“CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY!” (Romans 5:6) To redeem poor sinners, Jesus came down from heaven, put on the rags of our morality, agonised, bled and died. Jesus is made His people’s substitute, burden-bearer, sin-remover, guilt-sustainer. Their debt is placed to His account. His riches pay the full amount. […]
IT IS THE BLOOD THAT SAVES Octavius Winslow “And He said unto them, This is My blood of the new testament, shed for many.”–Mark 14:24 Never did those lips, upon which grace shed its divinest, sweetest fragrance, utter words so precious as these. The language is figurative, but the truth is literal. “This is My blood,” or, […]
“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is […]
The Precious Blood of Christ!by Spurgeon- Standing at the foot of the cross, we see his hands, and feet,and side, all distilling crimson streams of precious blood. It is precious because of its “redeeming and atoning efficacy”.By it the sins of Christ’s people are atoned for;they are redeemed from under the law;they are reconciled to […]
Christ Our Substitute. “He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” II Corinthians 5:21 This is a day of new beginning for us all. As your pastor, I sense that you are all as full of anticipation regarding our ministry […]
Matthew 27: 15: Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. 16: And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 17: Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is […]
GOD SPARED NOT In 2 Peter 2:4-7; several times the word of the Lord says, “God spared not;” the righteous and holy judgment of God fell without any mixture of mercy on many. The angels that fell were judged and cast out. The rebels in Noah’s day were judged and with the flood of God’s […]
Christ Made Sin “For He hath made Him sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him”. 2 Cor 5:21. Oh, what a great mystery. The sinless Son of God being made sin. We can only stand in awe of this glorious truth. Like everything about […]
There Is A Prescribed Means Of Worship. Cain came to God with a bloodless sacrifice, the fruit of his own effort, and God rejected him. Abel came to God with the blood of an innocent lamb, a type of Christ, the Lamb of God, and God accepted him. Blessed be God, it is possible for […]
There are some words that describe things that cannot be unsuccessful. For example, one can have an unsuccessful medicine, but one cannot have an unsuccessful cure, for a thing can be called a cure unless and until is successful. The words used to describe our Lord and His saving work are such words. For example, […]