An apostolic face and a Judas heart (Letters of J. C. Philpot) Many think that a minister is exempt from such coldness, deadness, and barrenness, as private Christians feel. And the hypocritical looks and words of many of Satan’s ministers favor this delusion. Holiness is so much on their tongues, and on their faces, that […]
Betraying Christ with a kiss Judas betrayed his Master with a KISS! He came to the Lord with evil in his heart, the price of a compromise in his hand, religious devils at his side, and said, “Hail Master”, as he planted a KISS on the Lord’s cheek! This is how most apostates and compromisers […]
“Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priest and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him (Jesus) unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.” (Matthew 26:14-15) Ever since he “betrayed innocent blood” (Matthew 27:3-4), selling the Lord Jesus to […]
“Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priest and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him (Jesus) unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.” (Matthew 26:14-15) Ever since he “betrayed innocent blood” (Matthew 27:3-4), selling the Lord Jesus to […]
SPIKENARD So called from Narred or Nard. We meet with this word not very frequently in Scripture. The spouse in the Canticles speaks of it. (Song i. 14.)–And the woman who anointed the head of Jesus before his sufferings, is said to have done it with the ointment of spikenard. (Mark xiv. 3.) Certainly in […]
The believer’s eternal confession! (John MacDuff, “The Night Watches”) “By the Grace of God — I am what I am!” 1 Corinthians 15:10 This is the believer’s eternal confession! Grace found him a rebel against God — it leaves him a son of God! Grace found him wandering at the gates of Hell — it […]
“YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM” Colossians 2:10 The believers standing in Christ does not fluctuate with his feelings, not even the increase or decrease of his faith or understanding or anything else. He stands complete in Christ. God would never trust any of His children to stand before him at anytime in their own selves […]
THE BELIEVER SEEKING JESUS Spurgeon, “Lions Lacking– But the Children Satisfied” Once a man is saved, he seeks Jesus that he may praise him and put a crown on his head. His desire is– Oh, that my heart could find you! that all its strings might sing sweet music to you. Oh that my mouth […]
“Yes, he is altogether lovely.” Solomon’s Song 5:16. “And you has He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” Ephesians 2:1 Until God by His Spirit quickens the soul into spiritual life, there must be a determined rejection of Christ. However a man may receive Him into his judgment, the inward bias of his […]
Oh! the glory! From Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Best Beloved” Do you say that Christ is altogether lovely? It is not enough. It is not a thousandth part enough! No tongue of man, no tongue of angel, can ever set forth his unutterable beauties! But the day shall presently dawn and usher in the everlasting age […]