The law calls unclean every issue from the body – that is, every issue but one: tears.  It seems to be the only thing that we humans produce that is not repulsive to God.  Tears are precious to Him.  He is even said to collect them in a bottle. (Psalm 56:8)  Hezekiah’s tears were counted […]

There are many kinds of faith, each suitable to its own purposes; but God-given, saving faith is known by this: it always looks to the blood and righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Saving faith is sometimes accompanied with feelings, sometimes with unusual displays of God’s working. We certainly enjoy such times. But, neither feelings […]

THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand. I am completely assured, that my salvation was purposed by God, before a star ever twinkled in the sky (Eph.1:4). How can I be so sure you say? God’s word say’s so! And I believe God’s word! You […]

THE ROCK OF MY SALVATION On Christ the solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand. I am completely assured, that my salvation was purposed by God, before a star ever twinkled in the sky (Eph.1:4). How can I be so sure you say? God’s word say’s so! And I believe God’s word! […]

“LOVE…REJOICETH IN THE TRUTH” I Corinthians 13:6             As believers, we are bound to love our neighbours and even our enemies. But the special bond of brotherly love which we hold for our fellow-believers is the truth. The truth of the gospel is the foundation of reciprocal Christian love. We do not love each other because […]

You will have a much lower opinion of yourself! (John Newton) Depend upon it—if you walk closely with God for forty years, at the end of that time you will have a much lower opinion of yourself than you have now! You will understand something of . . .  Abraham’s feeling when he says, “I am dust and […]

OUR LORD’S PRAYER FOR US “I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou has given me;  for they are Thine” – John 17:9 The prayer of the believer’s High Priest is like all His redeeming work, effectual, particular and satisfying to God.  The intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ […]

A golden master-key! (Charles Spurgeon) “And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.” Acts 16:14 God’s saving grace will not be baffled. He frequently begins with the silver key of a mother’s […]

Religion Without Love “Beloved, let us love, for love is of God. In God alone love has its true abode. Beloved, let us love, for those who love are truly His sons born from above. Beloved, let us love, for love is rest, and he who loveth not remains unblessed!” Religion without love is like […]

When all of the redeemed of the Lord are assembled in glory with their great Redeemer, perfected and glorified forever, the only visible evidence of the consequences of sin will be seen on the Redeemer Himself.  The wounds inflicted upon Him when He delivered Himself to be crucified as the Substitute for sinners to suffer, “The […]