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Looking at the world through the cross (Octavius Winslow) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” Galatians 6:14Jesus could accomplish man’s redemption in no other way than by crucifixion. He must die–and die […]
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God’s love displayed in the salvation of His people! (Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio Who can comprehend the height, and the width, and depth–of God’s love displayed in the salvation of His people! That God should so pity us as to give His only-begotten Son to die for us! That He should lay our iniquities
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The ensnaring power and deadly influence of worldly vanities! (Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities–all is vanity!” Ecclesiastes 1:2By the word “vanity,” we understand all those things which are apt to engross the desires and affections of men. The Apostle John classes them all under: “the lust of the flesh,
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God’s file and flail! (Thomas Watson, “The Lord’s Prayer“) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio “God disciplines us for our profit.” Hebrews 12:10What profit is in affliction? Afflictions are disciplinary.Afflictions teach us; they are the school of the cross. Affliction shows us more of our own hearts.Water in a glass looks clear, but set it on the fire and the
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When God has put His fear into our hearts! (Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding!” Job 28:28 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding!” Proverbs 9:10 “The fear
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His Love! (Mark Webb) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio [You might want to sing/pray the following lyrics as you listen to the song.]O the wonder of wonders, that God should love me!Love a sinner so guilty, so vile and unclean.To love the unlovely, O how can it be done?‘Tis only in Jesus, through His blessed
Nothing but God’s infinite mercy has held us up! (Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“You have delivered . . . my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling!I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living!”Psalm 116:8-9What a miracle of mercy it is, if our feet are kept!Consider with what
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From the very gates of Hell, even to the throne of God! (Charles Simeon) LISTEN to Audio! Download AudioSalvation is the elevation of an immortal soul from the lowest state of sin and misery, to all the glory and felicity of Heaven!Thus will the poor and contrite soul be raised . . . from guilt,
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Christ’s sleepless vigilance over His people! (Octavius Winslow) LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age!” Matthew 28:20 What an exalted and endearing truth is Christ’s sleepless vigilance over His people! Imagine yourself threading your way along a most difficult and perilous path, every step of which is
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The harlot in your bosom! (Thomas Watson, “ LISTEN to Audio! Download Audio“Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Hebrews 12:1There is usually one sin that is the favorite–the sin which the heart is most fond of. A
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