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Reassurance of Israel’s Future Restoration

A third wake-up call is addressed to Jerusalem and is a command not only to wake up, but to dress up (vv. 1-6). She must put on her beautiful garments (v. 1). She shall no longer be a servant girl trodden under foot by the gentile nations, but she shall once again be the holy city (v. 2). God sold …

It is Impossible to Be Neutral

It is impossible to be neutral in life. Every person has a master – God on Satan. A Christian is not someone who has no potential to sin, but someone who is no longer a slave to sin. You are free to choose between the two masters, but you are not free to choose the consequences. Each of these …

Jeremiah Goes Free

In our study today we will see how the people are led by the deceitfulness of the flesh into that place of utter and insolent rebellion against God which marked the very nature of their downfall. In this chapter we have the account of Jeremiah’s experience after the capture …

IllustrationThe Independence of Our United States

“Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided …

IllustrationSlaves Bury Reminders of Former Life

In 1838, on the night when the slaves were set free in Jamaica, a large mahogany coffin was made and a grave was dug. Into that coffin the liberated slaves threw the reminders of their former life of slavery—whips, torture irons, branding irons, coarse frocks and shirts, la …

IllustrationMy Country Tis Of Thee by Samuel Smith

One bleak day in February 1832, Samuel Francis Smith, a young theological student sat in his room at Andover Seminary. He was going over a sheaf of German songs for children, given him by a friend, and composer Lowell Mason. As he hummed over one after another, one struck h …