‘The Justice of God in the damnation of sinners’ (extract from Jonathon Edwards) It would have been most Just with God for ever to have cast you off; But He has had Mercy upon you; He hath made His Glorious Grace appear in your “EVERLASTING SALVATION” You had no love to God; But yet He […]
REST IN THE CRUCIFIED “Come unto Me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” “Peace be unto you. And when He had so said, He showed them His hands and His side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.” John 20:19, 20 That was a […]
THE BELIEVER SEEKING JESUS Spurgeon, “Lions Lacking– But the Children Satisfied” Once a man is saved, he seeks Jesus that he may praise him and put a crown on his head. His desire is– Oh, that my heart could find you! that all its strings might sing sweet music to you. Oh that my mouth […]
LORD JESUS CHRIST LORD– God in all His fullness. JESUS-“YOU SHALL CALL HIS NAME JESUS FOR HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS” CHRIST– The anointed King who reigns over His people, Satan and the world and reigns most victoriously on the cursed tree as He dies under the judgement of God satisfying God’s […]
Crown. –Earthly sovereigns display a crown, as emblem of their people’s homage. On Jesus’ head are “many crowns.” (Rev. 19:13) The Father crowns Him, as co-equal ruler of the universe, as fellow-worker in the wonders of creation. All voices cry aloud, “You have created all things, and for Your pleasure they are and were created.” […]
— Is Salvation By Doing or Believing? It is amazing that when lost sinners first begin to think about being reconciled unto God, that they immediately begin thinking in terms of what they must do for God or give to God in order to gain His favor. This seems to be quite natural to the […]
CHRIST IS THE CHARIOT… in which souls are drawn to heaven. The people of the Lord are on their way to heaven, they are carried in everlasting arms; and those arms are the arms of Christ. Christ is carrying them up to His own house, to His own throne; in time His prayer–“Father, I want […]
REFLECTIONS MY soul! frequently in silent meditation run over the several blessed and gracious instructions which arise out of this delightful chapter, and enquire what correspondence thou THE POOR MAN’S OLD TESTAMENT COMMENTARY Robert Hawker canst find between CHRIST’S church and thy experience in the love she manifested here to her LORD. Hast thou known […]
A union which will last forever! (John MacDuff, “The Christian’s Pathway” 1858″) “My Beloved is mine — and I am His!” Song of Songs 2:14 This is the language of the Christian in the book of Canticles. How great is the blessedness involved in such an assurance! My beloved Jesus is mine . . . […]
FRUITS AND MOTIVE OF FALSE TEACHERS 2 Peter 2: 1-10 All false teachers will either deny or diminish the truth that God in Christ is Just and the Justifier of his elect people and at the same time exalt the sinner in some way. True teaching declares always: ruined by the fall, the successful redemption […]