Horatious Bonar

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41.) Jesus The Seed Of The Woman
      "Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ."-Matthew 1:16. This is the great event or fact in earth's history; out of which are unfolded the eternal issues of this globe and its inhabitants. This is the little fountain out of which the greatest of rivers flows. Reading this verse in connection with the whole chapter, we mark such t ...read more

42.) Jesus The Troubler Of Jerusalem
      "When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him."-Matthew 2:3. So quietly had the Son of God stolen into our world, that his arrival was unknown in Jerusalem till these wise men came from the East. Either the Shepherds had not told their tale of the heavenly vision, or they had been unheeded, perhaps ri ...read more

43.) Jewish Unbelief And Gentile Blessing
      "And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obed-edom, and all his household." -2 Samuel 6:11 IT was into the house of a Gentile that the ark was brought; a Philistine; a dweller in Gath; a " Gittite;" but one who knew the Lord God of Israel. It was the sin of an Israelite t ...read more

44.) Lies the Food of Man.
      "But you have cultivated wickedness and raised a thriving crop of sins. You have eaten the fruit of lies; trusting in your military might, believing that great armies could make your nation safe!" Hosea 10:13 The subject suggested by these words is, "lies, their fruit, and man's eating it;" or simply, "lies and their fruit." The word 'lie' is us ...read more

45.) Looking to the Pierced One.
      "They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died. Zech. 12:10 Let us take up this passage under the following heads, which will bring out all its parts: (1.) the pierced one; (2.) the piercers; (3.) the lookers; (4.) the mourners. ...read more

46.) Man's Dislike And Dread Of Christ
      "And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts." -Matthew 8:34. I scarcely know a verse of Scripture where there is such a melancholy contrast between the beginning and the close. The first part is so hopeful, the second so disastrous. The first seems to ...read more

47.) Man's Dislike of a Present God.
      "They say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways." - Job 21:14 Yet they say to God, "Leave us alone! We have no desire to know your ways." - Job 21:14 The men who speak thus are not atheists. They do not say there is no God. They may be scoffers, blasphemers, ungodly, but they are not atheists. They whom Job d ...read more

48.) Man's Fig-Leaves.
      "They sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons." - Genesis 3:7 They are alone, yet they are ashamed. They are in Paradise, yet they are ashamed. It is conscience that is making them blush. It not only makes cowards of them, but it works shame and confusion of face. They are ashamed of themselves; of their nakedness; of their recent ...read more

49.) Man's Misconceptions of the Works of God.
      "By them he judges the people." - Job 36:31 "By his mighty acts he governs the people." - Job 36:31 This verse suggests Acts 14:17, "He left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." Both passages call on us to listen to the voice of God s ...read more

50.) MAN'S OWN CHARACTER NO GROUND OF PEACE
      If God testify against us, who can testify for us? If God's opinion of man's sinfulness, his judgment of man's guilt, and his declaration of sin's evil be so very decided, there can be no hope of acquittal for us on the ground of personal character of goodness, either of heart or life. That which God sees in us furnishes only matter for condemnatio ...read more

51.) Man's Ways And God's Ways
      "And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat."-Matthew 19:15-16. The scene of this great gathering was the desert of Beth ...read more

52.) Ministerial Confessions
      We have been carnal and unspiritual. The tone of our life has been low and earthly. Associating too much and too intimately with the world, we have in a great measure become accustomed to its ways. Hence our spiritual tastes have been vitiated, our consciences blunted, and that sensitive tenderness of feeling has worn off and given place to an amou ...read more

53.) Modern Hostility to Revivals
      The world has condemned "revivals"-not the name merely, but the thing. It speaks out privately, both in conversation and in letters. It speaks out publicly in its newspapers and literary journals. Though some of its organs have been silent, though others have chronicled "revival facts" as items of needful intelligence, yet its leading organs have g ...read more

54.) Nineveh And Her Testimony
      "The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here."-Matthew 12:41. It is sometimes good to compare the present with the past; to mark the likeness or contrast; the progress or the regress. We may thus get a warning, o ...read more

55.) No Breath No Life.
      "And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them." - Ezekiel 37:8 "Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them." - Ezekiel 37:8 This scene has two aspects (contains a ...read more

56.) OPEN INTERCOURSE WITH GOD.
      It does not seem a strange thing that the creature and the Creator should meet face to face, and that they should hold intercourse without any obstructing medium. We may not understand the mode of communication between the visible and the invisible, but we can see this, at least, that He who made us can communicate with us, by the ear ...read more

57.) Religion Without The Holy Ghost
      "They took no oil with them."-Matthew 25.3 This parable has many sides and aspects. It is prophetical; it is also practical. It suits all ages, but especially the last days. It suits the world, but specially the church of God; "if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear." It is searching and sifting; it i ...read more

58.) Revival Men
      "So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh.... and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish. Then she made a vow and said 'Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant and remember me and not forget your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a man chi ...read more

59.) RIGHTEOUS GRACE
      We have spoken of God's character as "the God of all grace."[14] We have seen that it is in "tasting that the Lord is gracious" that the sinner has peace.[15] But let us keep in mind that this grace is the grace of a righteous God; it is the grace of one who is Judge as well as Father. Unless we see this we shall mistake the gospel, and fail in ...read more