THE EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT It is sad that the most precious truths of our most holy faith have been the centre of controversy down through the history of the church. Nothing but the command to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints would stir a tender hearted believer to become involved …
Issue: Issue 5
Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle. 2 Thessalonians 2.15.
“The nettle mounteth on high; while the violet shrouds itself under its own leaves, and is chiefly found out by its own fragrancy. Let Christians be satisfied with the honour that cometh from God only.” Thomas Manton.
ASSURANCE OF FAITH The deep things which relate to personal experience of the Holy Spirit’s dealing with the soul ought to be matters of prayer, not of disputation. It has long been a settled point with me, that the Scriptures make a wide distinction between faith, the assurance of faith, and the full assurance of …
Take a mass of quicksilver, let it fall to the floor, and it will split itself into a vast number of distinct globulas. Gather them up, and put them together again, and they coalesce into one body, as before. Thus God’s elect below are sometimes crumbled and distinguished into various parties, though they are all, …
That True Religion is Necessary in order to the best enjoyment of the pleasures of the present life.
THE WORD OF GOD Brethren, we have had experience of the elevation which the Word of God can give us—upliftings towards God and heaven. If you get studying books contrary to the inspired volume, are you not conscious of slipping downwards? I have known some to whom such reading has been as a poisonous vapour …
Grace finds us beggars, and always leaves us debtors.
One moment’s communion with God is worth all the controversial volumes in the world. A. M. Toplady