The common talk is observing God and reforming the life, but who of a thousand speaks of the necessity of a new nature? Stephen Charnock
Word for the Day
It will happen in that day, I will respond,” says the LORD, “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth; and the earth will respond to the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they will respond to Jezreel. Hosea 2:21-22
His Sheep know His Voice
A repenting soul subscribes to God’s will and answers to his call, as the echo to the voice. Thomas Watson
Word for the Day
For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return […]
Honoring with their Lips
Men profess they know the truth; but they know it not in its proper order, in its harmony and use. It leads them not to Christ, it brings not Christ unto them; and so is lifeless and useless. Hence, ofttimes, none are more estranged from the life of God than such as have much notional […]
Word for the Day
The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape. But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land; and the rest should follow, some on planks, […]
Righteous Judgment
And then let us never look upon any sin as light and inconsiderable; but be fully persuaded, that the smallest is infinitely heinous in the sight of God, and prejudicial to the souls of men; and that, if we had the right sense of things, we should be as deeply affected with the least irregularities, […]
Word for the Day
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.” Acts 27:31
He is the Potter
A piece of lead, while it is in the lump, can be put to no use, but melt it, and you may then cast it into any mould, and it is made useful. So a heart that is hardened into a lump of sin is good for nothing, but when it is dissolved by repentance, […]
Word for the Day
Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. Acts 27:22