When the creature failed, he flew to the Creator! (Charles Spurgeon) “Help, Lord! For the godly are no more.” Psalm 12:1 The prayer itself is remarkable, for it is short, seasonable, pithy, and suggestive. David mourned the fewness of godly men, and therefore lifted up his heart in supplication. When the creature failed, he flew […]
“In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1 Thess. 5:18 The Lord is working all things after the counsel of His own will. Knowing then that He Who is all wise, all powerful and merciful toward His people is working everything for His glory and the good […]
God’s conscious comforting presence!Octavius Winslow, “Beginning the Year with Jesus”Then Moses said to him, “If Your Presencedoes not go with us, do not send us up fromhere…..” Exodus 33:15 What a needed and solemn petition! God’s presence, going with us! Such is theresponse of every true God fearing, Christloving heart. The believer has learned tounderstand […]
“They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.” Jeremiah 50:5 J.C.Philpot Zion is the seat of all gospel blessings. In it is laid “the precious corner-stone” (Isaiah 28:16); in it is “placed […]
J.C.Philpot “Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.” Acts 14:22 The very word “confirm” implies that the souls of Christ’s disciples need strengthening. If there were no temptations to try, no sharp sorrows to grieve, […]
-Spurgeon, “Rest, Rest” “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;for I am meek and lowly in heart…” Matthew 11:29 If I actively labor for Christ I can only find rest in the labor,by possessing the meek spirit of my Lord. For if I go forth to labor for Christ without a meek spirit,I […]
GOD’S ELECT IN PUBLIC ASSEMBLY Since the days of the apostles I see them. All around the world I see them. Some are Jews and some are Gentiles; some are employers and some employees; some are prosperous and well to do and some are poor and hardly make do; some hold degrees in education and […]
Even your own relatives think you are almost insane (J. C. Philpot, “The Abiding Comforter” 1858) “The Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him,because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.”John 14:17 The world—that is, the world dead in sin, and theworld dead in profession—men destitute of the lifeand power of God—must have something […]
Christ Our Rule Galatians 6:16 “And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them.”And what is this rule we walk by? The Law? No. It is this, “God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14). Truly, this is the believer’s rule of life. This is our […]
OUR RULE OF LIFE Many religious people claim to believe a sinner is saved by grace but then they also claim that the believer must still strive to keep the law. They say, “How else will you control people?” One big concern is giving. False religion keeps people under the law of the tithe because they know stingy, selfish […]