EXCEPT YE BELIEVE John 8:24 Our Lord Jesus plainly declared, “Except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” These are sobering words. Our Lord did not say, “Except ye try harder,” “Except ye become religious,” or “Except ye do enough good.” He said, “Except ye believe.” But believe what? We must believe […]
Take our sins to God!Spurgeon, “A Troubled Prayer” No. 741. Ps. 25:18 We must take our sins to God!The Christian, when he sins, thinks that he must fight this battle for himself,wrestle with his own evil temper himself, and he himself must enter into conflictwith his lusts and his besetting sins. But when he comes into […]
We need You to bring us to You! (C.H.Spurgeon) “When my heart is overwhelmed—lead me to the Rock that is higher than I!” Psalm 61:2 Most of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in heart—sinking like a vessel deluged by the storm!Discoveries of inward corruption will do this—if the Lord permits the great deep of our depraved […]
GOD’S WOUNDING AND HEALING “I wound and I heal.”–Deut. 32:39 It is no little comfort to the afflicted child of God to be thus divinely assured that both the wounding and the healing flow from one Hand–that Hand a Father’s. The sword that wounds–“bathed in heaven”–bears upon its point the balm that heals. Meditate awhile, my […]
O WHAT A WRETCHED THING THIS FLESH IS! O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 7:24, 25) For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one […]
The flaming sword of justice quenched in the holy, loving bosom of Jesus! (Octavius Winslow) “Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree!” 1 Peter 2:24 The most significant and appalling demonstration of God’s holiness that the universe ever beheld, infinitely distancing and transcending every other — is the […]
The flaming sword of justice quenched in the holy, loving bosom of Jesus! (Octavius Winslow) “Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree!” 1 Peter 2:24 The most significant and appalling demonstration of God’s holiness that the universe ever beheld, infinitely distancing and transcending every other — is the […]
“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory.” 1 Corinthians 2:7 There is much of deep mystery in revelation. God, considered both in Himself and in His operations, is a mystery stretching far beyond the most sublime power of finite […]
“Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Psalm 25:4,5 There is one feature in true religion perhaps not much insisted upon, but not the less real and genuine; which is this, that […]
Fear Him! (John MacDuff) “Who would not fear Thee, O King of nations!” Jeremiah 10:7 How reasonable it is that this glorious Being whose greatness is unsearchable, should be regarded with feelings of the profoundest reverence. It is indeed, His due – and as such He claims it from all His creatures. “Concerning the sinfulness […]