True faith! The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Trial of Your Faith” #2055. 1Peter 1:7 True faith is, in every case, the operation of the Spirit of God. Its nature is purifying, elevating, heavenly. Wherever true faith is found, it is: the sure mark of eternal election, the sign of a blessed condition, and the […]
False religion (Horatius Bonar, “False Religion and Its Doom”) “I will lay your corpses in front of your idols and scatter your bones around your altars.” Ezek. 6:5 There is such a thing as false religion. It may be earnest and zealous, yet false. No amount of sincerity or zeal will make that true, which is […]
The following is from Spurgeon’s, “Christ’s Incarnation, the Foundation of Christianity” That is a wonderful text in Galatians 1:4, did you ever meditate upon it? “Who gave Himself for our SINS…” Jesus never gave Himself for our RIGHTEOUSNESS, but He did give Himself for our SINS! Sin is a horrible evil, a deadly poison, yet it […]
BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US… -Spurgeon, “Love” “We love God, because he first loved us.” Christian, he loved you before time began, and when in eternity he dwelt alone. He thought of you before you had a being. When as yet the sun and the moon were not– when the sun, the moon, and the stars […]
Because he first loved us by Spurgeon “We love him because he first loved us.” -1 John 4:19 There is no light in the planet but that which proceeds from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which comes from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing […]
“You must be born again.” — John 3:7 Regeneration is a subject which lies at the very basis of salvation, and we should be very diligent to take heed that we really are “born again,” for there are many who imagine they are, who are not. Be assured that the name of a Christian—is not […]
Justice Satisfied “When I see the blood, l will pass over you” (Exodus 12:13). My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the LORD’s sight of it which secures my safety. Even when I am unable to behold it, the LORD looks at it and passes over me because […]
“His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers.” Song of Solomon 5:13 Lo, the flowery month is come! March winds and April showers have done their work, and the earth is all bedecked with beauty. Come my soul, put on your holiday attire and go forth to gather garlands of heavenly thoughts. […]
Mark then well the importance of the Truth of God, for in these days men are apt to set light by it and, for the sake of peace and quiet, to lead us to suppose that contrary things can also be true. The Truth is not only important, but substantial in its character. The Gospel […]
Christ first PRAISES HIS PEOPLE’S LOVE. Do you love God, my Hearer? Do you love Jesus? If not, stand back! These things have nothing to do with you—if you love not Christ, you have neither part nor lot in the matter. You are in the gall of bitter- ness and in the bond of iniquity. […]