This tyrant wields a universal sway! (Henry Law, “Numbers” 1858) “For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 DEATH! The very sound falls heavily. What mind can lightly think of it? What eye unmoved can see it? The limbs, once full of vigour, […]
This tyrant wields a universal sway! (Henry Law, “Numbers” 1858) “For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 DEATH! The very sound falls heavily. What mind can lightly think of it? What eye unmoved can see it? The limbs, once full of vigour, […]
I challenge anyone to put his or her finger on one Scripture in the Holy Bible where Christ ever turned away a truly repentant sinner. You will not find one! Many came in pride that were turned away. Many came in religion that were soon drawn away. Yet never was there one desperate sinner who […]
Faith is nothing more or less than agreeing with God about who I am (a sinner) and what I have done (nothing but sin) and who Christ is (God’s Son) and what He has done (given His life a ransom for many). God entrusted the souls of His chosen people to His Son, the Lord […]
Judas and Simon Peter What was the difference between the sin of Judas and the sin of Simon Peter? What they did to our Lord seemed similar yet Simon was forgiven and converted, while Judas hanged himself and was damned. Every believer has worried at some point that they could turn out to be a […]
Take our sins to God!Spurgeon, “A Troubled Prayer” No. 741. Ps. 25:18 We must take our sins to God!The Christian, when he sins, thinks that he must fight this battle for himself,wrestle with his own evil temper himself, and he himself must enter into conflictwith his lusts and his besetting sins. But when he comes into […]
Struggling against the power of sin? How many poor souls are struggling against thepower of sin, and yet never get any victory over it! How many are daily led captive by . . . the lusts of the flesh, the love of the world, and the pride of life,and never get any victory over them! How many fight […]
If I wash myself with snow 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 nature—its awful depths—its […]
Lord, I am a poor, blind child! By Octavius Winslow “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd:he shall gather the lambs with his arm,and carry them in his bosom,and shall gently lead those that are with young.” Isaiah 40:11 Jesus leads those who are burdened, and need a skilful, sure and gentle shepherd. Our journey to Heaven is across […]
He cannot see, nor know, nor feel If we take the Scriptures as our authority, in what a fearful state is mankind at large! O, how awfully fallen—O, how deeply sunk, man is! And yet one feature of man’s ruined state is his complete ignorance of the depths of the fall. Though the sinful child of a […]