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Scripture presents Christ in all three offices: our chief Prophet, our only High Priest, and our eternal King. As our Prophet, Christ reveals God to us perfectly. He does not merely bring a message from God. He is the Word made flesh, the final and fullest revelation of God Himself. “God, after He spoke…

My dear friend, I am still a poor sinner, and I have to look to Christ every day as I did at the very first. The Christian life does not begin by needing Christ and then grow into needing Him less. It begins with mercy, continues by mercy, and will end in mercy. We…

If we search ourselves, and allow the Word of God to search us, it is well with us. A soul that is willing to be examined by Scripture is not in a dangerous place, even when the examination is painful. The dangerous man is not the one who trembles under the Word, but the…

Every effort to tone down total depravity only proves the very doctrine being denied. The heart of man does not want to be exposed. It wants to soften the charge, reduce the guilt, protect some imagined goodness, and leave room for boasting. Scripture gives no such room. “The heart is more deceitful than all…

God Be With You Did you know that the word, “Good bye,” comes from the old English words “God be with ye?” When you say those words, you are wishing that God would be with the person you are leaving. This is because if God is with them, nothing can be against them. But,…

A strong evangelistic zeal must burn in our hearts and move us to spend and be spent for the advance of the gospel. If Christ has truly saved us, we cannot be cold toward souls that are still perishing. The gospel was not entrusted to us so we could admire it in private while…

“I am with you always” is enough for the soul to live upon, no matter who forsakes us. Human presence is precious, but it is never ultimate. Friends may leave, family may fail, brethren may misunderstand, and the heart may feel alone, but Christ does not abandon those He has purchased with His blood.…

Hannah She wept before the Lord in bitterness of soul and prayed for a son. When God gave her Samuel, she gave him right back. “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition” (1 Sam. 1:27). A mother’s first and greatest work is prayer. Eunice and Lois The mother…

The work of repentance is not the work of an hour, a day, or a year. It is the work of a lifetime. A man does not repent once and then move on as though sin has been fully finished in him. The Christian life is a continual turning from sin to God, again…

Those who think they deserve heaven have not yet understood God, holiness, sin, or grace. Heaven is not the reward of decent people. It is the inheritance of sinners who have been shown mercy in Christ. The man who truly knows God stops standing on his own righteousness. He sees that even his best…