“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.” Romans 8:17 J.C.Philpot This is the especial blessedness of being a child of God– that death, which puts a final extinguisher on all the hopes and happiness of all the unregenerate, gives him the fulfillment of all his hopes and the consummation of […]
NOT FAR BUT NOT INMark 12: 34: And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. The charge Christ has given his pastors is “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is […]
GOD’S FAITHFULNESS Throughout my days my path’s been markedBy God, my Father’s, loving heart.He’s ordered every step with care.I’ve met His goodness everywhere.When I was lost and knew Him not,Prevenient grace marked every spot;And angels came for God’s elect,Though in rebellion, to protect. Then in the time and at the placeWhich God had purposed by […]
Strait is the gate and narrow is the way “Enter ye in at the strait gate…Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” “Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and […]
New Heaven and New Earth Revelation 21:1 And he that sat upon the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” (Revelation 21: 5). The believer is looking for a new heaven and a new earth (2 Peter 3: 10-13.) In the end, the new creation will have none of the dividing effects of sin, […]
Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him. And there shall be. . . It is the delight of the believer, on the authority of the word of God, to think on what shall be. […]
Solomon And The Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10:1-10 Or, Christ and His Servants, 1Ki 10:1-10 A greater than Solomon is here (Mat 12:42). We have perhaps a picture here of the glory that shall yet characterise the “Greater Solomon” and His servants in the age to come (Isaiah 60:1-6). What brought the Queen of […]