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1. Conception of Sin and Death: According to Genesis 2:17, God gave to man, created in His own image, the command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and added thereto the warning, "in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." Though not exclusively, reference is ce... Read More

In all thy ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:6 This text has a peculiar place in my heart. It has been with me day by day for three-and-thirty years. It was on the morning when I was first leaving home for school that my father said to me as his last word, I want to giv... Read More

"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want" (Psalm 23:1) I Clovis G. Chappell: This is the start of a new year. I am sure that we desire to face our untried to-morrow with calm confidence and hope. It is to help us toward this great achievement that I have chosen these heartening words. They are a p... Read More

Is.30: 19-21 Let me read to you from Isaiah Chapter 30. I am going to read just three verses, and I am going to come back to these verses later. But Isaiah Chapter 30 and Verse 19 where it says, "O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he" (that's God) - "How gra... Read More

A Sermon (No. 915) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, February 13th, 1870, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins."--Proverbs 5:22. THE first sentence has reference to a net, in w... Read More

It is through The Word, and the Word Alone, that the Spirit teaches... One of the greatest difficulties with young believers is to know how they can find out whether what they desire is according to God's will. I count it one of the most precious lessons God wants to teach through the experience of ... Read More

We must endeavor diligently to make the right use of all means appointed in the Word of God for obtaining and practicing holiness only in this way of believing in Christ, and walking in Him, according to your new nature by faith. Though all holiness can be effectually attained by the life of faith i... Read More

13. Many people fail because they attempt to obey the indirect commands directly. If a person tries to fulfill a command without first receiving the results of a promise they will fail. For example no person will ever choose to love God directly without receiving the results of the promise first. Th... Read More

Wise as Serpents—Harmless as Doves by Thomas Watson "Be wise as serpents—and harmless as doves." Matthew 10:16 The Apostle says, "All Scripture is given by inspiration," 2 Timothy 3:16. God's Word is compared to a lamp for its enlightening quality, Psalm 119:105, and to refined silver for its enrich... Read More

True Religion—our Business By Thomas Watson "Don't you know that I must be about My Father's business?" Luke 2:49 These are the words of our Lord Jesus, whose lips dropped as a honeycomb. The occasion was this, Christ, having the Spirit of wisdom and sanctity poured out upon Him without measure, bei... Read More