Gems from February 25-26, 2005
February 25
"Go again buy us a little food." (Genesis 43:2)
Jacob was a man of faith, and he bitterly felt the lack of food. He wanted bread, and knew that it could only be obtained from one who was over all the land of Egypt, whatever the instrumentality might be that brought it. Joseph was a remarkable type of Christ risen and glorified. He had been hated by his brethren, sold by them, falsely accused, put into a dungeon, and after he had been taken out of it was highly exalted. Then it was he became, by God's ordering, the dispenser of bread to preserve life - a striking type of the Lord Jesus, our Life-sustainer. Jacob and his sons were objects of God's love and care, and they fainted for lack of "corn." They hungered for bread; nothing less than the bruised "corn of wheat" could satisfy and sustain them; nothing else could meet their need. Have it they must, if possible; for they were famishing; and it could be had only from the typically dead and risen Joseph. May we never separate the Scriptures from Christ, of whom they testify! (The Remembrancer - Vol. 18)
N.J. Hiebert # 2171
February 26
"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot." (Revelation 3:15)
This is latitudinarianism. (Revelation 3:15) It is not ignorance that works this deadly mischief, but the heart remaining indifferent to the truth, after it has been fully brought before it.... Latitudinarianism is never the condition of souls that are simple-hearted, but of those by whom the truth has been heard and who are not prepared for the cross. God's truth must put people's hearts to the test. It is not merely something I have to learn, but I am proved. If the sheep is in a healthy condition, it will hear the Shepherd's voice, and not even know the voice of strangers; but if the sheep strays after others, it becomes so confounded that it may cease to distinguish the well-known voice. (William Kelly - Revelation)
N.J. Hiebert # 2172
