Commenting on Leviticus 1 & Leviticus 3: “There is something more in the peace-offering than the abstract devotedness of Christ to the will of God. The worshiper is introduced; and that not merely as a spectator, but as a participator—not merely to gaze, but to feed. This gives very marked character to this offering. When […]
Month: May 2017
Christ as the Burnt Offering & The Peace Offering (A comparison by CHM)
Commenting on Leviticus 1 & Leviticus 3: “There is something more in the peace-offering than the abstract devotedness of Christ to the will of God. The worshiper is introduced; and that not merely as a spectator, but as a participator—not merely to gaze, but to feed. This gives very marked character to this offering. When […]
An excerpt from C.H.M.'s "'Accepted' & 'Acceptable'."
“The blessed apostle knew he was accepted. Did that make him lax, careless, or indolent? Far from it. ‘We labor’ he says, ‘to be acceptable to him.’ The sweet assurance that we are accepted in Him is the ground of our labor to be acceptable to Him. ‘The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for […]
An excerpt from C.H.M.’s “‘Accepted’ & ‘Acceptable’.”
“The blessed apostle knew he was accepted. Did that make him lax, careless, or indolent? Far from it. ‘We labor’ he says, ‘to be acceptable to him.’ The sweet assurance that we are accepted in Him is the ground of our labor to be acceptable to Him. ‘The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for […]
An Effective Ministry, A Guest-post by Randal Amos
Paul’s ministry in 1 Thessalonians 2 2:1 – Paul taught his entrance among the Thessalonians was a positive thing. What qualified the ministry to be counted as positive? 13-16 – “Ye received it [the word preached] not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God”. Therefore the Word […]
Serve The Lord Where You Are, Believer! (C.H. Spurgeon)
“Providence, which arranged your surroundings, appointed them so that, all things being considered, you are in the position in which you can best display the wisdom and the grace of God. Now, if you can once accept this as being a fact, it will make a man of you. My Christian brother, or my dear […]