Thanks be to God that His grace has preserved us, "kept us from falling," through another year; that so many of us are still of one heart and of one mind in respect to His Word and its service! When we remember that the Adversary is to be permitted to bring "strong delusions" upon the Lord's people for the very purpose of sifting out all not truly His (2 Thes. 2:10-12), it should surely call forth our thanks to God that the opening of another year finds us still standing fast, appreciating the Truth, and in full accord with all the Divine appointments by which He has kept us from falling.
The true people of God exhort one another to speak highly of His Word and to cause the message that embodies His attributes to be understood. He preserves the existence of His true people throughout their entire course. He does not, nor will He allow them to be overthrown nor to lose their position in Christ, the solid Rock on which they stand.
Joel 2:26; Psa. 103; 104:1; 105:1-7; 91:1-16; 92:1-5, 10-15; Rom. 8:31-39; 1 Pet. 1:2-9; Jude 1:24, 25; Psa. 40:1-4; 115:18; 145:1, 2; Isa. 33:16; Matt. 10:28-31.
