THE SEALING OF THE SPIRIT It is one peculiar characteristic of God’s people that they are a .sealed people, “sealed unto the day of redemption”. They are not all equally conscious of this fact, but God recognizes it. The term is not frequently used in Scripture, but where it occurs it has an important meaning. …
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WHY GOD PERMITS FALSE PROPHETS Why does God permit false prophets which work such havoc in Christendom? This is a very solemn question, and we must restrict ourselves to what the Scriptures say by way of reply. “Thou shall not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord …
FROM THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER The opposite shore was sometimes distinctly visible, and objects more or less discernible, according to the state of the atmosphere through which they were seen. But when a thick mist obscured everything, the eye that had once seen the white cliffs glistening in the sunlight, knew in which direction …
THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD There is good ground to think that the relationships which exist among men on the earth were established by God for the special purpose of disclosing and illustrating His own interest in us. All are employed in the Scriptures to exhibit the riches of the love and care which the eternal …
THE FEAR OF GOD There is a fear of God which is attached to love, and which has respect to the laws of God, the ways of God, the purposes of God, and the holiness of God. This, the fear of saints – the fear of children • results from regeneration, wherein “the love of …
MARK YOUR BIBLE This is a practice I would strongly urge on every lover of the Word of God. However you may have cause to lament the seemingly little present profit that you derive from its perusal, unless tested by proof and experience, you can have but a very imperfect idea of how a note, …
Justification acquits, cleanses, delivers from; takes off the filthy rags of nature’s righteousness; says, “Deliver him from going down to the pit.” Sanctification adopts, clothes, purifies, delights in; replaces with the wedding garment of the Redeemer’s righteousness; declares, “I have found a ransom.”
OTHERS Lord, enable me, I pray Thee, to think and pray much for others. In proportion as I am privileged to do so, I shall be diverted from self and its various infirmities, wants, and necessities. As to trials and afflictions, and corresponding requirements, I am sure these can bear no comparison to the multitudes …
ADVICE TO PREACHERS 1.Understand your text. 2. Confirm your view by private reference to the original language. 3. Strengthen your opinion by once more reading the whole context. 4. Avoid a display of learning. Criticize in the study; teach in the pulpit. 5. Divide your subject – it helps the hearers. 6. Speak in short …