I will give you Pastors Jeremiah 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. I have heard someone say that the age of the local church is past and that there is no longer any use for God-ordained Pastors. It is easy for a […]

Can God Forgive and Forget All? James Smith, 1858 The ways of God are very astonishing, and the works of God are very great. Creation fills us with admiration; providence often fills us with surprise — but grace overwhelms us with wonder. When we think of what God has done, when we dwell on what God has given, and then turn to what God […]

We need grace, free grace (Philpot, “Precious Faith, with its Benefits and Blessings”) When we see and feel how we need grace every moment in our lives, we at once perceive the beauty in asking for an abundant, overflowing measure of grace. We cannot walk the length of the street without sin. Our carnal minds, […]

PROVIDENTIAL OVERRULING “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God; to those who are the called according to his purpose.” — Romans 8:28 My soul! be still! You are in the hands of your Covenant God! Were all the strange circumstances in your history the result of accident, or chance — […]

The GOSPEL James Smith, 1855 The Gospel is good news, or glad tidings. It is . . . sent from Heaven, proclaimed on earth, heard by sinners, and gladly embraced by those who are ordained to eternal life. The Gospel is the glorious glad tidings of the Blessed God! It informs us that God is […]

My grace is sufficient for you (J. C. Philpot, “Strength Made Perfect in Weakness”) “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in your weakness.”  2 Corinthians 12:9 Not your strength, not your wisdom, not your prayers, not your experience; but “My grace”—My free, My matchless grace, independent of all works […]

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain! (Alexander Smellie, “The Hour of Silence” 1899) “Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne!” Revelation 5:6 “Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. […]

The covenant of grace! (Charles Spurgeon, “The Blood of the Everlasting Covenant!” 1859) “The blood of the everlasting covenant!” Hebrews 13:20 Long before the day-star knew its place, long before God had spoken existence out of nothing, long before angel’s wing had stirred the unnavigated ether, long before a solitary song had disturbed the solemnity […]

The Poor Satisfied! James Smith, 1860 “I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.” Psalm 132:15 It is astonishing, when we think of the greatness and glory of God, that he would pay any attention to such insignificant and vile worms as we are. And yet it would appear from his […]

PROOF AND TRIUMPH OF LOVE “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “He loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 Travelers tell us that it is those palm trees whose stems have been broken by the sweep of the tempest which are generally seen to […]