A religion that satisfies thousands (Philpot, “The Cry of Jonah out of the Belly of Hell“) “Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”      2 Tim. 3:5 Much that passes for religion, is not true religion at all. Much that goes for hopes of salvation, is nothing but lying refuges. […]

The best and the only sufficient expositors of Scripture John Newton “Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth.” John 16:13 Psalm 25:14, “The secret of the LORD is with them that fear Him; and He will shew then His covenant” — not notionally, but experimentally. A few minutes of the Spirit’s […]

My spiritual life began in looking to Christ only. The way I persevere in the faith is by continuing to look to Christ only. My desire is that the last breath I take here on earth will be looking to Christ only. The employment of eternity, albeit without this sinful nature, will be looking to […]

THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW YEAR             “Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior” (II Peter 3:18).  This is an imperative.  This is a command to grow in grace and with the command of God also comes the ability!  In the coming year, by grace, we […]

Christ – God’s Salvation Luke 2:30 Our only hope of salvation is the Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is in him alone, in him completely, and in him only. In fact, he is God’s salvation (Lk. 2:30). We cannot be saved without him; and we cannot be saved if we try to mix our own works, […]

The infinities of bliss and glory! (Henry Law, “Forgiveness of Sins” 1875) “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:” Isaiah 53:10 The Father of all mercies heaped on Christ the outpourings of His wrath; that He may heap on pardoned sinners the infinities of bliss and glory! “Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans […]

We are no better than they (John Newton’s Letters) Jesus, full of compassion and tenderness, wept over His enemies, and prayed for His actual murderers! A feeling of this kind seems essential to that new nature which characterizes the children of God; and where it is not in habitual exercise, it is a sufficient evidence […]

When you sink so low that you can’t find anything good in yourself and when you look inside your heart and you can see nothing but that which would condemn you, then you can take hope for the wind of God’s Spirit is blowing in your direction. If that describes you; come to God then […]

      The monster! Spurgeon, “THE SAINT AND HIS SAVIOR” SIN is a madness, disqualifying the mind for sober judgment; a blindness, rendering the soul incapable of appreciating moral beauty; it is in fact such a perversion of all the faculties, that under its terrible influence men will ‘call evil good and good evil, […]

Six Signs of Trouble  Every true believer fears the removal of God’s presence and power. David prayed, “Take not thy Spirit from me.” Paul feared that, “while preaching to others, I might become a castaway.” My thoughts are that this condition is manifested in the following ways: 1. We begin to experience no blessing nor […]