Sermons & Devotionals by Octavius Winslow
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Octavius Winslow
Consider Jesus� as Forsaken by Man
"Then all the disciples forsook Him, and fled." -Matt. 26:56 What a sad contrast does this picture present to the one we have just been viewing--"Jesus, our fellow-sufferer." His time of suffering has now come, but, lo! "all His disciples have forsaken Him, and fled." Is there nothing, my soul, in t... Read More
Octavius Winslow
Consider Jesus� as Not Alone
"And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me." -John 16:32 There is a sweetness in every cup, a light in every cloud, a presence in every solitude of the Christian's experience. It was so with Jesus, who will mold all His followers like unto Himself. We have just considered Him in loneline... Read More
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Consider Jesus� as Receiving Sinners
"This man receives sinners!" -Luke 15:2 Nothing gave greater offence to the scribes and Pharisees than the divine mission of Jesus to save sinners. No greater and more virulent accusation could they allege against Him, than that, He extended His compassionate regards to the vile and the wretched, ad... Read More
Octavius Winslow
Consider Jesus� as Tempted by Satan
"Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil." -Matt. 4:1 It is a consolatory reflection to the child of God that, since the temptations of Satan constitute so severe, yet so essential a part of his spiritual training for glory, Jesus, his Surety-Head, was Hims... Read More
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Consider Jesus� as Without Deceit
"He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." 1 Peter 2:22 Purer than the purest crystal, more transparent than the brightest sun, was the character of Jesus. It needed but the visual organ purged from the blinding and distorting effects of sin to have looked into the deepest recesses... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in Bereavement
"Jesus wept." -John 6:35 With what baptism of suffering was not Jesus baptized? What cup of sorrow did not He drink? Well may He ask, "Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" "Yes, Lord," every believing saint may reply, "... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in Communion with God
"And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed." -Mark 1:35 To whom can this impressive picture of high devotion properly apply but to Him whose life was one continuous act of prayer; whose vital and all-pervading atmosphere... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in Filial Subjection
"He was subject unto them." -Luke 2:51 This was one of the most instructive and lovely traits in our Lord's character--His subjection to parental authority. What period and what condition of life has He not personally impressed with His greatness and hallowed with His sanctity? As Irenaeus beautiful... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in His Atoning Blood
"The blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from every sin." 1 John 1:7 The blood of Jesus is everything. It is the central doctrine of our faith, the present and eternal life of our souls. There is no pardon, no salvation, no heaven but by blood--the blood of the Lord Jesus. Were we to relinquish eve... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in His Second Appearing
"Looking for that blessed hope, the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ." -Titus 2:13 A Savior 'to come' has been the hope of the Church of God in every age and dispensation. The Old Testament saints looked for His coming to save; the saints of the New Testament look for ... Read More
Octavius Winslow
Consider Jesus� in Intercessory Prayer
"I pray for them." -John 17:9 There is no part of Christ's Priestly office more soothing to the sick, tried, and suffering believer, than His intercessory supplication on their behalf. To know that we are borne upon the prayerful hearts of our fellow-Christians, in times when providences are trying,... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in Loneliness
"And shall leave me alone." -John 16:32 Jesus, for the most part, lived a lonely and solitary life. It was of necessity so. There was much in His mission, more in His character, still more in His person, that would baffle the comprehension, and estrange from Him the interest and the sympathy of the ... Read More
Octavius Winslow
Consider Jesus� in Lowliness of Birth
"Is not this the carpenter's son?"--Matthew 13:55 What a remarkable fact in the history of Jesus does this question, asked with mingled surprise and contempt, betray! It presents Him in a point of light in which, perhaps, few have paused to study Him, and yet than which there is scarcely another mor... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in Obedience to Divine Law
"He became obedient unto death." -Phil. 2:8 A higher obedience of Christ is this, than that we have just considered, since it is obedience to a Divine law and to a Heavenly Parent. Those who honor and obey God will not be found willfully and persistently dishonoring and disobeying an earthly one. Th... Read More
Octavius Winslow
Consider Jesus� in Obedience to Human Law
"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's." -Matt. 22:21 The obedience of Jesus, whether natural or moral--whether yielded to a divine or a human law--was, like all that He did, worthy of Himself. In no instance did He exhibit anything approaching resistance to constituted authority. Rebelli... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in Sickness
"He Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses." -Matthew 8:17 How closely and tenderly is Jesus one with His Church! Take the subject of the present meditation as an illustration. There is not a chamber of pining sickness, nor a couch of suffering languor, at which His presence may not b... Read More
Octavius Winslow
Consider Jesus� in Soul-trouble
"Now My soul is deeply troubled." -John 12:27 In this lay our Lord's greatest suffering--His soul-sorrow. Compared with this, the lingering, excruciating tortures of the cross--the extended limbs, the quivering nerves, the bleeding wounds, the burning thirst--were, as nothing. This was physical, the... Read More
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Consider Jesus� in the Anticipation of Death
"Father, save Me from this hour." -John 12:27 There were some expressions of feeling in our Lord's life which can only be accounted for on the ground of His perfect humanity. Such, for example, as His apparent shrinking from suffering and death. And this, in its turn, can only find a solution in the... Read More
Octavius Winslow
Consider Jesus� in the Avoidance of Offence
"Lest we should offend." -Matt. 17:27 How truly was our Lord Jesus 'harmless' because He was 'undefiled.' In Him was no sin. That His Gospel should have been an offence to the scribes and Pharisees, and that His cross was an offence to the world, is no marvel. It was so then, it is so now, and it wi... Read More
Octavius Winslow
MORNING THOUGHTS - November
MORNING THOUGHTS, or DAILY WALKING WITH GOD NOVEMBER 1. 'Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.' Romans 8:9 THE Spirit of Christ is the great convincer of sin. 'He shall convince the world of sin.' Have you thus received Him? Has He discovered to you the moral leprosy of yo... Read More
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