We Are All Involved at Calvary
We need to understand that there is a real sense in which our sins nailed Christ to the horrible cross: we dare not stand at Calvary as spectators. We are all involved.
There Is No Rival for the Cross
The cross possesses no rivals. It reckons with no parallels. It acknowledges no equals. It is supreme.
The Essence of the Cross
Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God
A Passion for Thee
Insincere Repentance
We are sometimes repentant because of the harm we have done ourselves and others in our transgressions but there is little repentance toward God… We may regret what our sins do to our testimony and the evil effect on others but we are little concerned because the fellowship with God is broken. This makes for shallow and inadequate confession because we have not touched the heart of the trouble.
The Three Wonders of Heaven
If I ever reach heaven, I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I would not have expected to be there; second, to miss some I would have expected to be there; third, the greatest wonder of all—to find myself there! (‘By the grace of God I am what I am!’ 1st Corinthians 15:10)
The Banquet House
Christ is not only a remedy for your weariness and trouble, but he will give you an abundance of the contrary, joy and delight. They who come to Christ, do not only come to a resting-place after they have been wandering in a wilderness, but they come to a banqueting-house where they may rest, and where they may feast. They may cease from their former troubles and toils, and they may enter upon a course of delights and spiritual joys.
For When Are You Living?
We are not living just for this day or the next; we are living for all of eternity.
Encouragement for Pastors of Small Churches
The following words were written by 19th century Scottish pastor John Brown to a friend who had recently taken responsibility to pastor a small congregation:
I know the vanity of your heart, and that you will feel mortified that your congregation is very small, in comparison with those of your brethren around you; but assure yourself on the word of an old man, that when you come to give an account of them to the Lord Christ at His judgment seat, you will think you have had enough.
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