Is. 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. A hundred doctrines floating in the head By five minutes real communion with the Lord—we learn more, we know more, we […]
The vital thing to understand about the blood of Christ is this: IT IS ENOUGH! Nothing else is needed to accomplish the salvation of all for whom His blood was shed. Not His blood plus my works; not His blood plus my “decision” not His blood plus the ordinances; not His blood plus church membership; […]
HIS BLOOD ALONE! The vital thing to understand about the blood of Christ is this: IT IS ENOUGH! Nothing else is needed to accomplish the salvation of all for whom His blood was shed. Not His blood plus my works; not His blood plus my “decision” not His blood plus the ordinances; not His blood […]
Join every tongue to sing The mercies of the Lord: The love of Christ our King Let every heart record: He saved us from the wrath of God And paid our ransom with His blood. What wondrous grace was this! We sinned, and Jesus died; He wrought the righteousness, And we are justified; We ran […]
A thin slice of godliness over a mass of carnality! Spurgeon, “Constancy and Inconstancy: a Contrast.” “…what shall I do unto thee?” asks the Lord. “for your goodness is as a morning cloud and as the early dew it goeth away.” Hosea 6:4 Oh, beware of pious veneering! Beware of the religion which consists in […]
A religious man (Horatius Bonar, “The Doom of the Double-Hearted”) Then Balaam uttered this oracle: “Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like theirs!” Numbers 23:7, 10 “Which have left the right way, and gone astray, following the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness!” 2 Peter 2:15 […]
“Abel was a keeper of sheep.” Genesis 4:2 Octavius Winslow As a shepherd, Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God, and offered a sacrifice of blood upon his altar, and the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering. This early type of our Lord is exceedingly clear and distinct. Like the first […]
A religious man (Horatius Bonar, “The Doom of the Double-Hearted”) Then Balaam uttered this oracle: “Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like theirs!” Numbers 23:7, 10 “Which have left the right way, and gone astray, following the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness!” 2 Peter 2:15 […]
This year I may be in heaven! (Octavius Winslow, “Morning Thoughts”) “Ye have not passed this way heretofore!” Joshua 3:4 How solemn is the reflection, that each traveler to Zion is commencing a new and untrodden path! New events in his history will transpire; new scenes in the panorama of life will unfold; new phases of […]