Predestined to Adoption Ephesians 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, I know a little about the subject of adoption. I was adopted into the family of Leo and Maggie Eddmenson in 1956. They made arrangements to adopt me before […]

THE ATTITUDE OF THE SAINTS When the children of God see, hear, and are confronted with the “damnable heresies” of false prophets (2 Peter 2), they should have thoughts of pity and compassion, both for the deceivers and the deceived. And when these pitiful, perishing religionists will not receive us, nor our doctrine, nor our […]

EVERLASTING LOVE “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn  you!”Jeremiah 31:3 Believer! are you tempted now to doubt His love? Are His footsteps lost amid the night shadows through which He is now conducting you? Remember He had His eye upon you before the birth of time; […]

True faith! The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Trial of Your Faith” #2055. 1Peter 1:7 True faith is, in every case, the operation of the Spirit of God. Its nature is purifying, elevating, heavenly. Wherever true faith is found, it is: the sure mark of eternal election, the sign of a blessed condition, and the […]

The anointing “But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you.” 1 John 2:27 J.C.Philpot All the powers of earth and hell are combined against this holy anointing, with which the children of God are so highly favored. But if God has locked up in the bosom of a saint one drop of this […]

The anointing “But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you.” 1 John 2:27 J.C.Philpot All the powers of earth and hell are combined against this holy anointing, with which the children of God are so highly favored. But if God has locked up in the bosom of a saint one drop of […]

One of the most comforting passages of Scripture in the Word of God is, “Of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption” (I cor. 1:30). This does not comfort every son of Adam. But I will tell you who it does comfort […]

DOES WORSHIP COST ANYTHING? “Neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing” (II Samuel 24:24). These were the words of David to Araunah when he had attempted to give David what was necessary for the sacrifice. This statement has a wide variety of applications. I […]

A God You Cannot Satisfy, A Law You Cannot Keep . . . I have tried diligently to preach God as He really is, to sinners as they really are, and to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Mediator between the holy God and sinful men, the all-glorious Redeemer who accomplished, by Himself, […]

The Children of the promise. Romans 9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed […]