“Your life will I give unto you for a prey in all places where you go.” Jeremiah 45:5 There is a life given to the elect when the blessed Spirit quickens their souls–a life eternal, communicated to them out of the fullness of the Son of God. This life is a personal, individual life; and […]
“O send forth Your light and Your truth, let them guide me.” Psalm 43:3 The Christian is often dissatisfied with his state. He is well aware of the shallowness of his attainments in the divine life, as well as of the ignorance and the blindness that are in him. He cannot perceive the path of life. […]
The wilderness (J. C. Philpot, “The Valley of Achor” 1861) “Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.” Hosea 2:14 The children of God would not voluntarily go into the wilderness–it is a place too barren for them to enter, except as allured […]
Extracts from The Wilderness Wanderer By Joseph Philpot, 1867 “They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. And […]
That Heavenly Teacher (Philpot, “Daily Words for Zion’s Wayfarers”) We do not learn that we are sinners merely by reading it in the Bible. It must be wrought, I might say, burnt into us. Nor will anyone sincerely and spiritually cry for mercy, until sin is spiritually felt and known . . . in its misery, […]
All true religion Jesus is . . . our sun, and without Him all is darkness; our life, and without Him all is death; the beginner and finisher of our faith; the substance of our hope; the object of our love. It is the Spirit who quickens us . . . to feel our need […]
What a mercy it is to have a conscience in any measure purged from dead works to serve the living God; to feel any free access to his gracious Majesty, any happy liberty in walking before him, any deliverance from doubt and fear, any removal of those exercises which try the mind and often bring […]
“The Gospel of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is not a thing to be proved, but truth to be believed. It is not submitted to our reasoning powers as a subject for critical examination. The gospel is a MESSAGE FROM GOD, addressed to the conscience, feelings, and affections. For this reason, men fond of argument […]
So many truly sincere and religious people (J. C. Philpot, “Answers to Inquiries”) “Cornelius and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.” Acts 10:2 Yet Cornelius and his family weren’t saved! (Acts 11:14) –A generous centurion build a synagogue. (Luke 7:3-5)–A young man keeps the commandments from his […]
Weary? “Then Jesus said, “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 The Lord’s purpose in laying burdens upon us is to weary us out. We cannot learn our religion in any other way. We cannot learn it from the Bible, nor from the experience […]