THE WORK OF THE SPIRITSpurgeon, “Gleanings Among the Sheaves” Let us ever remember that Christ on the cross isof no value to us, apart from the Holy Spirit in us. In vain that blood is flowing, unless the finger of the Spiritapplies the blood to our conscience; in vain is that garmentof righteousness wrought out, […]
Luxuriating forever!(from Winslow’s, “The Glory of Christ in Heaven”)Beloved, the Lord Jesus intends that Hispeople shall be near unto Him in heaven. His satisfaction of soul will not be completeuntil He clusters around Him in glory all forwhom His soul travailed in suffering on earth. Nothing shall separate Him from His people! Not a jewel […]
Luxuriating forever! (from Winslow’s, “The Glory of Christ in Heaven”) Beloved, the Lord Jesus intends that His people shall be near unto Him in heaven. His satisfaction of soul will not be complete until He clusters around Him in glory all for whom His soul travailed in suffering on earth. Nothing shall separate Him from […]
The cry of weary, care worn humanity (John MacDuff, “Hospice of the Pilgrim” 1891) “Oh, where can rest be found?” This isthe cry of weary, care worn humanity. This is the cry embracing every nation and everyclimate, from the yearnings of heathendom to thelongings and aspirations of the present hour. From the tumultuous sea of the […]
Poor, naked, penniless, worthless? (Octavius Winslow, “Morning Thoughts”) “Verily, verily, I say unto you, a time is coming and now is when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those that hear will live.” John 5:25 There is the special, direct, and effectual call ofthe Spirit, in the elect of God, without which allother calling is in vain. The Spirit effectuallyworks in […]
“He Leadeth Me Beside The Still Waters” Psalm 23:2 What a gentle word – “leadeth”! Gently, thoughtfully, tenderly, but effectually, the Lord Jesus leads his sheep, like Jacob of old, to the soft, deep, quiet, still waters, as they are able to bear it (Gen. 33:14). He leads me not to the noisy waters of strife, the […]
“Any Man” John 7:35 Nowhere in Holy Scripture do we read that Christ is the Saviour of every man. To say that he is is to say that the Son of God is a failure as a Saviour, for there are many who are not saved. But the Bible does declare that Christ is the […]
His heart is a fountain of mercy, and its streams are perpetually flowing! (“Heavenly Aspirations!” John MacDuff, 1818-1895) Luke 7:12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city […]
“For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty.”Isaiah 44:3 J.C.Philpot Thirst, as a feeling of the soul, in a spiritual sense, is certainly indicative of divine life. It is as impossible, spiritually viewed, for a man dead in sin to thirst after a living God, as for a corpse in the graveyard to […]
Carry your troubled heart to Jesus (James Smith, “Daily Bible Readings for the Lord’s Household”) “I am troubled!” Psalm 38:6 This is very often the case with the believer; he is seldom long without something to trouble him. He has . . . so much sin within him, so many foes without him, […]