25 Mar
Daughters of Jerusalem (Luke 23:26-33, Zechariah 9:9, Romans 2:28-29)
Luke 23:26
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Luke 23:27
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, [...]
25 Mar
When you read this John 21, the words that leap from the page are: “Feed My Sheep”.
In John 21 the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to His disciples after He had risen from the grave, and while they were fishing in the Sea of Galilee, the Lord Jesus gave them a miraculous catch of fish. So [...]
23 Mar
We come to Isaiah 4:1, which is a strange looking parable.
What has this parable to do with the Gospel?
Ah, then we remember that the Bible is a spiritual Book. This parable reveals to us a
portion of the history of the New Testament Church. It is:
The Parable of the Defiant External Church (Isaiah 4:1)
All along in [...]
23 Mar
The title of this article is “In That Day” because, in the section we are going to cover, God uses the expression “In That Day” seven times. Remember this is a vision. First we have to ask ourselves:
What is God showing in the House of Jacob? (Isaiah 2:5-6)
When God speaks of the “House of [...]
21 Mar
We begin this article in the prophecy of Isaiah, chapter 1. Our first point is:
1. The Daughter of Zion
Isaiah 1:8
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden, as a besieged city.
Perhaps you know the answer to the question:
Is there still hope for the Daughter [...]
21 Mar
We begin this article in the prophecy of Isaiah, chapter 1. Our first point is:
1. The Daughter of Zion
Isaiah 1:8
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden, as a besieged city.
Perhaps you know the answer to the question:
Is there still hope for the Daughter [...]
21 Mar
Unfortunately, in many churches the Old Testament is not being preached any more. That is a shame. The Bible is One Book. They have forgotten that the Church in the 1st Century AD had only the Old Testament and they preached Christ from the Old Testament. That is what I plan to do today in [...]
21 Mar
Unfortunately, in many churches the Old Testament is not being preached any more. That is a shame. The Bible is One Book. They have forgotten that the Church in the 1st Century AD had only the Old Testament and they preached Christ from the Old Testament. That is what I plan to do today in [...]
20 Mar
When we turn our eyes to the Christian home, we must not fall in the trap of a man centered way of thinking, coming out of the pages of the Bible.
What is a family?
God created human families like pictures of God’s family here on earth. We know that Christ is the Head of God’s family. [...]
20 Mar
When we turn our eyes to the Christian home, we must not fall in the trap of a man centered way of thinking, coming out of the pages of the Bible.
What is a family?
God created human families like pictures of God’s family here on earth. We know that Christ is the Head of God’s family. [...]
19 Mar
When you read John 21, the words that leap from the page are: “Feed My Sheep”.
In John 21 the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to His disciples after He had risen from the grave, and while they were fishing in the Sea of Galilee, the Lord Jesus gave them a miraculous catch of fish. So miraculous [...]
19 Mar
What is an indulgence?
An indulgence is money that is given to the Roman Catholic Church for shortening the time that souls are suffering in the fires of Purgatory. Purgatory is a place where souls are suffering for their sins and purging their own sins, committed while here on this earth.
What a horrible idea!
Purgatory is [...]
16 Mar
One of the attributes of our God is that He delights in mercy. But when we try to understand the mercy of God, we must be careful that we do not bring God down to our level of humanity. Our God is a Sovereign God who brought this world in existence, and He is still [...]
16 Mar
Someone in our Congregation asked me once: “Can you explain to us the parables in the Bible?”
Yes I can!
Where are the parables in the Bible?
When we think of the parables in the Bible, what do we think of?
We think of the parables that Jesus told, when He walked on earth almost [...]
16 Mar
Someone in our Congregation asked me once: “Can you explain to us the parables in the Bible?”
Yes I can!
Where are the parables in the Bible?
When we think of the parables in the Bible, what do we think of?
We think of the parables that Jesus told, when He walked on earth almost [...]
15 Mar
Can the Leopard Change His Spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
Of course you know what a leopard is?
It is a very big cat, almost as big as a lion, with many dark spots on the fur growing on his skin.
Why does the leopard have these dark spots on his skin?
Because his father and mother leopard also had the [...]
15 Mar
Can the Leper Change His Spots?
Of course you know what a leopard is?
It is a very big cat, almost as big as a lion, with many dark spots on the fur growing on his skin.
Why does the leopard have these dark spots on his skin?
Because his father and mother leopard also had the [...]
15 Mar
Can the Leopard Change His Spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
Of course you know what a leopard is?
It is a very big cat, almost as big as a lion, with many dark spots on the fur growing on his skin.
Why does the leopard have these dark spots on his skin?
Because his father and mother leopard also had the [...]
15 Mar
One of the attributes of our God is that He delights in mercy. But when we try to understand the mercy of God, we must be careful that we do not bring God down to our level of humanity. Our God is a Sovereign God who brought this world in existence, and He is still [...]
11 Mar
Before we look at this story, let me remind you again: The Bible is not a storybook. The Bible is not a history book. The Bible is not a book that tells you stories about a people that lived a long, long time ago in a land far, far away; and so it becomes a [...]
