DISCOURSE: 1222 OUR DUTY IN REFERENCE TO THE PROMISES Habakkuk 2:3. _The vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come; it will not tarry_. AS there is no one so secure, but he may fall, so there is no one... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1223 FAITH AND UNBELIEF CONTRASTED Habakkuk 2:4. _Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith_. THE sense of these words is not very obvious. In truth, the sense of them, as standing in the context, and as quoted in the New Testament, i... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1224 GOD GREATLY TO BE FEARED Habakkuk 2:20. _The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him_. TO any one who beholds the works of creation, one would suppose that there could not exist a doubt respecting the being of a God: and to any one that contemplates an... [ Continue Reading ]