“And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory […]
The Reason Why, a gospel booklet written in 1913 by Robert Laidlaw, a New Zealand businessman, 50 years later had reached a worldwide circulation of 16 million copies in 30 languages. Thousands of letters poured into his office from around the world, letters like: “Have read your booklet. Your booklet has given me rebirth. As […]
Jesus said, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?” (Mt 9:15). Not everyone enjoys reading the account of a society wedding recorded in the local newspaper. But this wedding is different. The Bridegroom is so sure of the details that this description in Psalm 45 was recorded at least […]
CHRIST the MAN of SORROWS: “He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isa 53:3). C.H. Spurgeon writes, “Sometimes God sends His love letters in black-edged envelopes. He allows us to taste the bitterness of want and the desolation of bereavement. If you have lived many years, you […]
“The Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You!” (Ps 84:11-12). Is it not a strange thing that we trust God for our eternal salvation but that our faith sometimes wavers when it comes […]
To a large degree, the gospel will only grip others’ hearts to the measure in which it has gripped our own. Robert Robinson was living a wicked life in London when he and some friends decided to hear George Whitefield preach. That evening he took his text from Matthew 3:7, “When He saw many of […]
Human history begins and concludes with a wedding. In both cases, the Father gives away the bride. A superficial reading of the Psalms up to this point might give one the impression that they are very much the same. Hard times. Constant harassment. Soul trouble. Longing for better days. Anxious prayers for help. Praising God […]
CHRIST the RANSOM: “Then He is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom’” (Job 33:24). In most cases, during a kidnapping, a ransom price is demanded under threat of violence. We too had been captured by “a strong man, fully armed” (Lk 11:21), but […]
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved” (Ps 55:22). Notice what the verse does not say. When your burden is transferred by faith on the Lord, it is not only your burden He carries. “He shall sustain YOU.” This is a sure […]