“Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder:...

“But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.” (Romans 7:23) In every believer there are two principles, and they are at war with each other. The Christian is therefore a great riddle to those who observe him, and he is equally an enigma to himself. “He is discerned of no man,” not even of himself. In considering this confession of the Apostle Paul, Spurgeon remarked, “I question whether any...

“That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:” (I Peter 1:7) This epistle is addressed to believers in general, who are strangers in every city or country where they live. Due to their allegiance to God and His Son, they are treated as foreigners on earth because they are “not of this world.” No matter if they have lived in the same city their...