TRUST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD “Let him trust in the name of the LORD” (Isaiah 50:10) The scripture says trust in the name of the Lord because the name of the Lord tells us who the Lord is. If you would be saved trust all of your salvation to the Lord Jesus Christ […]
The Lord is my Shepherd — I shall not want! (“Every Day!” 1872 Author unknown) “The Lord is my Shepherd — I shall not want!” Psalm 23:1 “I shall not want!” Surely not! He is the Good Shepherd who gave His life for His sheep; and if He has loved me, and given Himself for […]
The altar and the tent give us the two great features of Abraham’s character: a worshipper of God and a stranger in the world, having nothing on earth, having our all in God. Abraham had “not so much as to set his foot upon,” but he had God to enjoy and that was enough. […]
What doctrine is more emptying, humbling, and therefore sanctifying, than predestination? It lays the axe at the root of all human boasting! In the light of this truth, the most holy believer sees that there is no difference between him and the vilest sinner that crawls the earth–but what the sovereign grace of God has […]
One everlasting memorial of anguish and suffering (John MacDuff, 1818—1895) Rev. 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Rev. 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, […]
If the possession of heaven could be obtained with only a single act of goodness, never to all eternity should I find it. “When I would do good, evil is present with me.” Oh! Then for grace to know Thee, to love Thee, to follow Thee, as my only good; my hope, my righteousness, my […]
“Conversion is not the smooth, easygoing process some men seem to think it otherwise man’s heart would never have been compared to fallow ground and God’s Word to a plough.” -John Bunyan Truth! A sacred regard to the authority of God ought to lead us to reject an error, however old, sanctioned by whatever authority, […]
“The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple.” –Psalm 119:130 J.C.Philpot The word “simple” means literally something which is not folded or twisted together. But owing to the treacherous and desperately deceitful heart of man, all, without exception, in a state of nature are the reverse of this. All their […]
Law demands righteousness from men; Grace brings righteousness to men. Law sentences a living man to death; Grace brings a dead man to life. Law speaks of what men must do for God; Grace tells of what Christ has done for men. Law gives a knowledge of sin; Grace puts away sin. Law brings God […]
Come my friend, let us go to the throne of grace, and put up such petitions as may show that we have honourable views of the riches and bounty of our king. I am but a poor man in the trade of grace; I live from hand to mouth, and procure just enough, as we […]