Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. (John 6:68) As it was with Peter and the rest of the disciples, so it is with all sensible sinners, and true believers, who see there is no other to go to for life and salvation, but […]
Job said, “I know that my redeemer liveth.” Which of the two words should be of greater importance — my redeemer? The presumptuous person may claim the blessings based upon the fact that he has accepted the Redeemer as my Redeemer. The true believer embraces the promises as they are in Christ Jesus; He is […]
Righteousness revealed “…I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ…for therein is the righteousness of God revealed…” Romans 1:16-17 The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ reveals the righteousness of God in the justifying work of Christ which He wrought for the elect and is credited to their account before God, and is imputed to […]
“You Shall Call His Name Jesus: For He WILL SAVE His People From Their Sins.” Matthew 1:21 JESUS is nothing at all if He is not a SAVIOR. He is anointed to this very end. His very Name is a sham if He does not SAVE His people from their sins. This Jesus of Nazareth, the […]
The following is from Spurgeon’s, “Christ’s Incarnation, the Foundation of Christianity” That is a wonderful text in Galatians 1:4, did you ever meditate upon it? “Who gave Himself for our SINS…” Jesus never gave Himself for our RIGHTEOUSNESS, but He did give Himself for our SINS! Sin is a horrible evil, a deadly poison, yet it […]
God chose an elect people before the foundation of the world and gave them to Christ to redeem. Christ became what they were, yet without sin and lived perfectly and died in their place, being made sin for them. The Spirit of God called and caused them to hear the preaching of the Gospel. He […]
Consider Jesus– Our Paymaster “He was oppressed.” –Isa. 53:7 The Hebrew word here rendered “oppressed,” signifies to exact, or, to demand payment. It is so rendered in the following passage–”The creditor shall not EXACT of his neighbor, nor of his brother, in the year of release.” The word taskmaster comes from the same root; and […]
All true sanctification (Octavius Winslow) “Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Titus 2:14 There is no victory over the indwelling power of sin, and there is no pardon for the guilt of sin, but as the soul deals […]
TRANSCENDENTLY ABLE-John MacDuff “Unto Him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.” Ephesians 3:20 Could the Israelites at Elim fail to recall their immediately preceding wilderness experience? It was the depressing and discouraging one at Marah, where their longings and hopes were mocked with the bitter pool. But […]
“For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to support those who are tempted.” Hebrews 2:18 DO YOU THINK, my reader, was it no humiliation for the Son of God to be thus assailed by the prince of darkness? Was it no degradation, that His dignity should be questioned, His authority […]