Pictures and types

“The LORD is my shepherd; I have everything I need!” Psalm 23:1

Posted by on October 15, 2011 at 10:42 am

“The LORD is my shepherd; I have everything I need!” Psalm 23:1 The shepherd is a favorite Scriptural picture of the divine love and care. In the Old Testament, the twenty-third Psalm gathers the whole wonderful truth in exquisite lines, which are dear to young and old wherever the Bible is known. Then in the New Testament, when […]

The great fish college!

Posted by on October 1, 2011 at 8:26 am

The great fish college! The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon, “The Perseverance of the Saints” #872. Phil.1:6. Along the road from sin to heaven, from the first leaving of the swine trough of sin, right up to the joyful entrance into the eternal banquet, and the music and dancing of glorified spirits, every step we take […]

Salvation is of the Lord.

Posted by on October 1, 2011 at 8:24 am

Salvation is of the Lord. When the Lord Jesus Christ met that young-rich ruler, who sought salvation by his good works, He quickly showed this man that he actually had no good works that would justify his soul. Although this man had claimed he had kept the law, “All these have I observed from my […]

How Does The God Of The Bible Save Sinners Jonah 2:9

Posted by on October 1, 2011 at 8:21 am

The essential difference between false and true religion is this: All false religion makes salvation to be ultimately dependent upon and determined by the worth, work, or will of the sinner; whereas true religion declares, with Jonah, “Salvation is of the Lord!” In its planning, in its purchase, in its performance, in its preservation, and […]

A strange college!

Posted by on October 1, 2011 at 8:09 am

A strange college! “Salvation is of the Lord.” -Jonah 2:9. JONAH learned this sentence of good theology in a strange college. He learned it in the whale’s belly, at the bottom of the mountains, with the weeds wrapped about his head, when he supposed that the earth with her bars was about him forever. Most […]

THE FAREWELL GIFT

Posted by on September 24, 2011 at 5:52 am

THE FAREWELL GIFT “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose”— “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” John 14:27 No shadow of the figurative grove of Elim is more grateful to the children of […]

Oh! what a pillow on which to rest your aching head!

Posted by on September 24, 2011 at 5:46 am

Oh! what a pillow on which to rest your aching head! (John MacDuff) “If need be!” 1 Peter 1:6           Three gracious words! Not one of all my tears has been shed for nothing! Not one stroke of the rod has been unneeded — or might have been spared! Your heavenly Father loves you too much, […]

Christ is our Jonah!

Posted by on September 24, 2011 at 5:42 am

Christ is our Jonah! (William Dyer, “Christ’s Famous Titles”) “Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea–and the sea stopped its raging!”Jonah 1:15 Christ is our Jonah, who threw Himself into the sea of His Father’s wrath–to save us from everlasting perdition.

The cross of Christ

Posted by on August 26, 2011 at 10:51 am

The cross of Christ From Octavius Winslow’s “The Believer Crucified” Jesus could accomplish man’s redemption in no other way than by crucifixion. He must die, and die the death of the cross. “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to […]

THE HOLY GARMENTS

Posted by on July 16, 2011 at 9:11 am

THE HOLY GARMENTS “You shall make Holy Garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.” Exodus 28:2 If ever eyes beheld an object in which splendor shone, it was the high-priest in his Holy Garments. God planned each part ‘for glory and for beauty.’ Hence every brilliant color sparkled. Hence richest jewels cast back […]