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Striving Against Sin
What poor, low, legal work is this, say some. We are happy in Christ without such a strife. We are perfect, fully born again, perfectly sanctified and freed from all sin; therefore our strife is at an end, say others. Alas, poor, honest, upright Christian, thou art ever in danger; on the right hand, of licentiousness; on the left hand,…
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I Lead In The Way Of Righteousness
One of the many names given to the incomparable Saviour is the name ‘Wisdom.’ In this chapter, we are given a blessed commentary by the Holy Ghost through His servant Solomon of the way in which the Lord Jesus Christ is the very wisdom of God. And, particularly in the verses before us this evening, there is a very necessary…
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The Key To Unlocking John Gill’s “Body Of Doctrinal And Practical Divinity”
John Gill understood the Sublapsarian view on the logical order of God's decree to fit within the Supralapsarian view, thereby subscribing to both positions. This scheme of teaching is diagramed in the "Framework of Sovereign Grace", which serves as the key to unlocking Gill's "Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity" (Systematic Theology). Although Gill himself never diagramed his framework of…
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A Holy Calling
Such as our notions of sin and danger are, such is our judgment of salvation and deliverance. In our natural state we see only the fruits of sin in outward actions, but consider not the corrupt cursed root from whence they spring. Hence poor souls think it no great and difficult matter to be saved, especially if they have some…
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The Lord Abiding With Us To Help And Strengthen
Surely this is one of the most beautiful chapters in the New Testament. "The Lord is risen indeed"; "Vain the stone, the watch, the seal"; and these precious appearances to these godly women and to these two on the road to Emmaus. Now beloved friends, on a number of occasions I have spoken to you from this chapter, and often…
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To Those Who Believe Christ Is Precious
We are loved with precious love, redeemed by precious blood, comforted by precious promises, justified by precious faith; yea, righteousness, holiness, heaven, we have all by union with a precious Jesus. Surely then ‘to them that believe he is precious.’ Say, ye sons and daughters of poverty and affliction, is not this a time when friends grow cold and desert…
