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Christ’s Dying For The Ungodly
If you read God’s Holy Word, and I believe most (I hope all) of you do, you will know that it says in various places things like this: ‘Christ died for His sheep.’ Or, ‘Christ died for the members of His mystical body.’ ‘Christ died for the election of grace.’ All those things are true. But our text, and you…
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Gracious Words
The former part of the verse speaks of the Shepherd, which is Christ, the Good Shepherd (John 10:14), and of the sword awaking against Him at the command of Jehovah the Father. Here is shown the rights of Justice: He will by no means clear the guilty. Jesus took on Himself the sins of His elect; He became as a…
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The Life And Ministry Of Mr. Horbury
Mr. Horbury, Pastor Of The Islington Particular Baptist Chapel, Blackburn In the month of January, 1859, the deceased had the first attack of paralysis, but was still able to attend to his ministerial duties. He, however, gradually got worse, and had another stroke in February, 1861, which affected him in a much greater degree than the first. He was greatly…
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Now Thank We All Our God
The Apostle Paul instructed the believers at Colosse to teach and admonish one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. That is what I hope to do by explaining the meaning of this hymn, against the backdrop of the Framework of Sovereign Grace.
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The Days Of Noah
I suppose that most of us are deeply concerned about the very evil, wicked days in which we live. Perilous times have come. Evil men have begun to wax worse and worse. We see the immorality on every hand. We see wickedness, deceit in high places; with our rulers God is not in all their thoughts – the dreadful legislation…
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I Am Holier Than You
Once again we are in the happy position of not having to wonder who the speaker is in these opening verses. The Apostle tells us in Romans 10 that these verses speak of Christ gathering His elect people from the nations of the world. It is Christ, not Isaiah, who was found by poor Gentiles. The gospel was sent into…
