Sermons & Devotionals by Pearls from Philpot

"Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil." Jeremiah 13:23 Before the soul can know anything about salvation, it must learn deeply and experimentally the nature of sin—and of itself, as stained and polluted by sin. The soul ... Read More

"Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved?" Song of Solomon 8:5 To come up from the wilderness, is to come up out of OURSELVES; for we are ourselves the wilderness. It is our wilderness heart that makes the world what it is to us . . . our own barren frames; our own bewild... Read More

"The Lord tries the righteous." Psalm 11:5 To keep water fresh, it must be perpetually running. And to keep the life of God up in the soul, there must be continual trials. This is the reason why the Lord's people have so many . . . conflicts, trials, painful exercises, sharp sorrows, and deep tempta... Read More

"I cried unto You—Save me, and I shall keep Your testimonies." Psalm 119:146 If you know anything for yourself, inwardly and experimentally of . . . the evils of your heart, the power of sin, the strength of temptation, the subtlety of your unwearied foe, and that daily conflict between nature and g... Read More

"As for you, you were dead in trespasses and sins." Ephesians 2:1 To be dead in sin is to have . . . no present part or lot with God; no knowledge of Him; no faith, no trust, no hope in Him; no sense of His presence; no reverence of His awesome Majesty; no desire after Him or inclination toward Him;... Read More

Say to those who are afraid, "Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you." Isaiah 35:4 "Do not fear." "Ah! but Lord," the soul says, "I do fear. I fear myself more than anybody. I fear . . . my base, wicked heart, my strong lusts and passions... Read More

"As dying, and, behold, we live." 2 Corinthians 6:9 Though we die, and die daily—yet, behold, we live. And in a sense, the more we die, the more we live. The more we die to self, the more we die to sin. The more we die to pride and self-righteousness, the more we die to creature strength. The more w... Read More

How many of the Lord's people are continually under bondage to evil! What power the lusts of the flesh have over some—how perpetually they are entangled with everything sensual and carnal! What power the pride of the heart has over another! And what strength covetousness exercises over a third! What... Read More

"The Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him." John 14:17 The world—that is, the world dead in sin, and the world dead in profession—men destitute of the life and power of God—must have something that it can see. And, as heavenly things can only be se... Read More

"He gave Himself to redeem us from every kind of sin." Titus 2:14 Sins of heart. Sins of lip. Sins of life. There are five things as regards sin, from which our blessed Lord came to redeem us . . . its guilt, its filth, its power, its love, its practice. By His death, He redeemed us from sin's guilt... Read More

"Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent." John 17:3 An experimental knowledge of Christ in the soul, is the only relief for sin's . . . poverty, guilt, leprosy, bankruptcy, and damnation. This is the true way of preaching Christ cruc... Read More

"Take heed unto yourselves!" Acts 20:28 This was Paul's public warning to the elders of the church at Ephesus. It was Paul's private warning to his friend and disciple, his beloved son, Timothy. And do not all who write or speak in the name of the Lord need the same warning? Familiarity with sacred ... Read More

Truth, as it stands in the naked word of God, is lifeless and dead—and as such, has no power to communicate what it has not in itself—that is, life and power to the hearts of God's people. It stands there in so many letters and syllables, as lifeless as the types by which they were printed. But when... Read More

"If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:36 To be made free implies a liberty from the WORLD and the spirit of covetousness in the heart. If we were to follow into their shops some who talk much of 'gospel liberty', we might find that the world's fetter had not been struck off the... Read More

I find that sin has such power over me, that though I call on the Lord again and again for deliverance, I seem to be as weak as ever when temptation comes. If a window were placed in my bosom, what filth and vileness would be seen by all. "O you hideous monster sin, What a curse, have you brought in... Read More

"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Romans 8:18 What is to be compared with the salvation of the soul? What are—riches, honors, health, long life? What are all the pleasures which the world can offer, sin promise, or the flesh ... Read More

"And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus." Phil. 4:19 Until we are brought into the depths of poverty, we shall never know nor value Christ's riches. If, then, you are a child of God, a poor and needy soul, a tempted and tried believer in Christ, "God wil... Read More

Godly sorrow springs from a view of a suffering Savior, and manifests itself by . . . hatred of self, abhorrence of sin, groaning over our backslidings, grief of soul for being so often entangled by our lusts and passions, and is accompanied by . . . softness, meltings of heart, flowings of love to ... Read More

In the New Testament Scriptures, we find mention made in several places of "the house of the God." The New Testament never, in any one instance, means, by "the house of God," any material building. It has come to pass, through the traditions received from the fathers, that . . . buildings erected by... Read More

"That no flesh should glory in His presence." 1 Cor. 1:29 Man may glory in himself—but God has forever trampled man's glory under foot. God's purpose is to stain the pride of human glory.... Read More