We are familiar with Job’s story. He suffered immensely. He lost his wealth, his children and his health. But he refused to curse God as Satan was sure he would do. So he became a type of Christ even as he suffered despite his righteousness, was accused of sins he did not commit, and was eventually exalted after his humiliation.
Based on a series of sermons preached in PCC Prayer Meetings in 2023-2024 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us Romans 8:18 Almost every verse in Romans 8, when understood correctly, is comforting and can be used […]
Psalm 43 is one of the Psalms The Lord Jesus must have used when darkness enveloped His soul during His earthly ministry. It is also a song He has appointed for us to use when facing similar situations.
by Rev. Samuel Rutherford,
a Preparation Sermon, before the communion, at Kirkcudbright, in the year 1634
published by Rev. Andrew A Bonar, Glasgow, 1876 (reproduced in https://archive.org/stream/fourtcomm00ruth);
minimally updated, edited and footnoted by JJ Lim
2 Corinthians is a treasure trove of comforting texts for Christians suffering various forms of affliction. This is perhaps because the apostle Paul was himself greatly afflicted due to some issues he had with the Corinthians. Indeed, it was only after he was able to sort out some of the issues he had with them and was assured of their love and respect for him that he wrote 2 Corinthians.
A brief of our visit to the RP Church in Kobe, Japan It was in 1991 when my friend Dave Landis teased about Japanese Calvinists. He was referring to those who claim to be Calvinists, but deny Limited Atonement. The Japanese alphabet does not have the equivalent of an “L.” Thirty-four years later, on 12 […]
Are you, beloved brethren and children, experiencing the warm and healing rays of the Sun of Righteousness? Are you enjoying the blessings of a righteous life? Are you enjoying being regarded as righteous in God’s eyes? Blessed are you if you are.
Nothing can separate us from God’s love— the same love with which He loves His Son. Nothing can rob our joy, for we know God is working all things together for our good. Nothing can destroy the peace that we have in Christ. Nothing can dampen our hope in Him as long as we continue to walk by faith. Nothing can ultimately harm us.
It is God’s purpose that those of us who experience trials may find comfort and then use our experience of being comforted to comfort others who are going through similar or not so similar kinds of trial. We are, to use a modern phrase, to pass it on.
Based on a series of sermons preached in PCC Prayer Meetings in 2023-2024 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 […]
