“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”—JEREMIAH 17:9, 10 THE first …
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Regeneration: Part 1
Ye Must Be Born Again “Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” JOHN 3:3 IF the Bible be false, as some proud men have dared to say, there is no occasion for keeping …
REGENERATION Part Two
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”—JOHN 3:3 ABOUT this new birth—without which no man or woman can be saved! You may remember I began to speak of it last Sunday morning, and …
REGENERATION Part Three
“Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”—JOHN 3:3 WE have reached the last point in our inquiry about the new Birth—I mean the marks and evidence by which it may be known; the …
SAVING FAITH
“God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”—JOHN 3:16 IN this verse, beloved, we have one of those “heavenly things,” which our Lord had just spoken of to Nicodemus. …
COME UNTO ME
“Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”—MATT. 11:28 THERE are few texts more striking than this in all the Bible—few that contain so wide and sweeping an invitation—few that hold out so full and comfortable …
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
“This is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”—JER. 23:6 THE time is short. It is but a little while, and the Lord Jesus shall come in His glory. The judgment shall be set and the books shall be opened. “Before …
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
“He spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others.”—LUKE 18:9 ARE there none to whom this parable is applicable in the present day? Truly, if it were so, the ministers of Jesus would have comparatively a light …
THE CHARACTER OF THE TRUE CHRISTIAN
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me! and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.”—JOHN 10:27, 28 THAT is a glorious saying, a perfect and …