“Nevertheless, I am continually with You.” Psalm 73:23 “Nevertheless,” as if, notwithstanding all the foolishness and ignorance which David had just been confessing to God, not one atom the less was it true and certain that David was saved and accepted, and that the blessing of being constantly in God’s presence was undoubtedly his. Fully […]
We are Christ’s Spurgeon, “Christ the Glory of His People” We are Christ’s by eternal choice. “You only have I known (or loved) of all the nations of the earth.” The eternal Father has selected us from among the ruins of the fall, and given us into the hands of Christ that we may be […]
Christ’s garden (Charles Spurgeon) “I have come into My garden—My sister, My bride!” Song of Solomon 5:1 The heart of the believer is Christ’s garden. He bought it with His precious blood, and He enters it and claims it as His own. A garden implies separation. It is not the open common; it is not […]
The crown of universal monarchy! from Spurgeon’s, “JESUS, THE SHEPHERD” Jesus Christ is King in the world today! The Lord reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Jesus Christ wears the crown of universal monarchy! Nothing happens but that which Jesus permits, ordains, and overrules! Let empires go to wreck, it is Christ who breaks them with […]
The JOY of Christ… From Spurgeon’s, “The Parable of the Lost Sheep” “Who for the JOY that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame.” A great sorrow was on Christ when our load of sin was laid on him, but a greater joy flashed into his mind when he thought that we […]
Paved with Love Song 3:9-10 King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of cedar-wood from Lebanon. Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its top was upholstered with purple, its interior being PAVED WITH LOVE, for the daughters of Jerusalem. I shall beg you to notice, first, this morning, THE […]
CHRIST IS THE CHARIOT… in which souls are drawn to heaven. The people of the Lord are on their way to heaven, they are carried in everlasting arms; and those arms are the arms of Christ. Christ is carrying them up to His own house, to His own throne; in time His prayer–”Father, I want […]
“Do not be conformed to this world.” Romans 12:2 Reader, would you wish to leave this world in the darkness of a desponding death bed, and enter eternity as a shipwrecked mariner? Then be worldly! Join up with Mammonites, and refuse to go outside the camp bearing Christ’s reproach. But would you have a heaven […]
A faint symbol of unutterable affection! (Charles Spurgeon, “Gleanings among the Sheaves”) “Yes, He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend!” Song of Songs 5:16 In calling the Lord Jesus “altogether lovely,” the redeemed Church asserts that she sees nothing in Him which she does not admire. The world may […]
Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh – by Spurgeon “You are all fair, My love; there is no spot in you.” Solomon’s Song 4:7 How marvelous are these words! “You are all fair, My love; there is no spot in you.” The glorious Bridegroom is charmed with His spouse, and sings soft canticles of […]