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Horatius Bonar

OPEN INTERCOURSE WITH GOD.

Horatius BonarIt does not seem a strange thing that the creature and the Creator should meet face to face, and that they should hold intercourse without any obstructing medium. We may not understand the mode of communication between the visible and the invisible, but we can see this, at least, that He who made us... Read More
Bob Hoekstra

A Precious Promise of God's Perfecting Work

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me. (Psalm 138:8) Again, we look at one of God's "precious promises." (2 Peter 1:4). This one pertains to His perfecting work in the lives of those who know Him and humbly depend upon Him. This priceless promise is the Old Testament antecedent of the one we ... Read More
Bob Hoekstra

The Certainty of All the Promises of God

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us . . . was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. (2 Corinthians 1:19-20) As we have seen, some of the promises of God are "exceedingly great an... Read More
Denis Lyle

Help... we're surrounded

2 Kings 6: 8 - 23 HELP... WE'RE SURROUNDED. In June 1920, the people of Shansi, China were warned that bandits were coming. Villagers quickly made what preparation they could. One lady missionary within the village was responsible for a mission school for about forty girls. How was she going to prot... Read More
F. W. Grant

The Numerical Structure of the Psalms

The Structure Book I (1 - 41) Christ in the counsel of God the source of all blessing for His people (Israel). Book II (42 - 72) Their ruin, but redemption in the latter days. Book III (73 - 89) The holiness of God in His dealings with them. Book IV (90 - 106) The failed first man replaced by the Se... Read More
Thomas Goodwin

The Greatness of God's Love to His Elect

Thomas Goodwin"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus."—Ephesians 2:4-6. The Apostle in the... Read More
Charles Spurgeon

Sermon 231 - Faith in Perfection

Charles SpurgeonA Sermon (No. 231) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 2nd, 1859, by the REV. C.H. SPURGEON at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands."--Psalm 138:8. I HAVE SELECTED THIS T... Read More
Charles Price

Living In The Will of God, Part 1: Seeing the Big Picture

Charles PricePsalm 139:1-17 Now if you have got your Bible I am going to read to you from Psalm 139. I am not going to read the whole of this psalm; I am going to read a big section of it. The Psalms come to us of course as complete units in themselves; they are not chapter divisions, they are separate poems wri... Read More
G.V. Wigram

A Study of the Psalms: Part 2

I print the Psalms as poetry; they are so in Hebrew. G.V.W. [Publisher's note: In Present Testimony the Psalms are rendered in full as the Authorised Version, here only the notes are reproduced.] First Book (Pss. 1 - 51) "The faithful are looked at as not yet driven out from Jerusalem; hence covenan... Read More
J.C. Philpot

The Good Work Begun and Finished

J.C. PhilpotPreached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on Lord's Day Morning, Oct. 2, 1864 "For your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." Phil. 1:5, 6 It is now more than... Read More

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