The cross of Christ From Octavius Winslow’s “The Believer Crucified” Jesus could accomplish man’s redemption in no other way than by crucifixion. He must die, and die the death of the cross. “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to […]
THE HOLY GARMENTS “You shall make Holy Garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.” Exodus 28:2 If ever eyes beheld an object in which splendor shone, it was the high-priest in his Holy Garments. God planned each part ‘for glory and for beauty.’ Hence every brilliant color sparkled. Hence richest jewels cast back […]
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 […]
The Golden Key! The Golden Thread! by Octavius Winslow Jesus is the one great theme both of the Old Testament and the New. The whole Bible is designed to testify of Christ, “The Scriptures point to Me!” John 5:39 In Christ the Messiah, in Jesus the Savior, in the Son of God the Redeemer — all the truths of the […]
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things. When the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted place, and already […]
The sacrifice under the old covenant on the Day of Atonement was a type. A type means it was “as if” the sins of the people were put on the goat. A shadow means God treated the goat “as if” he were sin. A picture means God regarded the sacrifice “as if” sin had been […]
– John Mac Duff – “How precious also are Your thoughts unto me, O God!” And I will betroth you unto Me forever; yes, I will betroth you unto Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies. Hosea 2:19 The most endearing as well as the most exalted relationships of earth […]
My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; […]
John 11:43-44 – There are many pictures of grace in the Bible, by which God illustrates the gospel message of salvation by grace alone. One of the most instructive of these pictures is the resurrection of Lazarus. Read John 11 and 12, and note these five things about Lazarus: HIS CONDITION (11:4) – Lazarus was […]