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
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
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
O Glorious Day!
No bridegroom enriches his bride with such honors by marriage, as Christ does; he makes them related to God as their father, and from that day the mighty and glorious angles think it no dishonor to be their servants. John Flavel
Word for the Day
For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all. Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his […]