Verily! Verily!

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

                                                         " . . . Verily, verily!"  John  3:3

     Jesus used the word  "verily"  101 times as recorded in the four gospels.  He uses the two words,  "Verily, verily,"  together 24 times in John alone, for a total of fourty-eight times.  In the original the word is AMEN!  It is also translated:  "So be it."  It is a word of finality - it is Jesus' last word."  No more can be said, Jesus said Amen to His promises and that settles it.

     A poor Scotchwoman in Glasgow who had attended some evangelistic meetings, resolved that she would rest her salvation on the words of the Lord Jesus as found in John  5:24.  "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation: but is passed from death unto life."  Major Whittle, the evangelist, wrote the words on a card, and gave it to her.  She became very happy, so much so, her little boy was attracted by the joy of his mother, and asked what had happened.  She told him the best way she could;  the consequence was that he too was led to trust in the Saviour.  But the next morning she felt very different.  Despondency and doubt had taken the place of peace and joy.  Her son noticed it at once, and asked her what was the matter.  She replied:  "I thought I was saved, but my feelings are all gone."  "But,"  said the little fellow,  "Mother, has the verse changed?"  Quick as a flash he got the little card and read it, and looking up radiantly, replied:  "Why no, Mother, it's just the same."  And then he turned to the Bible, and read it there with great joy, shouting almost as he cried:  "It's here, Mother, the verse is just the same!"

     The unalterable Word of the living God is the only ground for assurance.  The Word is the anchor to keep us steady amidst the storms of life  (Hebrews  6:18).  It is the harbor light which shows us where the port of the Lord's protecting presence is  (Philippians  2:16).  It is the foundation upon which the believer can rest in safety  (1 Peter 1:23).  Do not insult the Saviour by asking for more than His  "Amen!"

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