10 Mar
For this article, we turn to Matthew Chapter 13. I want to focus on verses 10,11 and 12. But let me start at verse 1. Jesus preached in parables; almost this entire Chapter 13 in Matthew,
Matthew 13:1
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
Matthew 13:2
And great multitudes were [...]
10 Mar
For this article, we turn to Matthew Chapter 13. I want to focus on verses 10,11 and 12. But let me start at verse 1. Jesus preached in parables; almost this entire Chapter 13 in Matthew,
Matthew 13:1
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
Matthew 13:2
And great multitudes were [...]
8 Mar
Before we look at this story, let me remind you again: The Bible is not a storybook. The Bible is not a history book. The Bible is not a book that tells you stories about a people that lived a long, long time ago in a land far, far away; and so it becomes a [...]
8 Mar
Who is regulating affairs on this earth today—God, or the Devil? That God reigns supreme in Heaven, is generally conceded; that He does so over this world, is almost universally denied—if not directly, then indirectly. More and more are men in their philosophizing and theorizing, relegating God to the background. Take the material realm. Not [...]
8 Mar
“Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as Head above all”
1 Chronicles 29:11
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The Sovereignty of God is an expression that once [...]
8 Mar
“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created”
Revelation 4:11
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Having shown that sovereignty characterizes the whole Being of God, let us now observe how it marks all His ways and dealings.
In the great expanse of eternity, which [...]
8 Mar
“The Lord hath prepared His Throne in the heavens; and His Kingdom ruleth over all”
Psalm 103:19
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First, a word concerning the need for God to govern the material world. Suppose the opposite for a moment. For the sake of argument, let us say that God created the world, designed and fixed certain laws (which men term [...]
8 Mar
“O the depths of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out”
Romans 11:33
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“Salvation is of the Lord” (Jonah 2:9); but the Lord does not save all. Why not? He does save some; then if He saves some, why not others? Is it [...]
8 Mar
“Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God”
Romans. 11:22
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In the last chapter when treating of the Sovereignty of God the Father in Salvation, we examined seven passages which represent Him as making a choice from among the children of men, and predestinating certain ones to be conformed to the image of His Son. The [...]
8 Mar
“For of Him, and thro’ Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen” (Romans 11:36).
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Has God foreordained everything that comes to pass? Has He decreed that what is, was to have been? In the final analysis this is only another way of asking, Is God now governing the world [...]
8 Mar
“It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure”
Philippians 2:13
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Concerning the nature and the power of fallen man s will, the greatest confusion prevails today, and the most erroneous views are held, even by many of God’s children. The popular idea now prevailing, and which is taught [...]
7 Mar
“So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God”
Romans 14:12
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In our last chapter we considered at some length the much debated and difficult question of the human will. We have shown that the will of the natural man is neither sovereign nor free but, instead, a servant and slave. We have [...]
7 Mar
“If we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us”
1 John 5:14
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Throughout this book it has been our chief aim to exalt the Creator and abase the creature. The well-nigh universal tendency, now, is to magnify man and dishonor and degrade God. On every hand it will be found that, when spiritual things are [...]
7 Mar
“Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight”
(Matthew 11:26
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In the present chapter we shall consider, somewhat briefly, the practical application to ourselves of the great truth which we have pondered in its various ramifications in earlier pages. In chapter twelve we shall deal more in detail with the value of this doctrine, [...]
7 Mar
“Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not My way equal? are not your ways unequal?”
Ezekiel 18:25
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A convenient point has been reached when we may now examine, more definitely, some of the difficulties encountered and the objections which might be advanced against what we [...]
7 Mar
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, And is profitable for doctrine, For reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, Throughly furnished unto all good works”
2 Timothy 3:16, 17
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“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [...]
7 Mar
“Halleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth” – Revelation 19:6
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In our Foreword to the second edition we acknowledge the need for preserving the balance of Truth. Two things are beyond dispute: God is sovereign, man is responsible. In this book we have sought to expound the former; in our other works we have frequently pressed [...]
7 Mar
In treating of the Will of God some theologians have differentiated between His decretive will and His permissive will, insisting that there are certain things which God has positively fore-ordained, but other things which He merely suffers to exist or happen. But such a distinction is really no distinction at all, inasmuch as God only [...]
7 Mar
In our chapter on God’s Sovereignty and Human Responsibility we dealt only with the responsibility of man considered as a fallen creature, and at the close of the discussion it was pointed out how that the measure and extent of our responsibility varies in different individuals, according to the advantages they have received and the [...]
7 Mar
It may appear to some of our readers that the exposition we have given of John 3:16 in the chapter on “Difficulties and Objections” is a forced and unnatural one, inasmuch as our definition of the term “world” seems to be out of harmony with the meaning and scope of this word in other passages, [...]
7 Mar
There is one passage more than any other which is appealed to by those who believe in universal redemption, and which at first sight appears to teach that Christ died for the whole human race. We have therefore decided to give it a detailed examination and exposition.
“And He is the propitiation for our sins: and [...]
7 Mar
THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST
By J. C. Philpot
Chapter One from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer
In that wondrous prayer which the Lord Jesus Christ as the great High Priest over the house of God, offered up to his heavenly Father on the eve of his sufferings and death, there is a [...]
