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Divine Love

“ The terrors of the law have much the same effect on our duties and obedience as frost has on a stream: it hardens, cools, and stagnates. Whereas, let the shining of divine love rise upon the soul; repentance will then flow, our hardness and coldness thaw and melt away, and all the blooming fruits of godliness flourish and abound.” - Gospel report by preacher Augustus Toplady

JESUS CHRIST THE PREACHER

"I have preached righteousness in the great congregation" -P SALM 40:9-10 [KJV] There can be no doubt in our mind Who is speaking these words. The proceeding verses declare plainly that our Lord Jesus Christ is coming to accomplish God's will in the matter of our salvation. The book of Hebrews quotes these words and applies them to our Saviour Jesus Christ (Heb. 10:5-10). Truly, Jesus Christ is the only sacrifice for sin (Heb. 9:12) and the only Mediator between God and sinners (1 Tim. 2:5). But never forget that He is also God's Prophet to reveal unto us the only way of salvation (Matt. 11:27). Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the promise God made unto Moses in Deut. 18:18, "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which He shall speak in My name, I wi...

God's Pure Doctrine

"My doctrine shall drop as the rain, M y speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." -D EUTERONOMY 32:2 [KJV] In the falling of the natural dew there is something soft, still, and gentle. We therefore read, "We will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground" [II SAMUEL 17:12 ] , that is, stealthily and unseen. It does not rush down like the pelting hail, but falls stilly and often imperceptibly; so that we scarcely know it has fallen, till we go out in the morning and see every blade of grass tipped with the sparkling dew-drops; by these bright gems we know that dew has fallen during the still hours of the night.   So spiritually, the kingdom of God is not in noise, rant, or wild excitement. The Lord was not in the strong wind, nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but in the still small voice [I KINGS 19:11, 12 ] . And thus there may be a great deal of religious fire, ...