The FaithFul of God
“For by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20). “Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” ( Acts 5:31). “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto […]
True prayer is- an inventory of needs, a catalogue of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty. While prayer is an application to divine wealth, it is a confession of human emptiness. I believe that the most healthy state of a Christian is to be always empty, and always depending upon […]
There are two books I have tried to read, but I have not got through the first page yet. The first is the book of my own ignorance, and emptiness, and nothingness- what a great book is that! It will take us all our lives to read it, and I question whether Methuselah ever got […]
The impression which the love of Christ makes on the true believer is far greater and deeper than the impression which is made by anything earthly. Mere mortal joys write their record on the sand, and their memory is soon effaced; but Christ’s love is like an inscription cut deeply into marble, the remembrance of […]
“A Christless, formal religion, will be the blackest sight next to hell that can be.” “See the vanity of the world, and the doom of all earthly things; and love nothing but Christ.” “To see grace and salvation in Christ, is the greatest sight in the world!” “Believer, Christ drank up all the Father’s wrath […]
No lover of the Lord Jesus has ever said that he has had enough of Christ’s love. Never did he who drinks of the wine of Christ’s love become satiated or even content with it; he ever desires more and yet more of it.” -from Spurgeon’s sermon, “Better Than Wine” One inconceivable beauty! There is […]
Imagine for a moment that you are living in the age of the Roman emperors. You have been captured by Roman soldiers and dragged from your native country; you have been sold as a slave, stripped, whipped, branded, imprisoned, and treated with shameful cruelty. At last you are appointed to die in the amphitheater, to […]
The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon, “A Promise for Us and for Our Children” O beloved, did you ever did try to grasp the thought that God loves you? Whenever I try at it, it brings the tears into my eyes and I can go no farther. That the eternal God should pity me I […]
The following is by Augustus Toplady– If anything can awake astonishment, and inflame our gratitude, it must be that mystery of love- God manifested in our nature, and made man, to bleed and die for our salvation. That He should condescend to be sold for thirty shekels of silver, to be apprehended and condemned as […]
The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon, “Unbelievers stumbling; Believers rejoicing” There are some who stumble at Christ because of his holiness. He is too strict for them; they would like to be Christians, but they cannot renounce their sensual pleasures; they would like to be washed in his blood, but they desire still to roll […]
The following is by Don Fortner, “Them he also did predestinate.” — Romans 8:29 Do not be afraid of predestination. And do not be ashamed of it. We are predestinarians, because we believe the Bible; and predestination is a Bible doctrine, full of comfort and joy for God’s saints. Predestination is God’s infallible purpose of […]
Here is the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Lazarus died, and was carried up to heaven. Chosen, redeemed and born of God, he entered into glory. But “the rich man also died!” What became of him? “In hell he lift up his eyes, being in torment!” Our Lord allows us to look beyond […]
We seldom learn much except as it is beaten into us by the rod, in Christ’s school-house, under Madam Trouble. You, believer, have very special comfort in all your trouble. You have this sweet reflection- that there is no curse in your cross. The cross may be very heavy, especially while it is green, and […]
It is attained by much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold uncompromising, and uncomplaining embracing of the cross, and by an eternal, unfaltering looking unto Jesus crucified. This is a great price, but it must be unflinchingly paid by him who would be a real spiritual […]