THREE DEAD MEN Outside the city of Jerusalem, on a hill called Calvary, stood three crosses. Upon these crosses hung three men. They were all dead having been crucified alike. Their bodies had been wounded and their blood had flowed out and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“ADORN THE DOCTRINE OF GOD OUR SAVIOR IN ALL THINGS” I know that what I do has nothing to do with my salvation. It in no way changes my relationship with God because that is based solely on Christ's doing. But I cannot say as I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
BLESSED IMPUTATION The apostle Paul and the psalmist David speak of a "blessed man." A man blessed of God. The individual who is blessed of God is the one to whom "God imputeth righteousness without works." It is the one to whom the "Lord...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“I HAVE BLOTTED OUT” Many are the efforts of men and women to blot out the thoughts, the guilt and the fears which arise from their sins being on their minds and hearts. Some try to blot them out by their busyness. They occupy...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD The apostle John in his first epistle states an amazing thing: "truly, our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." (1 John 1:3) Sinners like us having fellowship with the living God? He also reminds...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE GLORY OF CHRIST ALONE There are several things that assure the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ in the salvation of His people. First, He saves ALL those chosen in Him and given to Him in the everlasting covenant before the world began. He...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SEEING CHRIST EVERYWHERE No one can see or know God in grace and salvation in the natural creation. There is only enough revelation of God in creation to render men without excuse and guilty. "For the invisible things of him from the creation...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“THOU ART WORTHY…” We are, in ourselves, “worthy of death” as the scriptures say. Death is our natural portion as the earned and deserved “wages” of our sin. This is not so of the Lord Jesus Christ! He alone is worthy of all glory and honor...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US…” Almost everybody claims to love God. Surely the great number of folks associated in some way with religion do. But according to the word of God, the people of God love Him for a particular reason. "We love him,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"LET HIM ALONE" "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." (Hosea 4:17) In these words, there is a word from God to the prophet and therefore a word from the prophet to the people of Judah. The tribes of Israel, here called Ephraim, after...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
