It is here that God begins His actual application of salvation unto His elect. God saves us from the pleasure or love of sin before He delivers us from the penalty or punishment of sin. Necessarily so, for it would be neither an act of holiness nor of righteousness were He to grant full pardon to on... Read More
The first thing which this passage teaches us is the duty of noticing the signs of the times. The Jews in our Lord's days neglected this duty. They shut their eyes against events occurring in their own day of the most significant character. They refused to see that prophecies were being fulfilled ar... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1—Chapter 18 OF THE HATRED OF GOD. There are some[1] that deny that hatred belongs to God; or that he hates anything; and urge a passage in the Apocrypha, ``Thou lovest all beings, and hatest none of these that thou hast made; '' (Wisdom 11:24) which is true of the ... Read More
By faith [Abraham], when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and he that had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall your seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure... Read More
To the end, for the eighth, a psalm of David. 1. It has been said on the sixth Psalm, that the eighth may be taken as the day of judgment. For the eighth may also be taken for the eternal age; for that after the time present, which is a cycle of seven days, it shall be given to the Saints. 2. Save m... Read More
Psalm 1(1) Beatus vir qui non abiit 1 Happy indeed is the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked, nor lingers in the way of sinners nor sits in the company of scorners, 2 but whose delight is the law of the Lord and who ponders his law day and night. 3 He is like a tree that is planted beside... Read More
"Exercise yourself unto godliness." 1 Timothy 4:7 "The Lord tries the righteous" (Ps. 11:5). In fact, a righteous life is for the most part a tried life. There is not a child of God, whose graces are lively and active, that is not tried in his soul. I have no more belief that the soul can live witho... Read More
Accepted! "Accepted in the Beloved." Ephesians 1:6 We are ever looking for something in SELF to make ourselves acceptable to God. We are often sadly cast down and discouraged when we cannot find in ourselves—that holiness—that obedience—that calm submission to the will of God—that serenity of soul—t... Read More
This internal warfare "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 The believer is heavily burdened with a daily conflict. This conflict between a body of sin and the holy, pure, and divine nature of which God's people are made partakers—lasts dur... Read More
"The Lord tries the righteous." Psalm 11:5 To keep water fresh, it must be perpetually running. And to keep the life of God up in the soul, there must be continual trials. This is the reason why the Lord's people have so many . . . conflicts, trials, painful exercises, sharp sorrows, and deep tempta... Read More
Salvation from the Pleasure of Sin
Expository Thoughts On Luke - Luke 12:54-59
Of the Hatred of God.
Hebrews 11:17-19
Exposition on Psalm 12
Book I
September 6
RICHES of J. C. PHILPOT - Volume 2
RICHES of J. C. PHILPOT - Volume 9
Conflicts, trials, painful exercises, sharp sorrows, and deep temptations