Sermons & Devotionals by J.C. Philpot
J.C. Philpot
Waters Which do not Drown and Flames which do not Burn
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on June 15, 1858, by J. C. Philpot But now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and he who formed you– "O Israel, Fear not; for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; ... Read More
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We Know that we have Passed from Death unto Life
"We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren."- 1JOHN 3:14 THE Lord’s people in their early days have a measure of heavenly love. Though perhaps they cannot say that Jesus is theirs; though they dare not declare they shall certainly go to heaven when they die; thou... Read More
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What Is It That Saves a Soul?
PREFACE When, at the request of the Publisher, I undertook to furnish an answer to that important question, "What is it that saves a soul?" I intended merely to write a few pages. But as I wrote, I found the subject to grow under my hand, and thoughts and ideas to flow into my soul. I felt, especial... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? A Complete Act of God
But is redemption a complete act, a finished work? If it is the execution of an original plan, and executed, too, by incarnate Deity, it surely must be as perfect as its Author. But is that work perfect which is uncertain and contingent, which depends on the fickle caprice and changeable will of a c... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? How Many are Redeemed?
Universalism means all; if Christ does not save all, can His work be called a perfect work? If redemption be universal, and only a portion saved, is it to be called a perfect work? If redemption springs from love, if redemption is universal, love will be universal; but if any be lost, if any be in h... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Imputed Righteousness
The last branch of salvation as an outward act which we have space to consider is the imputed righteousness of the Son of God, which is unto all, and upon all them that believe. The law of God, being the transcript of His eternal justice, could no more be broken with impunity than that God would cea... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Inward and Outward Fruits
Thus they bring forth: 1. Inward fruit. Of these the first is conversion, which consists in a change of heart, a change of affections, a change of feelings, a turning from formality to spirituality; from free-will to free-grace, from self-righteousness to self-abhorrence, from hypocrisy to honesty, ... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Love the Cause
Our feeble faculties being unable to grasp the mind of Jehovah as one harmonious whole, we are compelled to ascribe to Him a succession of acts, which succession has no real existence in Him who is one eternal Now-"the same yesterday, and today, and for ever". Thus we speak of the regard which God h... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Only True Source of Fruit
"But," say the Arminians, "if salvation be such as is here described, what becomes of the interests of morality, what provision is made for good works, what security is there for holiness of life? Will not a belief of his election make a man presumptuous, a confidence in his final perseverance rende... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Publisher's Note & Preface
The following work by J. C. Philpot was not a sermon but was originally written at the request of the Publisher of another work who used it as an Appendix. It was subsequently re-published as a separate work and is here reproduced in response to many requests. PREFACE BY J. C. PHILPOT WHEN, at the r... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Salvation - Past, Present, Future
Thus, if we look at salvation, we shall see that it consists of three parts-salvation past, salvation present, and salvation future. Salvation past consists in having our names written in the Lamb’s book of life before the foundation of the world. Salvation present consists in the manifestation of J... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Salvation Inwardly
Thus far have we traced salvation as an external act, as something done for us, and done out of us. In these covenant engagements and transactions, we had no participation as living agents. They were planned and executed before we had any existence, except in the predestinating mind of Jehovah. As t... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Salvation of God and to His Glory
If salvation, then, as a whole, be one grand harmonious plan, all the parts and branches of salvation must be of the same nature. Say that a part is not harmonious, and you say the whole is not so, for the harmony of the whole depends on the harmony of the parts. These branches, or parts, then, dema... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Salvation out of and in us
To answer, then, this question aright, we must view salvation under two points: 1. Salvation considered as an act out of us. 2. Salvation considered as an act in us. As the former precedes the latter, we will give it its due preference. And as "none teacheth like God" Job 36:22, and as He is "the Fa... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? Salvation Outwardly and Inwardly
Here, then, is the answer to the question. "What is it which saves a soul?" 1. Having an interest in the electing choice of God the Father, in the redeeming blood and justifying righteousness of God the Son, and in the quickening, sanctifying operations of God the Holy Ghost. That is the inheritance... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? What are we Saved From
But if we wish to know what it is that saves a soul, we must know what that state is out of which it is saved. If we have not the beginning, we cannot have the middle nor ending. But our modern professors and preachers never had a beginning to their religion. They were pious from childhood; or they ... Read More
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What is it that Saves a Soul? What it is not
If, then, we be asked what it is which saves a soul, we answer that it is not works of righteousness which we have done or can do; nor the use of our free-will, which is only free to choose and love evil; nor closing in with offered grace, to do which we have no natural power; nor watchfullness, pra... Read More
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What Makes Christ Precious
It is the application of the righteousness and blood of Christ which purifies the heart, makes sin hateful and Jesus Christ precious, and not only brings peace to the soul in sweet gratitude, but fills it with earnest desires to live to Gods glory and honour. As God opens up the depth of our fall, m... Read More
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What Will Remain?
"The fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is."- 1Co 3:13 The fire which is to prove every man’s work of what sort it is, is not merely God’s wrath as manifested at the last day; but his fire as significative of the fiery trial which takes place in this life, and which God mercifully bring... Read More
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What will ye see in the Shulamite?
"What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies."- So 6:13 ARE you not often a mystery to yourself? Warm one moment, cold the next; abasing yourself one half-hour, exalting yourself the following; loving the world, full of it, steeped up to your lips in it today; crying, gro... Read More
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J.C. Philpot (1802 - 1869)
Was known as “The Seceder”. He resigned from the Church of England in 1835 and became a Strict & Particular Baptist. While with the Church of England he was a Fellow of Worchester College, Oxford. After becoming a Strict and Particular Baptist he became the Editor of the Gospel Standard magazine and served in that capacity for twenty years."My desire is to exalt the grace of God; to proclaim salvation alone through Jesus Christ; to declare the sinfulness, helplessness and hopelessness of man in a state of nature; to describe the living experience of the children of God in their trials, temptations, sorrows, consolations and blessings."
Joseph Charles Philpot resigned from the Church of England in 1835 and became a Strict & Particular Baptist. While with the Church of England he was a Fellow of Worchester College, Oxford. After becoming a Strict and Particular Baptist he became the Editor of the Gospel Standard magazine and served in that capacity for twenty years, where many of his sermons first appeared.
Educated at Oxford University, he was elected a fellow of Worcester College, and appeared to have a brilliant scholastic career before him. But he was brought into solemn concern spiritually and the Lord led him into the ministry. He first preached in the Established Church at Stadhampton (Oxfordshire). J.C. Philpot left the apostasizing Church of England early in his ministry (1835) and went public about his reasons for resigning his curacy and his fellowship. The letter to the provost stating his reasons was published and went into several editions.
The same year, he was baptized by John Warburton at Allington (Wilts). The rest of his life was spent ministering among the Strict Baptists. For 26 years, he held a joint pastorate at Stamford (Lines) and Oakham (Rutland).