“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.” Romans 8:17 J.C.Philpot This is the especial blessedness of being a child of God– that death, which puts a final extinguisher on all the hopes and happiness of all the unregenerate, gives him the fulfillment of all his hopes and the consummation of […]
Trust His heart — even when you can’t trace His hand! (John MacDuff, “The Promised Land!” 1859) “And He led them forth by the right way — that they might go to a city of habitation.” Psalm 107:7 God’s thoughts are not as our thoughts — neither are His ways as our ways! This truth […]
They will never perish! (J. C. Philpot, “The Incorruptible Inheritance” 1865) 1Pet. 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 1Pet. 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, […]
Peter’s Sin And RepentanceTom HardingPeter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. (Matt. 26:75).There has been much written and said of Peter’s failure and sin when he denied that he knew the Lord Jesus Christ, but not much of Peter’s conviction […]
The Heart and The Mouth Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. The faith itself is not righteousness, but it is UNTO righteousness because it connects us to Christ, Who is our righteousness. Salvation is an eternal act of God’s will in its […]
; Next In Line; Sleeping Drew Dietz And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains and the keepers before the door kept the prison. Acts 12:6 Look! what grace in the heart does for God’s dear children!! Peter was just hours before […]
The One Pearl of Great Price “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls. Who when he found One Pearl of Great Price, went and sold all that he had and bought it” Matt. 13:45-46 Over the years men collect a jewelry box full of pearls. In one drawer they […]
A BELIEVER’S PEACE Where does a believer find real and genuine peace? On what foundation can we rest and say in truth, “It is well with my soul?” I’ll tell you; it lies in this, that we are justified by faith and not by works. Christ Jesus stood in my place before God. I was […]
Converted, Healed, Filled and Raised Acts Chapter 9 If we chose four words to describe the life of a believer–that is, what the Lord Jesus does for the believer from before the first hour we believe until we come into final glory–these four words might sum it up: converted, healed, filled, and raised. In the […]
“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.”—Isa. xlii. 16. Never, surely, was there a promise of […]