“Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 The Deity of the Son of God shines all through the sacred page. It is the grand cardinal point, on which all the doctrines of grace turn; and he that is unsound there, is unsound everywhere. The Godhead … Read more
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” John 10:1 Here are three marks whereby you may know whether you have entered by faith into the sheepfold. First, have you any evidence of … Read more
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 To glorify God is the highest ambition of angels. The brightest seraph before the throne has no higher aim, no greater happiness, than to bring glory to his name. And yet … Read more
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching there unto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” Ephesians 6:18 If we do not continually “pray in the Spirit,” our limbs will, so to speak, shrink, and our armour drop off. The knights of old exercised themselves every day in their … Read more
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 A view of Christ’s glory and a foretaste of the bliss and blessedness it communicates has a transforming … Read more
“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him?” Luke 18:7 “Behold, he prayeth,” was the word of the Lord to Ananias to convince him that that dreaded persecutor, Saul of Tarsus, had been quickened by the Spirit. And what a mercy it is for the quickened soul that … Read more
“And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the son abideth ever.” John 8:35 It is the irreversible blessing of a son, that he is never to be turned out of the house, that the union between the Parent and the child can never be broken, but that he is to reign … Read more
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” Hebrews 2:9 How wondrous that he who, as the Son of God, made angels (Colossians 1:16), should be made … Read more
“In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.” Proverbs 15:6 How different is the estimate that faith makes of riches, honours, and comforts from that made by the world and the flesh! The world has no idea of riches but such as consist in gold … Read more
“That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:5 True faith I may call the grand tidal wave of the soul. I will endeavour to explain the expression. We see the river Thames day by day ebbing and flowing. What causes this change? You … Read more
“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.” Hosea 13:9 God is all-wise, and therefore takes no rash, precipitate steps. As the original plan of salvation was devised by infinite wisdom, so all the successive steps of the execution of that plan are directed by the same boundless wisdom also. “Wherein … Read more
“Yet doth he devise means that his banished be not expelled from him.” 2 Samuel 14:14 The promise runs, “I will bring again that which was driven away” (Ezekiel 34:16). Guilt, temptation, Satan, doubts, and fears had driven them away from the shelter of the tabernacle. Yet the Lord has respect unto these also. He … Read more