For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. —Philippians 1:21 Will every true Christian live to Christ? Then this doctrine gives everyone occasion to examine and try themselves, whether they be true Christians or not. We may be assured by our text […]
Do not measure God’s love and favour by your own feeling. As God loved you before, so He loves you as well and as dearly still; when He hides His face, as when He bestows His lovingkindness to shine most comfortably upon you. He loved Christ […]
Question: How shall I know I love the world? Answer: That will be seen by observing the bent of our heart, how it is swayed towards God and his service, and how towards things below. When two masters are parted, their servants will be known whom […]
Keep up holy and spiritual affections; for such as your affections are, such will be your thoughts: “Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day” (Ps 119:97). What we love most, we most muse upon: “When I awake, I am still […]
The life of Christianity consists very much in our love to Christ. Without love to Christ, we are as much without spiritual life—as a carcass when the soul is fled from it is without natural life. Faith without love to Christ is a dead faith, and […]