More scarce and precious than a bar of gold! from Octavius Winslow’s, “The Redeemer, the Revelation of the Father’s Glory” October, 1844 “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine on the land; not a famine of bread or water but of hearing the words of the Lord.” […]
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.” Romans 8:28 (adapted from Octavius Winslow’s, “All Things Working for Good”) It is palpably clear and emphatically true that all that occurs in the Lord’s government of His […]
THE GRACIOUS INVITATION “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. […]
How am I to worship God? (by Horatius Bonar) 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 […]
WHY IS THE GOSPEL OFFENSIVE TO MEN? No man can faithfully preach the gospel of Christ without offending men. Unbelievers and self-righteous religionists are always offended by the gospel. To many it is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. The preaching of the cross is the one means which God has ordained […]
Consider Jesus–(extract from) in Obedience to Divine Law – Octavius Winslow But consider the obedience of Jesus. It was SUBSTITUTIONARY obedience. Although consenting to come under a law which He had never broken, no obedience, therefore, to that law was required for Himself. Made under the law as man, He was bound to obey it, […]
“Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.” – Hebrews 9:20 There is a strange power about the very name of blood, and the sight of it is always affecting. A kind heart cannot bear to see a sparrow bleed, and unless familiarized by use, turns away with horror […]
Lazarus Raised: A Picture Of God’s Saving Grace John 11:43-44 – Don Fortner There are many pictures of grace in the Bible, by which God illustrates the gospel message of salvation by grace alone. One of the most instructive of these pictures is the resurrection of Lazarus. Read John 11 and 12, and note these […]
Extract from a sermon delivered by Angus Fisher on the 7th November 2010 at the Shoalhaven Gospel Church “Matthew’s Physician at Work” . Mark 2:13-22. In this event before us today we see the Lord Jesus describe Himself as a physician – a physician of men’s souls. The contrast here continues between the gracious operations […]
THE MASTER KEY? -Spurgeon, “A Stanza of Deliverance” God does not violate the human will when he saves men. They are not converted against their will, but their will itself is converted. The Lord has a way of entering the heart– not with a crowbar, like a burglar. But with a master-key, which he gently inserts in the lock, and the […]