Jesus Christ

Sept. 5 — WITH ME WHEREVER I AM

II Chron. 20:17

… I am quite sure that God is with me if Jesus is my sole and only Saviour. If I have placed my soul in the hands of God …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… Just read what “Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,” said of them—“I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not …

Unimpeachable Justice

Psalm 51:4

… You must either have the sentence of condemnation passed on you by the law in your conscience, and then find mercy in Christ Jesus, or else you must …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878 (Continued)

… May the Spirit of God be over all in your assembly, even as I trust He moveth me in this act! “Yours in Christ Jesus, in brotherly love …

Enquirers and Converts (Continued)

… I put this question plainly to you, 'Will you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ?'" I certainly was somewhat surprised when the sister said, very deliberately, "If it …

Clear Shining after Rain

… Thus we grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Persevering Prayer

… there is no other Saviour. This or none–Christ’s blood or else eternal wrath. And to whom shall you go, if you turn away from Him? None …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers

… To believe in Jesus, and to work for Him, were the very life of his new and better nature. He was eminently a Baptist; but he was also …

The Wailing of Risca

Jeremiah 4:20

… Ah! my dear hearers, you who love the Saviour, when we shall come before Christ in heaven, if there can be a regret, it will be that we …

Presumptuous Sins

Psalm 19:13

… At last I heard it said, “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth;” and I looked to Jesus. And O! my Saviour …

Morning, March 31

Is 53:5

… The Saviour was, no doubt, bound to the column, and thus beaten. He had been beaten before; but this of the Roman lictors was probably the most severe …

Man's Ruin and God's Remedy

Numbers 21:8

… Now in Christ Jesus behold the sinner’s substitute—the sin-offering. Do you see yonder man hanging on the cross; he dies an awful death. In him …

Morning, December 25

Is 7:14

… Our Saviour, although truly man, was as to his human nature the Holy One of God. Let us reverently bow before the holy Child whose innocence restores to …

Evening, January 11

Lu 22:32

… No, it is, “ But I have prayed for thee , that thy faith fail not.” We little know what we owe to our Saviour’s prayers. When we reach …

Morning, March 22

Mt 26:39

… face, and prayed.” Matthew 26:39 There are several instructive features in our Saviour’s prayer in his hour of trial. It was lonely prayer . He withdrew even …

Morning, April 9

Lu 23:27

… When my soul can, in imagination, see the Saviour bearing his cross to Calvary, she joins the godly women and weeps with them; for, indeed, there is true …

Morning, January 23

Ps 89:19

Morning, January 23 Go To Evening Reading “I have exalted one chosen out of the people.” Psalm 89:19 Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak …

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… men from coming to Christ; which leads the sinner to distrust the ability of Christ to save him, to doubt the willingness of Jesus to accept so great …

Morning, January 28

Col 1:28

Morning, January 28 Go To Evening Reading “Perfect in Christ Jesus.” Colossians 1:28 Do you not feel in your own soul that perfection is not in you …

Evening, September 12

Ps 101:1

… annoy. “Blest there with a weight of glory, Still the path I'll ne'er forget, But, exulting, cry, it led me To my blessed Saviour’s seat.”

Morning, August 24

Mic 2:13

Morning, August 24 Go To Evening Reading “The breaker is come up before them.” Micah 2:13 Inasmuch as Jesus has gone before us, things remain not as …

Morning, November 19

Tit 3:9

… Do I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? Am I renewed in the spirit of my mind? Am I walking not after the flesh, but after the Spirit …

Evening, March 25

Jn 3:13

… Let us learn a lesson of humility from our Saviour; let us never court great titles nor proud degrees. There is here, however, a far sweeter thought. Jesus …

Morning, March 21

Jn 16:32

… There Jesus is “ left alone .” Here Jesus was more than ever an “Unspeakable gift!” Is not Watts right when he sings— “And all the unknown joys he gives …

Morning, January 12

1Co 3:23

… bride of Jesus. When tempted to sin, reply, “I cannot do this great wickedness, for I am Christ's.” Immortal principles forbid the friend of Christ to sin …

A Call to the Unconverted

Galatians 3:10

… Unless we have the blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ to cover us, we must every one of us acknowledge that this sentence shuts the gates of heaven …

Morning, April 4

2Co 5:21

… O, I beseech thee, lay hold on this precious thought, perfection in Christ ! For thou art “complete in him.” With thy Saviour’s garment on, thou art holy …

Final Perseverance

Hebrews 6:4-6

… How, then, can he now be saved? Is there a supplementary salvation? is there something that shall overtop Christ, and be a Christ where Jesus is defeated. And …

Evening, March 17

Mt 5:9

… It may be that the Saviour placed the peacemaker the seventh upon the list because he most nearly approaches the perfect man in Christ Jesus. He who would …

Morning, April 26

1Co 11:24

Morning, April 26 Go To Evening Reading “This do in remembrance of me.” 1 Corinthians 11:24 It seems then, that Christians may forget Christ! There could be …

Morning, December 10

1Th 4:17

Morning, December 10 Go To Evening Reading “So shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they …

Evening, February 9

Lu 11:4

… Our Saviour, who had experience of what temptation meant, thus earnestly admonished his disciples—“Pray that ye enter not into temptation.” But let us do as we will …

Particular Redemption

John 6:44

… step in, to show us our need of a Saviour, and draw us to the Lord Jesus Christ. “Still,” says one, “as far as you have hitherto gone …

Morning, December 18

Joe 2:13

… a dying Saviour’s voice rent the rocks once, and it is as powerful now. O blessed Spirit, let us hear the death-cries of Jesus, and our …

Morning, November 22

Ho 12:12

… No shepherd sitting beneath the cold skies, looking up to the stars, could ever utter such complaints because of the hardness of his toil as Jesus Christ might …

Morning, September 23

Eph 1:6

… Saviour! Rejoice then, believer, in this: thou art accepted “in the beloved.” Thou lookest within, and thou sayest, “There is nothing acceptable here !” But look at Christ, and …

Evening, June 27

1Co 7:20

… of the Saviour’s love, aye, glorified far more than in many a prebendal stall where official religiousness performs its scanty duties. The name of Jesus is glorified …

Morning, December 24

2Co 8:9

Morning, December 24 Go To Evening Reading “For your sakes he became poor.” 2 Corinthians 8:9 The Lord Jesus Christ was eternally rich , glorious, and exalted; but …

Evening, April 3

Is 53:6

… The Saviour bruised is the healing of bruised hearts. See how the lowliest penitence gives place to assured confidence through simply gazing at Christ on the cross!

Psalm 110

Psalm 110

… The promise made to Christ concerning himself: "Thou hast the dew of thy youth." Jesus Christ has the dew of his youth personally, doctrinally, and mystically, being surrounded …