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The Dying Testimony Of The Late Mr. Abrahams To The Eternal Sonship Of Christ
About two months before his decease, Mr. Abrahams preached a sermon from Song 5:16: "His mouth is most sweet." Speaking of the glorious Person of the Son of God, he says, Now, then, regarding the Person the church is speaking about. Say you, "Well, I suppose nobody will have much trouble to know that?" Well, perhaps they may not; but…
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Whom He Did Foreknow
Luke tells us in Acts 15:18, ‘Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world’ and certain it is we cannot begin to comprehend the infinite glory and transcendent majesty of the eternal God if we do not confess His unbounded knowledge. Yet, we must always be humble and careful in trying to understand the nature…
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The Path Of The Just Is As The Shining Light
Since the fall of man, there is no other way of being made just or righteous, but by the righteousness of the man Christ Jesus. Just Noah, righteous Lot, meek Moses, faithful Abraham, patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, all were sinners in themselves, but ‘their righteousness is of me,’ saith Jehovah Jesus. Is. 54:17. Hence the Lord calls his people righteous.…
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Keep Yourselves In The Love Of God
The love of God, like every other attribute and perfection of Jehovah, is everlasting and unchangeable, even as the essence of God himself. This love is manifested to his people in Christ Jesus; he is the object in whom they are viewed and loved by the Father. As Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and for ever, so is God’s…
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Jesus Is Both Lord And God
What St. Paul says of the resurrection of Jesus, may with equal truth be applied to his divinity. If Jesus be not truly and essentially the self-existing God, ‘All preaching is vain; all faith is vain;’ all the saints of God must perish in their sins. But we have not so learned Christ, if so be we have heard him,…
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John Kershaw: A Preacher Of Grace
Dear Sir, I do not wonder at the strong terms of approval in which you speak of the late Mr. Kershaw's autobiography. I have read it with deepest interest. There is one feature of the work that specially commends itself to my mind; that is, its freedom from rancour and bitterness. Even where he differs, he seeks to concede as…
