'For this is the will of God, even your sanctification.' I Thess 4:4. The word sanctification signifies to consecrate and set apart to a holy use: thus they are sanctified persons who are separated from the world, and set apart for God's service. Sanctification has a privative and a positive part. I... Read More
'But grow in grace.' 2 Pet 3:38. True grace is progressive, of a spreading and growing nature. It is with grace as with light; first, there is the crepusculum, or daybreak; then it shines brighter to the full meridian. A good Christian is like the crocodile. Quamdiu vivet crescit; he has never done ... Read More
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread,' &c. Mark 14: 22. Having spoken to the sacrament of baptism, I come now to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper is the most spiritual and sweetest ordinance that ever was instituted. Here we have to do more immediately with the person of Christ... Read More
CHRIST EXALTED, Or JESUS CHRIST GLORIOUSLY EXALTED ABOVE ALL EVIL IN THE WORK OF REDEMPTION Jonathan Edwards , August 1738. "For he must reign, until he has put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed, is death." 1 Cor. 15:25, 26 Subject: OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE WORK ... Read More
Men Naturally are God's Enemies Jonathan Edwards August, 1736 "For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son." Romans 5:10 Subject: Natural men are God's enemies. The apostle, from the beginning of the epistle, to the beginning of this chapter, had insisted on the d... Read More
At the Feet of Jesus! George Everard, 1884 Holy Scripture abounds in promises to the humble. With such, Jehovah makes His dwelling-place, "For this is what the high and lofty One says–He who lives forever, whose name is holy: I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and low... Read More
Love to God and the Divine Approval William Nicholson, 1862 "But if any man loves God, the same is known by him." 1 Corinthians 8:3 Nothing on earth is of so much consequence to man as the Divine approbation. "He who believes has the witness in himself;" that he loves God, because he first loved him... Read More
Private Judgment Arthur Pink, 1950 It is our present design to treat of the right, the necessity, and the duty of each person freely to exercise his reason, conscience, and will — especially in matters pertaining to his soul. Every man has the right to think for himself and express or aver his thoug... Read More
ENEMIES Arthur Pink, 1951 "Why is there so much about enemies in the Psalms?" is a question sometimes raised. One responds, "Because in the covenant, God put enmity between the wicked and the righteous." Undoubtedly that is the basic, true, and satisfying explanation of why the saint is assailed and... Read More
His Delights Arthur Pink, 1952 God, as God, being all-sufficient — delights in Himself, in all His perfections and the manifestation of them before His creatures. But there is one of His attributes in which He takes especial delight, namely, His mercy . "Who is a God like unto you, that pardons iniq... Read More
A Body of Divinity 35. The Application of Redemption: Sanctification
A Body of Divinity 39. The Application of Redemption: Growth In Grace
The Ten Commandments 22. The Way of Salvation: The Lord's Supper
Christ Exalted!
Men Naturally Are God'S Enemies
At The Feet Of Jesus!
Love To God And The Divine Approbation
Private Judgment
Enemies
His Delights!