Horatious Bonar

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101.) The Restoration of the Banished.
      "For we must die, and are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person; yet does he devise means, that his banished are not expelled from Him." - 2 Samuel 14:14 Such is "the wise woman's" argument, or rather Joab's, addressed to king David, in order to persuade him to be reconciled to Abs ...read more

102.) The Secret of Deliverance from Evil.
      "By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil." - Proverbs 16:6 There is "evil" in the world. The world is now the opposite of what God made it, "good," "very good." It lies in wickedness. There is evil within and without; evil moral and material. "Every creature of God" was made good, but each one has become evil. There is evil in the sense of ...read more

103.) The Seeker And Saviour Of The Lost
      "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."-Matthew 18:2. "For the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."-Luke 19:10 Many of our Lord's words were spoken twice over, if not oftener. He did not think it beneath Him to repeat Himself; and the Holy Spirit did not think it unnecessary or unbefitting to reco ...read more

104.) The Sickness, the Healer, and the Healing.
      "I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against You." - Psalm 41:4 This is the cry of the needy; of him who has no helper; of him who in the time of trouble finds that there is no refuge but in God. It is the cry from the soul's sickbed- more terrible than the sickbed of the body- to the divine Physician, for the app ...read more

105.) The Sin, the Sinner, and the Sentence.
      Genesis 3 The first two chapters gave us creation's perfection. Like a newly finished statue, there it stands. The chisel has given its last touch. The sculptor is satisfied; pronounces it very good, and rests. All is fair. Earth is like heaven. But now the descent begins. The steps are no longer upward, but downward. Creaturehood cannot stand ...read more

106.) The Speaker, the Listener, the Peace.
      "I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints; but let them not turn again to folly." - Psalm 85:8 "I listen carefully to what God the Lord is saying, for he speaks peace to his people, his faithful ones. But let them not return to their foolish ways." - Psalm 85:8 Let us meditate on th ...read more

107.) The Stone Of Salvation Or Destruction
      "And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder."-Matthew 21: 44. What is there about the "stone" or the "rock, "that makes God so often point to it, when speaking of Himself and of his Son? Many are the truths which cluster round it, or are wrapped up in it. It is one of th ...read more

108.) The Things Touching The King
      "What think ye of Christ?-Matthew 22:42. The Lord's question here was specially meant for Jews. They were expecting Messiah, the Christ; studying Scripture to know what had been written of Him; and so our Lord asks, What is your opinion of the Christ? Is it according to the Scriptures? Are you of one mind with Moses, with David, with the proph ...read more

109.) The Three Exchanges
      "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls."-Matthew 11:29. The previous verse contains the Lord's promise of rest; free, large, immediate, universal. The present verse is added to shew the way in which He carries out that promise. Three things are implied as producing t ...read more

110.) The True Character Of Unbelief
      In all unbelief there are these two things - a good opinion of one's self and a bad opinion of God. Man's good opinion of himself makes him think it quite possible to win God's favor by his own religious performances; and his bad opinion of God makes him unwilling and afraid to put his case wholly into His hands. The object of the Holy Spirit's wor ...read more

111.) The Two Cries and the Two Answers.
      "There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord, lift up the light of your countenance upon us." - Psalm 4:6 Many are asking, "Who can show us any good?" Let the light of your face shine upon us, O Lord. - Psalm 4:6 There are two cries here- the cry of the sons of men, and the cry of the sons of God. They are very unlike. Yet they a ...read more

112.) The Two Sowers
      "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way."-Matthew 13:25. There are two sowers in this parable, yet but one field; two kinds of seed, yet but one field. The one field is this world, called in verse 41, "his kingdom;" the sowers are the Son of man and the devil; the two seeds are the wheat and the t ...read more

113.) The Unfainting Creator and the Fainting Creature.
      "Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to those who are tired and worn out; he offers strength to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up. ...read more

114.) The Vision From the Rocks.
      "From the top of the rocks I see him." - Numbers 23:9 It was of Israel and Israel's glory that the false seer of Pethor spoke. He stood upon the top of Moab's barren rocks, and gazed down on the happy nation, whom God had delivered from Egypt, had brought through the desert, and was about to lead into the land flowing with milk and honey. It wa ...read more

115.) THE WANT OF POWER TO BELIEVE
      You say, I know all these things, yet they bring me no peace. I doubt much in that case whether you do know them; and I should like you to doubt upon this point. You take for granted much too easily that you know them. Seeing they do not bring to your soul the peace which God says they are sure to do, your wisest way would be to suspect the corr ...read more

116.) The Way of Cain.
      "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord." - Genesis 4:16 "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous." - I John 3:12 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and peri ...read more

117.) THE WORD OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL
      How shall I come before God, and stand in his presence, with happy confidence on my part, and gracious acceptance on his? This is the sinner's question; and he asks it because he knows that there is guilt between him and God. No doubt this was Adam's question when he stitched his fig leaves together for a covering. But he was soon made to feel t ...read more

118.) The World Passeth Away
      The things that are seen are temporal. Ours is a dying world, and here we have no continuing city. But a few years,-it may be less,-and all things here are changed. But a few years,-it may be less,-and the Lord shall have come, and the last trumpet shall have sounded, and the great sentence shall have been pronounced upon each of the sons of men. ...read more

119.) Trodden Down Strength
      "O my soul, you have trodden down strength." Judges 5:21 "March on, my soul, with courage!" Judges 5:21 This is one note of the warrior's song; a note loud and glad. It is the exulting cry of victory; the song of triumph; victory and triumph; when the battle was not merely for Israel but for God. It is the song of Deborah and Barak; a song i ...read more