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, […]
Why did Jesus come? His master-purpose… Spurgeon, “Christ’s Incarnation, the Foundation of Christianity” Let us gather with grateful boldness around the Infant in the manger, and behold our God! The Great Object of Our Lord’s Coming Here Was Not to Live, but to Die. He appeared, not so much to subdue sin by His teaching, […]
Mark 8:22-26-And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he […]
Remember to be bold to those who are teachers of false things (Titus 1: 10-13) but patient with those who are seeking but yet oppose themselves (2 Timothy 2: 23-26.) As we no longer lie to our neighbours but declare the truth to them (Ephesians 4: 15, 25, 29) most will speak blasphemous things against […]
Bread or Poison? Clay Curtis Malachi 1:7: Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. The next time you are baking a fresh loaf of homemade bread, mix in rat poison. Do you think you could obtain […]
Extracts from The Wilderness Wanderer By Joseph Philpot, 1867 “They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. And […]
The day of atonement foreshadowed, in type, the sin-atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ for God’s true Israel. The chapter begins “And the LORD spake unto Moses.” In order for sinners to approach God in his Way, the LORD must speak into the heart he has made new. God teaches his children what he […]
That Heavenly Teacher (Philpot, “Daily Words for Zion’s Wayfarers”) We do not learn that we are sinners merely by reading it in the Bible. It must be wrought, I might say, burnt into us. Nor will anyone sincerely and spiritually cry for mercy, until sin is spiritually felt and known . . . in its […]
Redeemed (Thomas Brooks, “Paradise Opened” 1675) “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers.” 1 Pet. 1:18 Christ redeems us from all sin—and from all the consequences of sin. He endured the wrath of […]
“He hath done all things well.” Mark 7:37 If these men and women who had seen our Savior’s miracles were astonished and cried out, “He hath done all things well,” how much more astonished we ought to be who have tasted and experienced his grace! How much more we ought to confess to God our […]