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 […]
Your burden is on his shoulder! (adapted from Octavius Winslow’s, “The Believers Triumph”) Rom. 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Jesus, amid the honours and splendours to which God […]
Hitherto! (Charles Spurgeon) “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying: “Hitherto has the Lord helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12 The word “hitherto” seems like a hand pointing in the direction of the past. Twenty years or seventy, and yet, “hitherto the Lord has […]
All the devil’s tricks! J.C.Philpot 2Cor. 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. Satan is so wily—his agents so surround us—their designs are so masked—their language so plausible—their manners so insinuating—their appearance often so imposing—their arguments so subtle—their activity so unwearied—their insight into our weaknesses […]
… and were by nature children of wrath, even as others. Eph.2:3 Are you a believer? Are you what is called a saved person, a child of God? If so, how did that come about? Why did God save you? If your answer is, “because I believed in Jesus,” then you are over-qualified to be […]
… and were by nature children of wrath, even as others. Eph.2:3 Are you a believer? Are you what is called a saved person, a child of God? If so, how did that come about? Why did God save you? If your answer is, “because I believed in Jesus,” then you are over-qualified to be […]
THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE by Don Fortner “And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.” — Jeremiah 24:7 There are some men and women in […]
If I wash myself with snow J.C.Philpot By nature, man knows nothing of the purity and perfection of God—or the deep sinfulness and corruption of the creature. There is a veil over man’s heart—a veil of ignorance—of delusion—of unbelief—of self-deception as regards the nature of sin. No man is vitally and experimentally acquainted with—its hideous […]