Every soul has a beloved; something or someone in which to glory, rejoice, and enjoy. To a believer, CHRIST is his beloved! He worships, loves, rejoices, and glories in the Lord Jesus above all things. Christ is my Beloved and I am His. Christ; His fellowship, His love, and His approval, are preferred above people, possessions, pleasures, or pursuits. Could One so…
Have we not all in our various ways, set up some beloved idol—something which engaged our affections, something which occupied our thoughts, something to which we devoted all the energies of our minds, something for which we were willing to labor night and day? Be it money, be it power, be it esteem of men, be it respectability, be it worldly comfort,…
A truly humble man is sensible . . .of his natural distance from God;of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom;that it is by God’s power that he is upheld and provided for; that he needs God’s wisdom to lead and guide him;that he needs God’s might to enable him to do what he ought to…
From whence this fear and unbelief?Hast Thou, O Father, put to griefAnd will the righteous Judge of menWhich, Lord, was laid on Thee?If Thou hast my discharge procured,And freely in my place enduredThe whole of wrath Divine;Payment God cannot twice demandFirst at my bleeding Surety’s hand,And then again at mine.Complete atonement Thou hast made,And to the utmost farthing paid,What e’er Thy people…
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me (2 Corinthians 12:9). 1. Oppressed with unbelief and sin, Fightings without, and fears within; While earth and hell, with force combined, Assault and terrify my…
A sov’reign Protector I have,unseen, yet forever at hand,unchangeably faithful to save,almighty to rule and command. He smiles, and my comforts abound;His grace as the dew shall descend;and walls of salvation surroundthe soul He delights to defend. Inspirer and hearer of pray’r,Thou Shepherd and Guardian of Thine,my all to Thy covenant careI sleeping and waking resign. If Thou art my Shield and…
“Having made known unto us the mystery of His will…” Ephesians 1:9a The will of God in times past was hidden in many types and shadows, but now God has declared to us the “mystery of His will.” Let us see what Paul is speaking of by asking a few questions concerning the will of God: 1. What is the object of the will…
TOTAL DEPRAVITYWe believe that all men since the fall of Adam are both guilty and helpless as sinners. All men are born with a sinful nature. All men are guilty of sin. All men are spiritually dead in sin. All men are helplessly lost by nature (Romans 3:9-19; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3). UNCONDITIONAL ELECTIONGod sovereignly chose the people whom He would save before…
Though troubles assail, And dangers affright,Though friends should all fail, And foes all unite;Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide,The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide. We may, like the ships, By tempest be tossedOn perilous deeps, But cannot be lost.Though Satan enrages, The wind and the tide,The promise engages, The Lord will provide. His call we obey, Like Abram of…
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. (Psalms 62:8) Believer, when are you to trust the Lord? Are we to trust Him only when all is well and doubt Him when all is dark? Are we to trust Him only when we understand what He is doing but when all…