doing us good —and therefore we can forgive, as Joseph did! We learn that God is in control, and can be trusted even in the darkest hours. And we learn not to judge our circumstances too quickly! If Joseph had measured God’s love simply by what he…

You are his by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; his by his bloody purchase, for he counted down the price for your redemption; his by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to him; his by relation, for you are named by his name, and made one of his brethren and joint-heirs.

“Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.” (Acts 13:38-39) This is a royal proclamation: “Let it be known to you . . . .” The King of the universe proclaims total amnesty for all his…

We all exist as humans ‘to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever’. Our entire lives are to be devoted to worshipping God with our entire heart, soul and mind (Matt 22:37). And this worship comes to its culmination when a congregation gathers publically to say, “I was glad when thy said unto me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’” (Psa 122:1).