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“…our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13) Why We Need a Prophet, a Priest, and a King Jesus leads us, serves us, and provides an example for us as a Prophet, Priest, and King—three pastoral offices established in the Old Testament and fulfilled perfectly in Jesus. In researching the topic, I came across the following concept, ultimately rooted in Scripture…

The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey. Their companion and teacher was the best of tutors; the interpreter one of a thousand, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. The Lord Jesus condescended to become a preacher of the gospel, and He was not ashamed to exercise His calling before an audience of two persons, neither…

– You are His by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; – His by His bloody purchase, for He counted down the price for your redemption; – His by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to Him; – His by relation, for you are named by his name, and made one of His brethren and joint-heirs.

“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.” – 1 Cor 9:24-25 New…

What has been the deepest, darkest experience in your life, the time when you felt the worst emotions, perhaps to the point of utter despair? For Jeremiah and his contemporaries in Judah, it was the destruction of Jerusalem. The death of the city was absolutely crushing.

Do you really understand Christmas? Because if you really understand Christmas, the first thing you want to do is to give thanks to God. You can’t hold it in. You’ve got to praise Him.

(1) Labour to know God aright. “We cannot love that which we do not know.” God is the most comprehensive good; all excellencies which lie scattered in the creature, are united in Him; He is optimus maximus. Wisdom, beauty, riches, love, all concentrate in Him. How fair was that tulip which had the colors of all tulips in it! All perfections and sweetnesses are eminently…

(1) God’s benefits bestowed on us. If a prince bestows continual favours on a subject, and that subject has any sincerity, he cannot but love his prince. God is constantly heaping benefits upon us, “filling our hearts with food and gladness.” Acts 14:17. As streams of water out of the rock followed Israel wherever they went, so God’s blessings follow us every day. We…

(6) He who loves God, prefers Him before estate and life. [1] Before estate. “For whom I have suffered the loss of all things.” Phil 3:8. Who that loves a rich jewel, would not part with a flower for it? Galeacius, marquis of Vico, parted with a large estate to enjoy God in his pure ordinances. When a Jesuit persuaded him to return to his popish religion in Italy,…

(4) He who loves God cannot live without Him. Things we love we cannot be without. A man can do without music or flowers — but not food. Just so, a soul deeply in love with God looks upon himself as undone without him. “Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.” Psalm 143:7. He says as Job, “I went mourning without the sun;” chapter…