Matthew 23

Future Punishment Eternal Robert Murray M'Cheyne, 1842 It is very interesting to notice who they are in the Bible that speak about Hell. Now, some think that speaking about Hell is not preaching the gospel; and others think that simple men have no right to speak of it. Now, to those who think it is ... Read More

Is My Church Really A New Testament Church? Many churches claim to base all that they do upon the New Testament, but the sad fact is that most churches claiming to be "evangelical" practice very little of what the Scriptures have patterned for local assemblies. To mention just a few, please consider... Read More

Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles Darryl M. Erkel, 1998 "But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them" (Jeremiah 45:5) The Lord Jesus, in His condemnation of the Pharisees recorded in Matthew 23, plainly forbids His followers from either giving or receiving honor... Read More

How we should eye ETERNITY, that it may have its due influence upon us in all we do Thomas Doolittle, 1630-1707 "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18 Eternal! What a sound does this word "eter... Read More

God's Anatomy Upon Man's Heart by Thomas Watson "All things are naked and open unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do." Hebrews 4:13 We have met this day to humble our souls, and to bring our censer, as once Aaron did, and step in—that the wrath of the great God may be appeased. And was there ... Read More

Heart Purity By Thomas Watson "Blessed are the pure in heart , for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8 The holy God, who is 'of purer eyes than to behold iniquity' calls here for heart-purity, and to such as are adorned with this jewel, he promises a glorious and beatific vision of himself: 'they shall... Read More

The Duty of Self-Denial by Thomas Watson, 1675 Christian Reader, The weightiness of the argument here discoursed on justly merits a larger volume. But I have contracted it, so that it may possibly come into more hands. I must profess I do not know a more necessary point in divinity. Self-denial is t... Read More

The Duty of Self-Denial Thomas Watson, 1675 CHOICE EXCERPTS A bad Jacob's ladder to climb up to heaven! A Christian must deny his own righteousness—his moralities, duties, and good works. The spider weaves a web out of her own body. A hypocrite would spin a web of salvation out of his own righteousn... Read More

The Godly Man's Picture, Drawn with a Scripture Pencil, or, Some Characteristic Marks of a Man who is Going to Heaven By Thomas Watson CHOICE EXCERPTS White feathers—but black skin "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on... Read More

This is the Finger of God! J.C. Ryle, written during the Great Cattle Plague of England , 1865-1867 Look at the words which form the title of this booklet, and consider them well. They were spoken by heathen men more than three thousand years ago. They fell from the lips of Egyptian magicians when o... Read More