“A man cannot be a faithful minister, until he preaches Christ for Christ’s sake — until he gives up striving to attract people to himself, and seeks only to attract them to Christ!” Robert Murray M’Cheyne The heavenly runner “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let […]
The offense of the cross “And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offence of the cross ceased.” Galatians 5:11 The preaching of the cross of Jesus Christ is offensive to the natural man. We that believe look at the cross and we see grace, mercy, […]
AS THOUGH IT HAD NEVER BEEN! Beloved, soon, O how soon! all that now loads the heart with care, and wrings it with sorrow—all that dims the eye with tears, and renders the day anxious and the night sleepless, will be as though it had never been! Emerging from the entanglement, the dreariness, the solitude, […]
SINCERITY AND TRUTH “Serve Him in sincerity and truth” – Joshua 24:14 “Let us keep the feast…with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” – I Corinthians 5:5 Here are two things that must be together – sincerity and truth. To have sincerity without truth is meaningless. To be sincere in your belief of error […]
Prophet or Promoter? Maurice Montgomery There aren’t many great sermons preached today. Preachers are bound by too many other things to be great preachers. They give more advice than a lawyer; visit more sick than a doctor; attend more meetings than a club-woman; shake more hands than a politician; and use the other part of […]
GOD’S GLORIOUS GOSPEL The gospel of the glory of God in the salvation of sinners is the most wonderful, the most amazing, the most marvelous, and the most glorious “Good News” which ever fell upon human ear. It is in every way characteristic of its Author (God-like!) and suitable to the desperate need of spiritually […]
GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST Grace and truth are fitly and inseparably joined together. We cannot have grace without truth, nor truth without grace. Those who reject grace, reject truth; and those who reject truth, reject grace. “Grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom. 5:2l). The grace […]
Eternal life is to know the living God and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent. It is to have the LIFE of Christ, the PRESENCE of Christ, the SPIRIT and MIND of Christ, and the very GLORY of Christ begotten, created, and formed in us. CHRIST IN YOU is the hope of glory. Until the […]
A BELIEVER’S PEACE Where does a believer find real and genuine peace? On what foundation can we rest and say in truth, “It is well with my soul?” I’ll tell you; it lies in this, that we are justified by faith and not by works. Christ Jesus stood in my place before God. I was […]
How Do I Obtain This Freedom? John 8: 31-36 As the Lord preached the gospel “many believed on him”. But as soon as the Lord spoke of being made free those who did not believe, protested, saying, “We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be […]