The believer’s eternal confession! (John MacDuff, “The Night Watches“) “By the grace of God—I am what I am!” 1 Corinthians 15:10 This is the believer’s eternal confession! Grace found him a rebel against God—it leaves him a son of God! Grace found him wandering at the gates of Hell—it leaves him at the gates of Heaven! Grace devised the scheme of Redemption.Justice never would; reason never could.And it is grace […]
Monsters of iniquity!Spurgeon’s, “Spots in Our Feasts of Charity” Oh, the depths of human sin! Sin is an incomprehensible thing! There is no water so deep but fish will swim in it;no pond so foul but frogs will live in it;no mire so filthy but swine will wallow in it, andno sin so damnable but […]
Brazen Hypocrisy John 13:2 Nothing in all the world is more corrupt or more callous than the heart of a hypocrite. There sat Judas at the table with the Son of God and his disciples. But he had already struck his deal with the Jews’ priests to betray the Saviour. — What brazen hypocrisy! Judas […]
An apostolic face and a Judas heart (Letters of J. C. Philpot) Many think that a minister is exempt from suchcoldness, deadness, and barrenness, as privateChristians feel. And the hypocritical looks andwords of many of Satan’s ministers favour thisdelusion. Holiness is so much on their tongues,and on their faces, that their deluded hearersnecessarily conclude that it is in their hearts. […]
The Unbelief Of Man Luke 22:67 If I understand the Word of God, the greatest, most abominable evil in this world is the horrible sin of unbelief. I would rather stand before God guilty of any crime known to man than stand before him guilty of having heard and refused to believe the gospel […]
A mother sin Unbelief is a mother sin—a breeding sin. It does not remain in the heart alone, but gives birth to thousands of sins, all springing up out of its prolific womb—like the fabled sea monsters. We see in the wilderness how all through all their journeyings the crying sin of the people of Israel was […]
When the creature failed, he flew to the Creator! (Charles Spurgeon) “Help, Lord! For the godly are no more.” Psalm 12:1 The prayer itself is remarkable, for it is short, seasonable, pithy, and suggestive. David mourned the fewness of godly men, and therefore lifted up his heart in supplication. When the creature failed, he flew […]
The poison fang of sin! J.C.Philpot We must go down into the depths of the fall to know what our hearts are, and what they are capable of—we must have the keen knife of God to cut deep gashes in our conscience and lay bare the evil that lies so deeply imbedded in our carnal […]
J.C.Philpot How does the Lord humble? By discovering to man what he is; by opening up the depth of his fall; by making him feel what a vile and guilty wretch he is before the footstool of mercy; by breaking him to pieces; by slaughtering and laying him low; by making him abhor himself in […]
As many heads as a Hydra, and as many lives as a cat! (John Newton) Beware of SELF! This is the worst enemy we have to deal with! Self-will, self-wisdom, self-righteousness, self-seeking, self-dependence, and self-boasting. It is a large family — and I cannot count up all the branches! They are all nearly related to […]