The cross of Christ From Octavius Winslow’s “The Believer Crucified” Jesus could accomplish man’s redemption in no other way than by crucifixion. He must die, and die the death of the cross. “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to […]

THE Promise of God Maurice Montgomery The promises of God, “said one man, “are like the clothes we wear; if there is life in the body, they warm us, but not otherwise. Where there is living faith, God’s promises afford warm comfort.” Thus we can say with Luther, “Although I am a sinner, yet I […]

TEN PROMISES FROM GOD TO HIS TROUBLED SAINTS Isaiah 43:1-7 Child of God, your afflictions in this world may be many, heavy, and long, but they will never destroy, or even harm you. Therefore the Lord your God says, “Fear Not.” Then He gives you these ten, blessed promises to silence your fears. “I have […]

Christ is the way Isaiah 35: 8: And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; Earthly Zion was where the city of Jerusalem was. It was the place where the one altar and the one mercy-seat were. That […]

“Come unto Me!” Matthew 11:28 The cry of the Christian Religion is the gentle word, “Come.” The Jewish LAW harshly said, “Go, take heed unto your steps as to the path in which you shall walk. Break the commandments, and you shall perish; keep them, and you shall live.” The LAW was a dispensation of terror, […]

Come unto Me! “Come unto Me!” Matthew 11:28 The cry of the Christian Religion is the gentle word, “Come.” The Jewish LAW harshly said, “Go, take heed unto your steps as to the path in which you shall walk. Break the commandments, and you shall perish; keep them, and you shall live.” The LAW was […]

Many of the doubts and fears God’s people experience regarding their saving interest in Christ, arise from a failure to realize that every heaven-born soul lives in this world with two natures. In Scripture these two natures are referred to as “the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts” and “the new […]

“Your life will I give unto you for a prey in all places where you go.” Jeremiah 45:5 There is a life given to the elect when the blessed Spirit quickens their souls–a life eternal, communicated to them out of the fullness of the Son of God. This life is a personal, individual life; and […]

“Sovereign Grace Hated by the Modern Religionist” By C H Spurgeon If anything is hated bitterly, it is the out-and-out gospel of the grace of God, especially if that hateful word “sovereignty” is mentioned with it. Dare to say “He will have mercy on whom he will have mercy, and he will have compassion on […]

The offense of the Cross “And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offence of the cross ceased.” Galatians 5:11 The preaching of the cross of Jesus Christ is offensive to the natural man. We that believe look at the cross and we see grace, mercy, love, […]