PASTORS GIVEN BY GOD “I will give you pastors according to my heart” is God’s promise through Jeremiah to a very wayward family of backsliding children! The sovereignty and amazing graciousness of God’s giving could not be more clearly expressed; and it is a sovereignty which is also expressed by the Apostle Paul, “And he …
Author: Thomas Adams
PERFECT UNION HEREAFTER I have seen a field here and a field there stand thick with corn, a hedge or two has separated them; at the proper season the reapers entered. Soon the earth was disburdened and the grain was conveyed to its destined resting place where, blended together in the barn or sack, it …
THE MINISTRY Sermon Ford Street Chapel, Coventry J. Kershaw March 27th, 1867. “And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.” Mark 16.20. Beloved, holy men were inspired and directed by the Lord the Holy Spirit to give us a full and particular …
THE PATIENCE OF FAITH Suppose two men are working for you; one that must have his pay immediately, yea before he has completed his work. The other does not want his wages till his work be all done, and if you offer him money, he says, No, I will wait till all be done, and …
THE PRECIOUSNESS OF PRAYER What a rich merchant is the saint, who has a stock going in so many hands! In heaven Christ is at prayer for him, on earth his brethren. What can he want? Christ has such an interest in His father’s heart, that He can deny Him nothing; the saint such an …