Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.

The resurrection validated that Jesus was himself sinless and that he died for our sins, just as he said. Acts 2:24 says, ‘God raised [Jesus] […]

Self-righteousness and self-sufficiency are the darlings of nature, which she preserves as her life. That makes Christ seem ugly to nature. Nature cannot desire Him. […]

From the beginning Christianity was the religion of the broken heart; it is based upon the conviction that there is an awful gulf between man […]

There is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We […]

Jesus is the lead actor on the stage of history, and the whole supporting cast acts with respect to the lead, playing roles either of […]

When Satan, the grand enemy, had conquered and overthrown man, the business of resisting and conquering him was committed to Christ. He henceforward undertook to […]

We cannot be saved through Jesus Christ, till His righteousness be so far made ours as that it will answer the demands of the law […]

Our power in drawing men to Christ springs chiefly from the fullness of our personal joy in Him, and the nearness of our personal communion […]

The resurrection sharply defines what it must mean to have faith in Christ. Because Christ has been raised from the dead, we are not putting […]

The deeper I go into the gospel, the more I comprehend and confess aloud the depth of my sinfulness. A gruesome death like the one […]

The only haven of safety is the mercy of God, as manifested in Christ, in whom every part of our salvation is complete. As all […]

Today Jesus is alive and well, seated on a throne at the right hand of God the Father being worshiped as God by angels and […]

It was only in the exercise of a perfect divine fullness (and therefore power) that Christ could empty and humble himself to the servant he […]

Hence the Cross, conceived as the expiatory penal sacrifice of the Son of God, is the fulfillment of the scriptural revelation of God, in its […]

The resurrection stands related to righteousness in the same way that death stands related to sin.

If you will see sin’s sinfulness to loathe it, and mourn, do not stand looking upon sin, but look upon Christ first, as suffering and […]

The secret of the promise is the bearing of the curse so that the blessing may prevail. The gospel is that in Jesus Christ the […]

To speak of sin by itself, to speak of it apart from the realities of creation and grace, is to forget the resolve of God. […]

There prevails still a subtle form of legalism which would rob the Saviour of his crown of glory, earned by the cross, and would make […]

Though he be the great God, yet he has, as it were, brought himself down to be upon a level with you, so as to […]

If Christ accepts of you, you need not fear but that you will be safe, for he is a strong Lion for your defense. And […]

How could Jesus triumph over Satan in His death? We can understand this only if we recall that Satan is a parasite. He depends for […]

He laid his right hand on me, saying, ‘Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the Living One; and I […]

The claim that God is to be encountered and salvation found in a crucified man — a man stripped of all status and honour, dehumanized, […]

You are not reading of a Savior who was, but of a Savior who is. The Lord Jesus is moved by the same sympathy, is […]

In a broad sense the Old Testament was the economy of conviction of sin. The law revealed the moral helplessness of man, placed him under […]

Outside of Christ we are slaves, the best of us are all slaves. In Christ, the lowest of all is a free man and a king.

But it is neither shame nor pride for a drowning man to swim to a rock, nor for a ship-broken soul to run himself ashore […]

Ye must take a house beside the Physician: it shall be a miracle if ye must be the first man he put away uncured, and […]

The gospel, applied to our hearts every day, frees us to be brutally honest with ourselves and with God. The assurance of His total forgiveness […]

In both its precepts and penalty, the law of God in its most exacting requirements was fulfilled by Jesus. And He did this in our […]

Christianity alone among the world religions claims that God became uniquely and fully human in Jesus Christ and therefore knows firsthand despair, rejection, loneliness, poverty, […]