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An Experiential Evidence of Grace in the Heart

Romans 7:24        O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): I know this, that when God the Holy Ghost gives a man a view of himself, he … Continue reading

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Snakes in the Bosom

Job 31:33; Proverbs 23:32        If I covered my trangressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom.        At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): Some desire to … Continue reading

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Winter in the Church of God

Exodus 20:1-6        And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. … Continue reading

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How Secret Sins Become Presumptuous Sins

Psalm 19:12,13        Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. OBADIAH SEDGWICK … Continue reading

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Secret Sins

Hebrews 4:13; Numbers 32:23; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Psalm 90:8        All things naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.        Be sure your sin will find you out.        For God shall bring every … Continue reading

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When Vanity Meets Ultimate Reality

Ezekiel 18:30; Jeremiah 13:15; Job 18:14        I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, saith the LORD GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.        … Continue reading

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Covetousness

Ephesians 5:5        For this ye know, that no…covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. WILLIAM JAY (1769-1853): What do you think of the man whose thoughts and affections daily … Continue reading

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The Nature of Idolatry

Luke 18:11        The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God I thank thee that I am not as other men are. WILLIAM JAY (1769-1853): What is idolatry? Is it not the transferring to the creature, the homage due … Continue reading

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