September 13, 2016

Charles Spurgeon’s ministry was marked by physical and mental wounds. But there was a deeper grief – a sharper barb – that stung the preacher and his people: sin and shame. “I had rather pass through seven years of the most wearisome pain, and the most languishing sickness, than I would ever again pass through the terrible discovery …

April 21, 1889

 The Power of His Resurrection “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection.”— Philippians iii. 10. PAUL, in the verses before the text, had deliberately laid aside his own personal righteousness. “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, …

Philippians:3:10

December 27, 1874

RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH “Rightly dividing the word of truth.”— 2 Timothy ii. 15 TIMOTHY was to divide rightly the word of God. This every Christian minister must do if he would make full proof of his ministry, and if he would be clear of the blood of his hearers at the last great day. …

2 Timothy:2:15

January 22, 1865

Zechariah's Vision of Joshua the High Priest   "And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this …

Zechariah:3:1-5

June 2, 1861

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness "This is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness"—Jeremiah 23:6 Man by the fall sustained an infinite loss in the matter of righteousness. He suffered the loss of a righteous nature, and then a two-fold loss of legal righteousness in the sight of God. Man sinned; he …

Jeremiah:23:6