7 Mar
THE NATURE OF THE REDEEMER’S HUMANITY
Chapter Two from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer
By J. C. Philpot
To glorify his dear Son has from all eternity been the purpose of the Father; and both in the plan and in the execution has he manifested the depths of his infinite wisdom, power [...]
7 Mar
THE REDEEMER’S HUMILIATION
Chapter Three from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer’
By J. C. Philpot
In approaching the solemn subject of the sacred humanity of our blessed Lord, as engaged in the work of redemption when here below, we desire to do so under the special teaching and unction of the Holy [...]
7 Mar
THE DEATH OF THE CROSS
By J. C. Philpot
Chapter Four from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer’
Well might the apostle, as if in a burst of holy admiration, cry aloud, as with trumpet voice, that heaven and earth might hear, “Great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the [...]
7 Mar
THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEEMER’S SUFFERINGS AND DEATH
By J. C. Philpot
Chapter Five from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer’
We might now pass on to the consideration of that sacred humanity as taken down from the cross and laid in the tomb, where it lay in all its innate purity, sanctity, [...]
7 Mar
THE BURIAL
By J. C. Philpot
Chapter Six from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer’
We last stood at the foot of the cross, where we saw by faith the blood-shedding and death of our adorable Lord; we viewed him yielding up his life by a voluntary act of his holy will, and [...]
7 Mar
THE UNION AND COMMUNION WITH CHRIST
By J. C. Philpot
Chapter Seven from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer’
In our Meditations on the sacred humanity of the adorable Redeemer we must never, even in thought, separate his human nature from his divine. Even when his sacred body lay in the grave, and [...]
7 Mar
THE RESURRECTION
By J. C. Philpot
Chapter Eight from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer’
But we pass on to the resurrection of the blessed Lord from the dead; and here we shall have to establish the doctrine before we enter into its experimental fruits.
1. The first thing that we notice is, what [...]
7 Mar
THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEEMER’S RESURRECTION
Chapter Nine from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of the Blessed Redeemer’
By J. C. Philpot
We shall attempt now to show the spiritual bearing and influence which the resurrection of the Lord has upon the believing soul.
The apostle’s earnest desire and prayer were that he might “know the [...]
7 Mar
THE ASCENSION
Chapter Ten from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer’
By J. C. Philpot
There is this peculiar blessedness in the Person and work of the adorable Redeemer, that, like the sun which shines in every clime, he is ever beaming forth out of his inexhaustible fullness rays of grace and glory, [...]
6 Mar
KING OF KINGS
Chapter Eleven from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer’
By J. C. Philpot
If favoured with that “anointing” from above which “teacheth of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,” dropping into our heart and from our pen, our “meditation of him will be sweet” to both writer [...]
6 Mar
A GREAT HIGH PRIEST—His All-Prevailing Intercession
Chapter Twelve from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer’
By J.C. Philpot
We are now led to another character of our blessed Lord, as wearing our nature in the courts of heaven, for in the prophecy of him just quoted, it is promised that “he shall be [...]
6 Mar
A GREAT HIGH PRIEST—His Sympathy and Compassion
Chapter Thirteen from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer’
Having attempted, then, to show the nature and prevalency of the intercession of Jesus at the right hand of the Father, and how mercifully and graciously it meets our case as burdened with countless [...]
5 Mar
A GREAT HIGH PRIEST – Blessing the People
Chapter Fourteen from the book ‘Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer’
By J.C. Philpot
One important part of the ministration of the blessed Lord, as the great High Priest over the house of God, we have not yet touched upon. This is his blessing the people.
This, [...]
5 Mar
Chapter Fifteen from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer.
By J.C. Philpot
We have another view to take of our blessed Lord as having entered into the courts of bliss. He is gone thither as his people’s forerunner, as the apostle speaks, “Whither the forerunner is for us entered even Jesus, made [...]
5 Mar
WHEN I was first led to advocate the true, proper and eternal Sonship of our most blessed Lord in the pages of the “Gospel Standard,” and thus, as far as ability was given me, to “contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints,” I little anticipated two consequences which have mainly sprung out [...]
5 Mar
THE language of complaint put by the Lord into the mouth of one of His prophets of old was, “Truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter; yes, truth fails” (Isaiah 59:14,15). May not the same or similar language issue from the lips of His faithful servants now when they look around and [...]
5 Mar
THERE are two things which every child of God has the greatest reason to dread; the one is evil, the other is error. Both are originally from Satan; both have a congenial home in the human mind; both are in their nature deadly and destructive; both have slain their thousands and tens of thousands; and [...]
5 Mar
WHETHER we set forth truth or whether we expose error, and we can scarcely do the one without at the same time performing the other, the Word of God must ever be the grand armory whence we take the weapons of our spiritual warfare. This is both apostolic precept and apostolic practice. “Take the sword [...]
4 Mar
As one stronghold of the opponents of the true and proper Sonship of the blessed Lord consists in the various objections, raised for the most part by carnal reasoning, which have been urged by various preachers and writers against it, and as some of these objections are very subtle and, at first sight, of some [...]
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