God’s redeeming love is Particular and Distinguishing. Those who declare that God loves all people alike, the saved as well as the damned, greatly tarnish the love of God, reducing it to a fickle, helpless, frustrated passion. But that cannot be. The love of God is like himself, from everlasting to everlasting, immutable and sure. […]
Paved with Love Song 3:9-10 King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of cedar-wood from Lebanon. Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its top was upholstered with purple, its interior being PAVED WITH LOVE, for the daughters of Jerusalem. I shall beg you to notice, first, this morning, THE […]
The ocean of Divine love! (by Octavius Winslow) The love of God to His people was as eternal as the eternity of His being, as everlasting as His uncreated nature. “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” It panted, it yearned for an outlet. It sought and found it in Christ. Nowhere in the […]
—ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED “…He hath made us accepted in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:6 For a sinful creature such as I am to be accepted by God is one of the most amazing declarations of the gospel of Christ. Often to be accepted by others we must meet certain criteria that is conformable to their […]
CHRIST IS THE CHARIOT… in which souls are drawn to heaven. The people of the Lord are on their way to heaven, they are carried in everlasting arms; and those arms are the arms of Christ. Christ is carrying them up to His own house, to His own throne; in time His prayer–”Father, I want […]
CHRIST IS THE CHARIOT… in which souls are drawn to heaven. The people of the Lord are on their way to heaven, they are carried in everlasting arms; and those arms are the arms of Christ. Christ is carrying them up to His own house, to His own throne; in time His prayer–“Father, I want […]
REFLECTIONS MY soul! frequently in silent meditation run over the several blessed and gracious instructions which arise out of this delightful chapter, and enquire what correspondence thou THE POOR MAN’S OLD TESTAMENT COMMENTARY Robert Hawker canst find between CHRIST’S church and thy experience in the love she manifested here to her LORD. Hast thou known […]
A union which will last forever! (John MacDuff, “The Christian’s Pathway” 1858″) “My Beloved is mine — and I am His!” Song of Songs 2:14 This is the language of the Christian in the book of Canticles. How great is the blessedness involved in such an assurance! My beloved Jesus is mine . . . […]
True Love If you knew that someone you loved was going to die and you knew a way to possibly prevent it, I am convinced that every person with half a heart would do so. When you really care and love someone you always have their best interest at heart. Many caring men and women […]
FRUITS AND MOTIVE OF FALSE TEACHERS 2 Peter 2: 1-10 All false teachers will either deny or diminish the truth that God in Christ is Just and the Justifier of his elect people and at the same time exalt the sinner in some way. True teaching declares always: ruined by the fall, the successful redemption […]