Category Archives: Bible

October 29th Substitution He hath made Him to be sin for us, … that we might be made the righteousness of God.… 2 Cor. 5:21. The modern view of the death of Jesus is that He died for our sins out of sympathy. The New Testament view is that He bore our sin not byContinue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

October 29 “He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” (Mal. 3:3.) OUR Father, who seeks to perfect His saints in holiness, knows the value of the refiner’s fire. It is with the most precious metals that the assayer takes the most pains, and subjects them to the hot fire, because such firesContinue reading “Streams in the Desert”

29 OCTOBER (PREACHED 4 OCTOBER 1767) The Lord my Helper ‘Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.’ Psalm 63:7SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Psalm 63:1–11 Man is a helpless creature in himself, insufficient to his own happiness. The state of infancy is an emblem of his future life.Continue reading “365 days with Newton”

October 28th Justification by faith For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Romans 5:10. I am not saved by believing; I realize I am saved by believing. It is not repentance that saves me;Continue reading “My Utmost for His Highest”

October 28 “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ … and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” (Eph. 2:4–6.) THIS is our rightful place,Continue reading “Streams in the Desert”