The infinities of bliss and glory! (Henry Law, “Forgiveness of Sins” 1875) “Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:” Isaiah 53:10 The Father of all mercies heaped on Christ the outpourings of His wrath; that He may heap on pardoned sinners the infinities of bliss and glory! “Christ died for the ungodly.” Romans […]
We are no better than they (John Newton’s Letters) Jesus, full of compassion and tenderness, wept over His enemies, and prayed for His actual murderers! A feeling of this kind seems essential to that new nature which characterizes the children of God; and where it is not in habitual exercise, it is a sufficient evidence […]
When you sink so low that you can’t find anything good in yourself and when you look inside your heart and you can see nothing but that which would condemn you, then you can take hope for the wind of God’s Spirit is blowing in your direction. If that describes you; come to God then […]
The monster! Spurgeon, “THE SAINT AND HIS SAVIOR” SIN is a madness, disqualifying the mind for sober judgment; a blindness, rendering the soul incapable of appreciating moral beauty; it is in fact such a perversion of all the faculties, that under its terrible influence men will ‘call evil good and good evil, […]
Six Signs of Trouble Every true believer fears the removal of God’s presence and power. David prayed, “Take not thy Spirit from me.” Paul feared that, “while preaching to others, I might become a castaway.” My thoughts are that this condition is manifested in the following ways: 1. We begin to experience no blessing nor […]
Invincible grace! How mighty Thou art, O Lord, to convert; Thou only couldst conquer so stubborn a heart, For Thy love to lost man alone could constrain So stiff-necked a rebel to love Thee again. Thro’ Thee I embrace the ransoming grace, Of Him who has suffered and died in my place, Tho’ I strove […]
JOHN’S VISION of the Fall of Babylon In Revelation 18 we see John’s vision of this woman’s destruction. Satan has always opposed the Lord Jesus Christ. In the beginning, his heart was lifted up with pride against the Son of God. He inspired, organised, and led a rebellion among the angels of heaven, attempting to overthrow […]
True faith holds every revealed truth of the Bible but opposes none. If you live by faith, Christ, the bread of heaven, will be the food of thy faith. If you walk by faith, Christ, the living way, will be the path of faith. If you stand fast by faith, Christ will be faith’s foundation; […]
The monster! Spurgeon, “THE SAINT AND HIS SAVIOR” SIN is a madness, disqualifying the mind for sober judgment; a blindness, rendering the soul incapable of appreciating moral beauty; it is in fact such a perversion of all the faculties, that under its terrible influence men will ‘call evil good and good evil, and they put […]
What a beautiful image of the true Christian is light! The child of the light!” The saints in light!” Walking in the light of a Father’s reconciled face; walking in the light that beams from the cross of Jesus; walking in the light of an indwelling, teaching, sanctifying Spirit; walking in that bright, luminous path, which “shines […]