Archive for June 6, 2012

It Belongs To God

In Matthew 21:34, Jesus continues the parable saying, “Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.”

God has put this entire planet in our hands, but it still belongs to Him. He has sent His servants ahead to claim what is rightfully His. One day, He will also come again to rightfully claim His own. I would hate to stand in opposition to God. At the same time, what is the point of trying to store up all this stuff? After all, when we die, how much will we take with us? More >

Thought for the morning of Fri March 25, 2011

“The kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face, for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. Whenever a man is about to stab religion, he usually professes very great reverence for it. Let me beware of the sleek-faced hypocrisy which is armour-bearer to heresy and infidelity. Knowing the deceivableness of unrighteousness, let me be wise as a serpent to detect and avoid the designs of the enemy. The young man, void of understanding, was led astray by the kiss of More >

Thought for the morning of Wed June 6, 2012

One cheering word, poor lost sinner, for thee! You think you must not come to God because you are vile. Now, there is not a saint living on earth but has been made to feel that he is vile. If Job, and Isaiah, and Paul were all obliged to say “I am vile,” oh, poor sinner, wilt thou be ashamed to join in the same confession? If divine grace does not eradicate all sin from the believer, how dost thou hope to do it thyself? and if God loves his people while they are yet vile, dost thou think thy More >