Sermons & Devotionals by Octavius Winslow
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Octavius Winslow
The Backslider's Return
"Yet return again to Me, says the Lord."--Jer. 3:1 Could there be a more touching "Thus says the Lord" than this? The voice of Jesus, as it echoed over the mountains and along the valleys of our unregenerate distance from God, seeking and finding and bringing us home, was inexpressibly sweet and irr... Read More
Octavius Winslow
The Believer in Glory
"You shall receive me to glory."--Ps. 73:24 We have followed the believer in Jesus from sickness to death; we now follow him from death to glory. In each stage of this his earthly pilgrimage, how precious is he to the heart of Jesus, how firmly and safely kept by the power of God unto full salvation... Read More
Octavius Winslow
The Believer's Sufficiency of God
"Then I said, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak--for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child--for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Be not afraid of their faces--for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord."--Jer. 1:... Read More
Octavius Winslow
The Best for God
"Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord Almighty, "and my name is to be feared among the nations." Malachi 1:14 What a fearful anathema is this? But is it disproportion... Read More
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The Blessing Divine
"Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of Hosts."--Zech. 4:6 Our meditation yesterday was directed to the human means we are diligently and believingly to employ; let us today consider the Divine blessing which God has promised, and which we may expect, in the proper use of the... Read More
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The Dying Believer
"And she lay dying."--Luke 8:42 The transition of the believer from the chamber of sickness to the bed of death is a natural and often a short one. The Lord's sick one now becomes the Lord's dying one. It is by the process of 'wasting disease' that the loving Savior, for the most part, comes into Hi... Read More
Octavius Winslow
The Entire Pardon and Justification of the Believing Sinner
"The Speciality of the Design of the Atonement" "In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and uncleanness." - Zech. xiii. 1. We have already, in the opening chapter of this work, remarked upon the incompetency of natural reason t... Read More
Octavius Winslow
The Gentleness of God
"I will do you no hurt."--Jer. 25:6 What a tender, touching declaration of God is this! How condescending and considerate of His people's feelings! Would God, could God hurt a hair of the head of His child, severe and painful though His dealings maybe? Oh, no! They may be called to leave their fathe... Read More
Octavius Winslow
The Glory of the Redeemer in His People
"I am glorified in them." John 17:10 Upborne on the pinion of faith, we have been soaring to the third heaven, contemplating for awhile the glory of our Emmanuel within the veil. Sweet and ravishing sight! Soon, oh! so soon to be seen without a glass; and seen but to be transformed into the same glo... Read More
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The God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation
The God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation. 2 Cor. 1:3- 4. GOD'S family is a sorrowing family, "I have chosen you," He says, "in the furnace of affliction." "I will leave in the midst of you a poor and an afflicted people." The history of the Church finds its fittest emblem in th... Read More
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The Human Means
"Thus says the Lord, make this valley full of ditches…That valley shall be filled with water, that you may drink."--2 Kings 3:16, 17 The Christian requires no little spiritual intelligence and skill in accurately balancing the means and the blessing--the part which belongs to him, and the part which... Read More
Octavius Winslow
The Lord Faithful, and His Word True to the Last
"Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed." Joshua 23:14 There is no testimony to the faithfulness of God in His Word so convi... Read More
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The Lord is near unto those who are of a broken heart
The Lord is near unto those who are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 34:18 A broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17 THERE are those by whom a broken heart is despised. Satan despises it—though he trembles at it. The world despises it—... Read More
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THE LORD MY BISHOP
"The Lord is my portion, says my soul." "The Bishop of your souls."--1 Pet. 2:25 The Greek word, episkopos, rendered Bishop, signifies Overseer, one who watches over the interests of the Church, superintends its order, and administers its discipline. In this sense it primarily and pre-eminently appl... Read More
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THE LORD MY BROTHER
"The Lord is my portion, says my soul" "Whoever does God's will is My brother." Mark 3:35 Precious portion this--Christ our BROTHER! If our religion bears this divine stamp of reality--the doing God's will--then, not only are all the saints of God our brethren, but all are Christ's brethren, He stan... Read More
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THE LORD MY BURDEN-BEARER
"The Lord is my portion, says my soul." "Cast your burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain you."--Psalm 55:22 Wonderful words! Their sense is magical, their sound is music, their very utterance is repose! It is one of those flowers culled from the Lord's garden, pencilled with beauty and laden wi... Read More
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THE LORD MY CARE-TAKER
"The Lord is my portion, says my soul." "He cares for you."--1 Pet. 5:7 This may be with you, my soul, a day of anxious care. The sun shines brightly, all nature is clad in beauty, and every object smiles. But with you it is a cloudy and dark day, and your heart is sad--a care presses you, anxiety s... Read More
Octavius Winslow
THE LORD MY CREDITOR
"The Lord is my portion, says my soul." "How much do you owe my master?" Luke 16:5 There is not a greater debtor in the universe than the believer in Jesus. The natural man owes God much--ten thousand talents--but the renewed man owes God ten thousand times more--a debt of love, gratitude, and servi... Read More
Octavius Winslow
THE LORD MY DELIVERER
"The Lord is my portion, says my soul." "Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us." 2 Cor. 1:10 It was a needful and precious petition the Lord Jesus taught His disciples--and which we require daily to offer--"DELIVER us from evil." We ar... Read More
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THE LORD MY DRINK
"The Lord is my portion, says my soul." "For my flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink." John 6:55 Life is sustained by life. It is God's ordained law in nature, His yet higher law in grace. The believer is the subject of spiritual life, but his life springs from, and is nourished by... Read More
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