“He has done all things well!” Mark 7:37 By Octavius Winslow, “The sigh of Christ” Yes, from first to last, from our cradle to our grave, from the earliest pang of sin’s conviction, to the last thrill of sin’s forgiveness, from earth to heaven — this will be our testimony in all the way the […]
In affliction look to Jesus (Octavius Winslow) God’s family is a sorrowing family. “I have chosen you,” He says, “in the furnace of affliction.” The history of the church finds its fittest emblem in the burning, yet unconsumed bush, which Moses saw. Man is “born to sorrow;” but the believer is “appointed thereunto.” If he is a “chosen […]
Reader! marvel not that you must be born again! (From Octavius Winslow’s, “The Restored Sheep”) Alas! the life of an unconverted person is one entire, unbroken, departure from God! What hue sufficiently dark can portray the life of an unrenewed man? He may be…. upright and honorable as a man of the world; faithful in […]
A god to himself? (adapted from Winslow’s, “The Soul Before Conversion”) The unsaved man is a god to himself, and he has many other gods as well. Whether it be…. self righteousness, self gratification, the world, wealth, family, in whatever form it appears, “other lords have dominion over him,” to the exclusion of the […]
Head or Heart? (From Octavius Winslow’s, “The Coming of the Lord in its Relation to Nominal Christianity”) A person may have well balanced theology, and his general views of truth would be considered evangelical and orthodox. And yet, thus far may he proceed in the deepest ‘self deception’. With all this “form of knowledge,” this […]
We will be like Him! (Octavius Winslow, “Eternal Glorification”) “We know that when He comes we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He really is.” 1 John 3:2 Perfect holiness is the eternal glory of the saints! The very utterance of the thought seems to awaken music in the soul. Seeing Christ as He […]
For me a worm! “The Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins” Galatians 1:3-4 “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins” 1 John 2:2 O what an astonishing truth is this! The Son of God offering Himself up a sacrifice for sin! He who knew no sin — who was holy, harmless, and undefiled […]
Only trust in the love of Christ.–Never was there before–nor has there been since–nor ever will be again–such ancient, marvelous, stupendous love as the love of Jesus! It is the astonishment of heaven, it is the wonder of angels, and in their best, holiest, and most self-abased moments, it is the marvel of saints on earth, […]
CHRIST IS ALL, AND IN ALL “The Lord is my portion, says my soul.” “Christ is all, and in all.”–Col. 3:11 We close these devout meditations with a magnificent Doxology–Christ all, and Christ in all! It is an epitome, the substance, the consummation and crown of the whole. Each theme has been a wider opening […]
Your way, not mine, O Lord, However dark it be, Lead me by Your own hand Choose out the path for me. “Smooth let it be, or rough, It will be still the best; Winding or straight, it leads Right onward to Your rest. “I dare not choose my lot I would not, if I […]