Poor, naked, penniless, worthless? (Octavius Winslow, “Morning Thoughts”) “Verily, verily, I say unto you, a time is coming and now is when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those that hear will live.” John 5:25 There is the special, direct, and effectual call ofthe Spirit, in the elect of God, without which allother calling is in vain. The Spirit effectuallyworks in […]
All, all is ours! (Winslow, “Daily Need Divinely Supplied” 1870) “The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.” Lament. 3:24 It is our great privilege, beloved, that we live in a ‘portionless’ world. When God parceled out the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel, He made an […]
Tis but a taste! (Charles Spurgeon) “A pledge of our inheritance.” Ephesians 1:14 Oh! what enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart—is experienced by that man who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on Jesus alone. Yet the realization which we have of Christ’s preciousness is, in this life, imperfect at the […]
Subpar Christians In listening to a message I heard a preacher say there are a lot of “subpar Christians.” I do not believe that for a moment. Gods holy word says, “we are complete in Him” (Col. 2:9-10). They also say, “he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified” (Heb 10:14). Christ is “made unto […]
Judas and Simon Peter What was the difference between the sin of Judas and the sin of Simon Peter? What they did to our Lord seemed similar yet Simon was forgiven and converted, while Judas hanged himself and was damned. Every believer has worried at some point that they could turn out to be a […]
Purpose of Despisers, Purpose of God Acts 13: 38-41 The whole purpose of Satan and the message preached in the synagogues of Satan are to keep men in ignorance to the liberty that is in Christ Jesus. It is not those who are being bewitched that I reject but those who have heard the gospel […]