A strange plant needs more care than a native of the soil. Worldly desires, like a weed, breed of their own accord, but spiritual desires need a great deal of cultivating. Adapted from The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, 6:432. Thomas Manton
The manner of Christ’s taking away sin doth represent the heinousness of it, and is a sufficient warning to the world not to continue in it: ‘For if these things were done to the green tree, what shall be done to the dry?’ When we look […]
Worship must be done humbly It is not worship without humility. They who worship have a deep sense of their own vileness. In Scripture the saints of the Most High in all their addresses to God, have always low thoughts of themselves. As the centurion, Matt […]
Love is the cement of human society For where love reigneth, there will be mutual service and submission: Gal. 5:13, ‘But by love serve one another;’ Rom. 12:10, ‘Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love.’ Christians should be made up of perfect kindness Where […]
Christ is not received and entertained as Lord and King, but where His laws are obeyed If you receive Him as Lord and King, so also obey Him. In the Lord’s Prayer, first, we say, “Thy kingdom come,” then we add, “Thy will be done.” We […]