Isaiah 43: 27: Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. It is much the same as the apostle Pauls’ word 2 Thessalonians 2: 3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin […]
The Law of Moses (Excerpted from Philpot’s sermon, “Not Our Own”) Imagine that you are ignorant of the gospel and of God’s way of preventing evil and of bringing about good– and were called upon to design some plan whereby a man might be most effectually restrained from the commission of sin, and made obedient […]
The flesh (J. C. Philpot) “That which is born of the flesh is flesh.” John 3:6 There is no promise made that in this life, we shall be set free from the indwelling and the in-working of sin. Many think that their flesh is to become “progressively holier and holier”–that sin after sin is to […]
For Sinners Only! from Spurgeon’s, “THE SINNER’S FRIEND” Jesus Christ is come to seek and to save SINNERS. Electing love has selected some of the worst to be made the best. Redeeming love has bought, specially bought, many of the worst to be the reward of the Savior’s passion. Effectual grace calls out and compels […]
THE WIND TEMPERED “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “He stays (restrains) His rough wind in the day of the east wind.” Isaiah 27:8 This is a sheltering verse to those who, in a figurative sense, are exposed to the swoop of the hot desert […]
The Spirit’s work in salvation by Spurgeon The Holy Spirit lays bare his heart, lets him see the loathsome cancer that is there eating away his life, uncovers to him all the blackness and defilement of that sink of hell– the human heart; and then the man stands aghast– “I never thought I was like […]
The Mystery of the Cross Why was it a necessity for the LORD to lay on Christ the iniquity of His people before bruising Him? All our hope, brethren, is that the judge of all the earth shall do right! The whole purpose for which the Lord Jesus laid down His life was to declare […]
A strange college! “Salvation is of the Lord.” -Jonah 2:9. JONAH learned this sentence of good theology in a strange college. He learned it in the whale’s belly, at the bottom of the mountains, with the weeds wrapped about his head, when he supposed that the earth with her bars was about him forever. Most […]
Christ is our Jonah! (William Dyer, “Christ’s Famous Titles”) “Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea–and the sea stopped its raging!” Jonah 1:15 Christ is our Jonah, who threw Himself into the sea of His Father’s wrath–to save us from everlasting perdition. — Oh! what a pillow on which to rest […]
The greatest wonder in heaven, or earth, or even in hell! Spurgeon, “Open House for All Comers” No. 665. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” -Luke 15:2 Jesus receives sinners into his heart’s love! This is the greatest wonder in heaven, or earth, […]