Chosen of God Hebrews 5: 1-6 Christ Jesus receives the preeminent glory in the election of God (Isaiah 42:1-4; Col 1: 18,19.) God’s first choosing was Christ Jesus to represent those God gave him from before the foundation of the world, just as Aaron was chosen of God to represent a particular people (John 6: 39; Eph […]
Matthew 13: 1-23 In this parable the Lord teaches his disciples the utmost importance of hearing his gospel preached (Luke 8: 11; 1 Peter 1: 23-25; 1 Corinthians 3: 6-7). Three out of the four hearers are not profited: the wayside hearer is not (Mt 13: 4, 19), the stoney ground hearer is not (Mt 13: 5-6, 20-21), the […]
“Come unto me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” —Matthew 11:28. Gracious “word” of a gracious Savior, on which the soul may confidingly repose, and be at peace forever! It is a present rest—the rest of grace as well as the rest of glory. Not only are […]
(by DeWitt Talmage) Christ is the A and the Z of the Christian ministry. A sermon that has no Christ is a dead failure. The minister who devotes his pulpit to anything but Christ is an impostor. Whatever great themes we may discuss, Christ must be the beginning and Christ the end. A sermon given up […]
Spurgeon, “Christ the Glory of His People” The best sermons are the sermons which are most full of Christ. A sermon without Christ…. it is an awful, a horrible thing; it is an empty well; it is a cloud without rain; it is a tree twice dead, plucked by the roots. It is an abominable […]
They dress the wound of My people as though it were not serious. “Peace, peace!” they say, when there is no peace. Jeremiah 8:11 How Jeremiah testifies against those prophets who prophesy smooth things—who prophesy deceits—who know not the way of the Lord, nor have walked in His counsel. There is no greater mark of false ministers […]
from Spurgeon’s sermon, “FAITH OMNIPOTENT” Friends! the Churches of Christ have no need of the Modern Machinery which has supplanted the Simplicity of Faith. I verily believe, if the Lord swept the church committees and missionary societies out of the universe, we would be better without them. I hope the Church will soon say, like David […]
If I have gone through the general routine of the worship of my church, and then think that I have done something acceptable to God, while yet my heart has not communed with him in humble repentance, or faith, or love, or joy, or consecration; I make a great mistake. You may keep on with […]
Do not put implicit confidence in any man’s opinion, merely because he is a minister. What are the best of ministers but men– dust, ashes and clay- men with a nature like our own, men exposed to temptations, men liable to weaknesses and failings. They have often driven the truth into the wilderness, and decreed […]
Man asks, “How am I to worship God?” and he has answered it also in his own way. In the gorgeous temple, in the pillared cathedral, with incense, and vestments, and forms, and ceremonies, and processions, and postures, he says. But these performances are the ‘will worship’ of self righteousness, not the obedient service of […]