The Goodness of God – A W Pink “The goodness of God endures continually” (Psalm 52:1). The goodness of God refers to the perfection of His nature: “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). There is such an absolute perfection in God’s nature and being that nothing is lacking […]
Christ Superior to Moses. The history of Moses was remarkable from beginning to end. The hand of Providence preserved him as a babe, and the hand of God dug his grave at the finish. Between those terms he passed through the strangest and most contrastive vicissitudes which, surely, any mortal has ever experienced. The honors […]
“BUT WE SEE JESUS” How do we “See Jesus?” Not by means of mysterious dreams or ecstatic visions, not by the exercise of our imagination, nor by a process of visualization; but by faith. Just as Christ declared, in John 8:56, “Abraham rejoiced to see My day and he saw it, and was glad.” Faith is […]
Those circumstances, which to the dim eye of Jacob’s faith wore a hue so somber, were at that very moment developing and perfecting the events which were to shed around the evening of his life the halo of a glorious and cloudless sunset. All things were working together for his good! And so, troubled soul, […]
God’s redeeming love is Particular and Distinguishing. Those who declare that God loves all people alike, the saved as well as the damned, greatly tarnish the love of God, reducing it to a fickle, helpless, frustrated passion. But that cannot be. The love of God is like himself, from everlasting to everlasting, immutable and sure. […]
The sword of God’s Truth (Arthur Pink, “Faithfulness”) “Their speech is filled with flattery.” Psalm 5:9 This is the identifying mark of the “hireling,” the false pastor. He aims at pleasing his hearers, making them feel satisfied with themselves, ever patting them on the back. “But he who has My Word—let him speak My Word […]
Two natures in every believer In chapter 7 we have two natures identified which are in every believer. One is called “sin that dwelleth in me”, the other is described as wanting to do good, and as not having done the evil that the other does (7:20). One is said to serve the law of […]
Shun them as they would the plague! (Arthur Pink) “Having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them!” 2 Timothy 3:5 There are a multitude of such today! ”Having a form of godliness.” This means that they have a religious veneer. They bear the name of Christ, belong to some so-called evangelical […]
Divine Foreknowledge By Arthur Pink “Great is our Lord, and of great power. His understanding is infinite.” Psalm 147:5 God not only knows whatsoever has happened in the past in every part of His vast domains, and He is not only thoroughly acquainted with everything that is now transpiring throughout the entire universe, but he is […]
The Word and the Spirit are so intimately conjoined, that we are scarcely warranted in thinking of the one, without the other. The Word does not operate without the Spirit’s agency—and the Spirit does not work apart from the Word. *It was by the Spirit’s inspiration, that the Word was first given, for “holy men […]