Beloved, the devil and devilish-minded men have a special spite to the soul. What do they aim at in all their wrongs and injuries to God's children? Do they care to hurt the body? They will do this r...  Read More

Our chief care must be over our souls. We must desire God to preserve our souls. Whatever becomes of the soul; our principal care must be that the soul be not blemished in the least kind. This body o...  Read More

The mystery of Christ's glory leads us to godliness (1 Tim. 3:16) by stirring us up to being heavenly-minded. The apostle divinely exhorts the Colossians, 'If you are risen with Christ, seek the thin...  Read More

Christ's ascension gives comfort when the church is experiencing affliction. When the church is afflicted, does the church have a glorious Head in heaven who sits and does nothing? No. He sits at the...  Read More

In all the disconsolations of this life there is a world of comfort from Christ's ascension. We must not think of Christ, as if his honours had changed his manners, as it is among men; that now that ...  Read More

Christ's ascension is a ground of contentment in all conditions. What if we lack comfort, houses, or anything on earth, when we have heaven provided for us, and glory provided for us in our Head? Wil...  Read More

Christ's ascension is a comfort in our sins and infirmities. When we have to deal with God the Father, whom we have offended with our sins, let us receive comfort from this: Christ is ascended into h...  Read More

It is a great comfort knowing that Christ ascended for us. It is a singular comfort that Christ ascended as a public person, on our behalf, in our nature, for our good. When we think of Christ in hea...  Read More

(3) Consider the truth that they taught which was contrary to the nature and affections of man. To enforce self-denial to men who are naturally full of self-love, who make an idol of their wisdom and...  Read More

(1) Consider what the world was, an enemy to Christ; being slaves to Satan, being idolaters in love with their own inventions. Here was the wonder of God's love, mercy, and condescension that he shou...  Read More

There are several degrees of the dispensation of salvation. There is first the ordaining of salvation. That took place before the creation of the worlds. Then the promise of salvation. That was when ...  Read More

Preaching must be of Christ. Some may question, 'But must nothing be preached but Christ?' Yes, nothing but Christ, or that which tends to Christ. Whatever is done in preaching to humble men, it is t...  Read More

Some may object that preaching is only for the laying of the foundation of the church; it is not for the church when it is built. Then other disciplines like prayer help and we can do without preachi...  Read More

The gospel is declared in a sweet manner. 'I beseech you, brethren, by the mercies of God' (Rom. 12:1). The law comes with curses,  but now in the gospel Christ is preached with sweet alluring. 'We a...  Read More

Because people are in a contrary state to Christ, to preach Christ we must first begin with the law, to show to people their state by nature. Who will marry with Christ, but those that know their own...  Read More

Faith is the issue and fruit of preaching. Christ is first 'preached to the Gentiles' and then 'believed on in the world' (1 Tim. 3:16). All preaching is for 'the obedience of faith' (Rom. 1:5). So, ...  Read More

It should teach us not to despise the meanest Christians, seeing angels do not despise to attend them. Oh, the pride of man's nature! When the more glorious angels disdain not to be our servants, and...  Read More

Let us comfort ourselves in all conditions. Even when the enemies are thousands more than we, many thousands and millions; yet, if we be in the covenant of grace, and in good terms with God, we have ...  Read More

When we look upon all the passages of our life, we see how ready we are to fall into danger. In our infancy, in our tender years, we are committed to their custody. In our dangers, 'the angels of the...  Read More

Let us think and make use of this; that now in Christ we have the attendance of angels. We do not see them, as in former times, before Christ's incarnation. It is true; because now, since Christ has ...  Read More

It is a great comfort to us that Christ was seen, attended on, and admired by angels. For it is the ground of all attendance and comfort that we have from the angels. This is a rule in divinity, that...  Read More

A Christian has angels to remove the hindrances that are between heaven and him, and that keep him from Christ. When Christ rose there were angels who told Mary that he was risen. Then at his ascensi...  Read More

Beloved, it is a great power that must make a true Christian, no less than the same 'power of the Spirit, that raised Christ from the dead' (Eph. 1:20). Paul prays that they might 'feel the power tha...  Read More

True religion is not a matter of form, but of spirit. Let us not show our religion only by word, but by the fruit of the Holy Spirit, by love, mercy, meekness, and zeal.  The whole life of a Christia...  Read More