There are many times when it seems as if this present world could satisfy us—when we build up our earthly paradises, and seek as it were ease and rest here below. But the voice soon comes, “Arise, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted.” Micah 2:10 How continually in the […]
The Breaker! (Charles Spurgeon) “The Breaker has gone up before them. He will bring you through the gates of your cities of captivity, back to your own land. Your King will lead you; the Lord Himself will guide you!” Micah 2:13 Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things do not remain as they would […]
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.” Titus 3:5, 6 The conversion of a sinner to God is a convincing and precious evidence […]
“He would have given you living water.” John 4:10 How blessed a thing is vital godliness! That is the thing I always wish to contend for. Not for forms and ceremonies, or doctrines floating in the brain—but for the life of God in the soul. That is the only thing worth knowing—the only thing to […]
Psalm 110 A magnificent display of the exaltation and sovereignty of Christ as High Priest of the Church is exhibited. It is delightful to study this glorious office. The contemplation tends to sanctify. May it mold us into heavenly likeness! 1. “The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make […]
The Wisdom of the Gospel The gospel is the sum of wisdom; a collection of knowledge; a treasure-house of truth; and a disclosure of mysterious secrets. In it we see how justice and mercy may be associated; here we see unalterable law entirely satisfied, and sovereign love carrying away the sinner in triumph. Our meditation […]
Precious in my sight Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life (Isaiah 43:4). Just think, if all your hope is Christ Jesus, then the judgment of God toward you was fully accomplished when Christ […]
The Mighty Magnet “And I, if l be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me” (John 12:32). Come, ye workers, be encouraged. You fear that you cannot draw a congregation. Try the preaching of a crucified, risen, and ascended Savior; for this is the greatest “draw” that was ever yet manifested […]
Friend, can you understand my riddle? (J. C. Philpot, “Letters & Memoirs”) I find that sin has such power over me, that though I call on the Lord again and again for deliverance, I seem to be as weak as ever when temptation comes. If a window were placed in my bosom, what filth and […]
THE GREAT COMPROMISE Acts 5: 17, 18 The Pharisee claimed to worship Jehovah but they differed from the Sadducee in that they believed that there would be a resurrection from the dead. The Sadducees claimed to believe Jehovah but they differed from the Pharisee in that they believed there was no resurrection. Yet, these differences […]