Consider Jesus– in His Atoning Blood “The blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from every sin.” 1 John 1:7 The blood of Jesus is everything. It is the central doctrine of our faith, the present and eternal life of our souls. There is no pardon, no salvation, no heaven but by blood–the blood of […]
Absolute Substitution “For He hath made him sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2 Cor. 5:21. I doubt there is a more clear statement of the gospel of the substitution and satisfaction of the Lord Jesus to be found in all of Scripture. […]
Release Barabbas “…and so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them and delivered Jesus, when He had scourged Him, to be crucified…..And they that were crucified with Him reviled Him.” (Mark 15: 15-32) As I knew that this was to be my text recently, it was as though I did not really […]
Sharper scourges tear His heart! (Charles Spurgeon) “He had Jesus scourged, and handed Him over to be crucified.” Mark 15:15 “With His stripes we are healed.” — Isaiah 53:5 Pilate delivered our Lord to the lictors to be scourged. The Roman scourging was a most dreadful instrument of torture. It was made of the sinews […]
Dealing With Sin – ‘Peter, do you love me?’ John Chapman How different from us does Christ deal with sin! I would venture to say that Peter would never have been allowed to preach had we been in the Lord’s place. Or if he had, our confrontation with Peter would likely have made Peter unwilling […]
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOSPEL Todd Nibert My heart breaks as I watch people compromise the Gospel. But I must say again … There is only one Gospel! The Gospel of the free and sovereign Grace of Christ my Lord. The Gospel that gives Christ all the Glory in Salvation and excludes human boasting. The […]
THE HEAVENLY BRIDEGROOM “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.” Genesis 2:23 Our Bible is a very Paradise of each sweet flower and each regaling fruit. But the believer sits down most gladly in those choice spots, which are thickly set with tokens of the Savior’s tenderness. Surely happiness mounts […]
THE WILLING SERVANT “But the slave may plainly declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.’ If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the […]
“Jesus said unto them—If you seek Me, let these go their way.” — John 18:8 Mark, my soul, the care which Jesus manifested even in His hour of trial, towards the sheep of His hand! His love for His people is as strong in death. He resigns Himself to the enemy—but He interposes a word […]
Betraying Christ with a kiss Judas betrayed his Master with a KISS! He came to the Lord with evil in his heart, the price of a compromise in his hand, religious devils at his side, and said, “Hail Master”, as he planted a KISS on the Lord’s cheek! This is how most apostates and compromisers […]