What is Heaven? (Octavius Winslow) Beloved, what is Heaven? What is the final glory of the saints? It is the best place, the richest inheritance provided by the Father for the people ransomed and redeemed by the precious blood of His dear Son! And when we enter there, we shall enter as children welcomed to […]

“They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.” Jeremiah 50:5 J.C.Philpot Zion is the seat of all gospel blessings. In it is laid “the precious corner-stone” (Isaiah 28:16); in it is “placed […]

All, all is ours! (Winslow, “Daily Need Divinely Supplied” 1870) “The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.” Lament. 3:24 It is our great privilege, beloved, that we live in a ‘portionless’ world. When God parceled out the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel, He made an […]

Tis but a taste! (Charles Spurgeon) “A pledge of our inheritance.” Ephesians 1:14 Oh! what enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart—is experienced by that man who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on Jesus alone. Yet the realization which we have of Christ’s preciousness is, in this life, imperfect at the […]

“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.” Romans 8:17 J.C.Philpot This is the especial blessedness of being a child of God– that death, which puts a final extinguisher on all the hopes and happiness of all the unregenerate, gives him the fulfillment of all his hopes and the consummation of […]

“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.” Romans 8:17 J.C.Philpot This is the especial blessedness of being a child of God– that death, which puts a final extinguisher on all the hopes and happiness of all the unregenerate, gives him the fulfillment of all his hopes and the consummation of […]

This is mercy! (Letters of William Romaine, 1714-1795) “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner!” Luke 18:13 “Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;” Psalm […]

THE LORD FAITHFUL, AND HIS WORD TRUE TO THE LAST Octavius Winslow “Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one […]

The Keys of Hell and Death! Spurgeon, “Christ With the Keys of Death and Hell” Rev. 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Hell and death, terrible powers as they are, are not left to riot […]

We must be taught of God J.C.Philpot John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. Four things are absolutely necessary to be experimentally known and felt before we can arrive at any saving or sanctifying knowledge […]