Category: Reading & Meditation
How to Get the Most from Reading Your Bible by Thomas Watson
How to Get the Most from Reading Your Bible by Thomas Watson 1. Remove hindrances. (a) remove the love of every sin (b) remove the distracting concerns of this world, especially covetousness [Matt. 13:22] (c) Don’t make jokes with and out of Scripture. 2. Prepare your heart. [1 Sam. 7:3] Do this by: (a) collecting…
It Isn’t Easy…
It Isn’t Easy… By Curt Wildy Striving to learn, understand, discern, sharpen one’s acuity, and to stand one’s ground in the face of opposition and ridicule can be quite tough. It can lead to feelings of isolation, alienation, alterity, and even a sense of profound loneliness and depression — yet we press on, knowing that…
The Problem Of “Relying On God” Too Much
Introduction Okay, let’s face it, there is absolutely no problem with relying upon God and there is absolutely no such thing as relying upon Him “too much.” The more we cast ourselves upon Him, as He enables, the better off we will be… period. Consider, 1 Peter 5:6-7 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand…
William Mason – A Little Book Which Contains Only Three Pages
A Little Book Which Contains Only Three Pages William Mason
Nearness To The Cross
Nearness To The Cross A Sermon By William Jay Preached in 1832 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy…
The Christian’s Joy Derived From the Scriptures
An Excerpt From The Cheerful Pilgrim By William Jay, 1852 Whence Did David, And Whence Does Every Christian Derive This Joy? I Answer, From The Scriptures! “Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.” The discoveries and the promises of this blessed book are adapted to rejoice the pilgrim’s heart. …
Make Use Of The Scriptures
Make Use Of The Scriptures An Excerpt From A Sermon By William Jay Preached on March 11, 1832 Make use of the Scriptures yourselves, and apply them to all the purposes for which they were given. You cannot destroy the Bible, but the Bible may destroy you; yea—it will destroy you with—the sorest destruction, and prove the…
God’s Words Matter: The Law For Christians Today (Simply Discerned)
NOTE – CONSOLIDATING WITH ANOTHER POST – LEAVE PRIVATE FOR NOW AND THEN DELETE INTRODUCTION Once again, Hebrew (Synonymous) Parallelism simplifies the matter for us; it will be clear from the following passage in Proverbs, that God’s instruction for His people, at any given time, constitutes His extant law for them. Before the Mosaic era,…
The Power is in Christ, by the Spirit, in light of the Verbs, and the Nouns, and the Adjectives, and so on
Proverbs 2:1-9 “My son, if thou wilt RECEIVE my words, and HIDE my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou INCLINE thine ear unto wisdom, [and] APPLY thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou CRIEST after knowledge, [and] LIFTEST UP thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou SEEKEST her as silver, and SEARCHEST for…
Spiritual Wrestlings 