True pilgrims!(from “Solitude Sweetened” by Octavius Winslow) Fellow pilgrims, the heavenly way we travelis more or less a lonely way.  We have, atmost, but few companions. It is a “little flock,”and only here and there we meet a traveler, who,like ourselves, is journeying towards heaven. Because the way is narrow, difficult, andhumiliating to the flesh, […]

True pilgrims! (from “Solitude Sweetened” by Octavius Winslow) Fellow pilgrims, the heavenly way we travel is more or less a lonely way.  We have, at most, but few companions. It is a “little flock,” and only here and there we meet a traveler, who, like ourselves, is journeying towards heaven. Because the way is narrow, […]

Consider Jesus– as Without Deceit “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.” 1 Peter 2:22 Purer than the purest crystal, more transparent than the brightest sun, was the character of Jesus. It needed but the visual organ purged from the blinding and distorting effects of sin to have looked into the deepest […]

Mere notional knowledge By J. C. Philpot The distinction that we are drawing between a gracious knowledge of the truth—and a mere notional knowledge is plain enough to every discerning child of God. He carries daily in his own bosom a test which discovers to him the difference between the knowledge which puffs up—and the knowledge of the only […]

That wonderful medicine!(Letters of J. C. Philpot) “who forgiveth all thine iniquities;who healeth all thy diseases” Psalm 103:3 What a mass of . . .  filth and folly,  blindness and ignorance,  deceit and hypocrisy,  carnality, sensuality, and devilism are we! Prone to all that is bad, utterly averse to allthat is good–bent upon sin–hating holiness,heavenly-mindedness, and spirituality–whatearthly […]

If my pocket was full of stones! (Letters of John Newton) John 8:4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. John 8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? If my pocket was full of stones, I have […]

The greatest liar, thief, adulterer and murderer (Martin Luther) “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.“ 2 Corinthians 5:21 Jesus became the greatest liar, thief, adulterer and murdererthat mankind has ever known–not because He committed thesesins–but because He was actually made […]

The greatest liar, thief, adulterer and murderer (Martin Luther) “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.“ 2 Corinthians 5:21 Jesus became the greatest liar, thief, adulterer and murderer that mankind has ever known–not because He committed these sins–but because He was […]

How often we jeopardise the hope and joy of our salvation, by looking for the work of God done IN us, or BY us, rather than looking to the work of Christ done FOR us.                              Greg Elmquist _ My spiritual life began in looking to Christ only. The way I persevere in the faith […]

To bathe in the ocean of endless bliss! J.C.Philpot Psa. 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Psa. 84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. Psa. 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. Every living […]