Believing is the most wonderful thing in the world! Put anything of your own to it, and you spoil it. Christ will not look on that as believing. When you believe and come to Christ, you must leave behind your own righteousness and bring nothing but your sin (Oh! That is hard!), leaving behind all […]
The religionists of the day J.C.Philpot “And ye shall be hated of all men for My name sake.” Luke 21:17 Professors of religion have always been the deadliest enemies of the true children of God. Who were so opposed to the blessed Lord as the Scribes and Pharisees? It was the religious teachers and leaders who […]
Faith and Repentance If our faith be of God, it is evidenced by our turning away from all hope of salvation outside of Christ. Saving faith can have no confidence in the flesh. It is a complete rejection of our will, our works, or our wisdom having any contribution in our salvation. It confesses clearly […]
Religion is to know biblical facts; life is to know God (I John 5:20). Religion is to know what I believe; life is to know Whom I believe (II Timothy 1:12). Religion is to be baptized into the church; Life is to be baptized into Christ (Romans 6:3). Religion is to be reformed, life is […]
Atonement and Intercession John 17:9 You cannot separate the atonement of Christ from the intercession of Christ. In Hebrews 7 we read that Christ, our High Priest in heaven, is always interceding for us. But our Saviour tells us in John 17, that he only makes intercession for his elect. There he says, “I pray […]
When I look at myself I am ashamed. When I look at God’s holy law I am condemned. When I look at God’s justice I despair. When I look into the gospel I grow bold: for I see pardon obtained, righteousness wrought out, salvation finished, and justice satisfied: then I am filled […]
If God did not choose some men without any conditions, NO MAN would ever choose God under any condition. God chose us, not because we believe, but that we may believe. Augustine A believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is convinced in his heart that God Almighty is Sovereign in creation, in providence, and in […]
Married to an Ethiopian woman? (The following is by Spurgeon) “And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.” Numbers 12:1 Strange choice of Moses, but how much more strange the choice of him who is a prophet like unto Moses, […]
Nothing yet Everything The price for the salvation of all God’s people was paid in full by the Lord Jesus Christ. Any attempt to add anything to His finished work is to rob Him of his glory, and to say His blood is not sufficient to cover my sins. It is to change free grace […]
“A Merciful and Faithful High Priest” Hebrews 2:17 It is this conformity to us that qualifies our Lord to be the kind of Priest we need. He was made a man that he might be our High Priest. And he suffered, being tempted as a man, that he might be “a merciful and […]