The importance of public worship The most important aspect of every believer’s life is the public worship of God in the assembly of the saints. I know that statement is contrary to the popular opinion of religious people. But is it consistent with the Word of God and the experience of God’s people? Here are […]
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. Matthew 9:12 A physician is useless without a case; and the harder the case, the wiser and better physician we need. Thus a guilty conscience is a case for atoning blood, a wounded spirit for healing balm, a filthy garment for a justifying […]
THE WILLING SERVANT (extract) Henry Law written in 1855 originally called the Gospel in Exodus. “But the slave may plainly declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I would rather not go free.’ If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the […]
“Now therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.” Ephesians 2:19 If grace has touched your heart; if the love of God has come into your soul, it has placed you among the saints of the Most High, and given you every privilege which […]
No Condemnation No condemnation? Here we are, unable to do even the good, that, because of the new birth, we desire to do. The new nature desiring to refrain from sin, not wanting to dishonour our Lord, and yet so wicked that we cannot help but commit the vilest evil with our hearts, hands and […]
“I in Them and Thou in Me” “I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” (John 17:23) This verse is full of mysteries I will never be able […]
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 […]
“A new heart will I give you, and a right spirit will I put within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and will give you a heart of flesh.” —EZEK. xxxvi. 26. WHAT a precious cluster of solemn declarations of undeserved mercy and free grace are here! Blessed, thrice […]
The Gospel of the Bible Salvation of sinners is all about the glory of God (Rom 11:36, Col 3:11, 2 Thess 2:14) and it is in this salvation of sinners that all the divine attributes of God are gloriously revealed. The reconciliation of fallen sinners to a Holy God requires the infinitely powerful work of […]
Christ is . . . (J. C. Ryle) “Christ is all.” Colossians 3:11 True Christians have trustful thoughts of Christ. They daily lean the weight of their souls upon Him by faith—for pardon and peace. They daily commit the care of their souls to Him —as a man commits a treasure to a safe keeper. They […]