This new spiritual life (James Smith, “The Way of Salvation Set Forth”) By nature we are all dead in trespasses and sins. There is . . . no breath of prayer, no sight of God, no listening to the voice of mercy, no power of faith; but we are alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in us. […]

THE GRACE OF GOD by Don Fortner- If you search the Scriptures you will find four things which always characterize the GRACE OF GOD. Any doctrine that is inconsistent with these four things is a denial of the doctrine of the grace of God. 1. THE GRACE OF GOD IS ETERNAL (II Tim. 1:9). Grace […]

CHRIST THE BELIEVER’S LIFE by Archibald Alexander Jesus is the believer’s life, because he has redeemed him from death. The sentence of death, eternal death, has gone forth against every sinner. “The wages of sin is death.” “Cursed is everyone that continues not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.” […]

Supernatural light (Joseph Philpot, “The Heir of Heaven Walking in Darkness, and the Heir of Hell Walking in Light”) “For God, who commanded the light to shine out  of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the  light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the  face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Cor. […]

THE GREAT I AM Exodus 3: 13-15 Christ revealed himself in the burning bush as God, saying, “I AM”. During his earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus declared himself to be God by saying, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.” (Jn 8: 58; 10: 33; 36; 6: 35)  It means he is God in […]

SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “He is able also to save them to the uttermost.” Hebrews 7:25 What, to many, would all the other “three score and ten palm-trees” avail, if they had not this one to rush to for shelter? […]

Solitude Sweetened  –  by James Meikle, 1730-1799 JUBILEE Everything that was written of old, was written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the world have come. Now, Israel, when redeemed from Egyptian bondage, had both a sabbatical year appointed them, and the great Jubilee. The first was every seventh year; and the last […]

Hope in Heaven James Smith, 1855 Many Christians have but little in hand — but they have much in hope. They have little on earth— but they have unsearchable wealth in Heaven. The present, is the worst state they will ever be in. All beyond death — is bright, beamy, and glorious. God has amply provided for them, and […]

An experimental Christian? (Winslow, “This God is Our God”) The religion of the true believer is experimental; it is the religion of the heart. He has no dealings with an unknown, imaginary God. He does not know God from the hearing of the ear, or from the reading of books, or from the religious conversation of […]

Coming up from the wilderness (J. C. Philpot, “Coming up from the Wilderness” 1857) “Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved?” Song of Solomon 8:5 To come up from the wilderness, is to come up out of OURSELVES; for we are ourselves the wilderness. It is our wilderness heart that makes the […]