“Now the just shall live by faith.” Hebrews 10:38 We cannot too frequently nor too deeply study the profound meaning of these words. God will have his child perpetually looking to, leaning upon, and receiving from Him. At present we are but in an immature state. We are not, therefore, in a condition to be […]
Jesus sustains no association to His Church more expressive than that of the marriage relationship. From all eternity He forever betrothed her to Himself. He asked her at the hands of her Father—and the Father gave her to Him. He entered into a covenant that she would be His. The conditions of that covenant were […]
Christ must be all! from Octavius Winslow’s, “Morning Thoughts” We cannot keep our eye too exclusively or too intently fixed on Jesus. All salvation is in Him. All salvation proceeds from Him. All salvation leads to Him. And for the assurance and comfort of our salvation we are to repose believingly and entirely on Him. […]
And what is his religion but vanity? (adapted from Winslow’s, “The Earnest Expectation of the Renewed Creature”) “We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing, ends in nothing.” Man’s origin, the earth; his birth, degenerate; his rank, a bauble; his wealth, but glittering dust; his pomp, an empty pageant; his beauty, a fading […]
Then Moses said to him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here…..” Exodus 33:15 What a needed and solemn petition! God’s presence, going with us! Such is the response of every true God fearing, Christ loving heart. The believer has learned to understand the nature of God’s favour, […]
Consider Jesus– as Receiving Sinners- Winslow “This man receives sinners!” –Luke 15:2 Nothing gave greater offence to the scribes and Pharisees than the divine mission of Jesus to save sinners. No greater and more virulent accusation could they allege against Him, than that, He extended His compassionate regards to the vile and the wretched, admitting […]
All that can possibly want! (Octavius Winslow, “The Witness of the Spirit”) “From the fullness of His grace—we have all received one blessing after another.” John 1:16 Child of God, all that can possibly want is treasured up in Christ! You have . . . no cross—but Christ can bear it, no sorrow—but Christ can alleviate it, no corruption—but […]
Whose presence is thus promised and pledged? (Octavius Winslow, “Christ is Ever With You!” 1863) “Lo, I am with you always — even unto the end of the world!” Matthew 28:20 Whose presence is thus promised and pledged? It is the presence of Christ! The Christ who is God. “Immanuel, God with us!” The Christ who . […]
Christ must be all! from Octavius Winslow’s, “Morning Thoughts” We cannot keep our eye too exclusively or too intently fixed on Jesus. All salvation is in Him. All salvation proceeds from Him. All salvation leads to Him. And for the assurance and comfort of our salvation we are to repose believingly and entirely on Him. […]
The cross of Christ From Octavius Winslow’s “The Believer Crucified” Jesus could accomplish man’s redemption in no other way than by crucifixion. He must die, and die the death of the cross. “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to […]