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The Treasure and the Heart in Heaven! Edward Griffin, 1770-1837 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in an... Read More

The Excellency of Heavenly Treasures! Ezekiel Hopkins, 1633-1690 Matthew 6:19-23 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven , where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves ... Read More

A Name in Heaven, the Truest Ground of Joy By Matthew Mead "However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you—but rejoice that your names are written in heaven!" Luke 10:20 Our Lord Christ, here in the text, calls off his disciples from rejoicing much, in that which yet was as lawful and likely... Read More

Worldliness and Trust Matthew 6:19-34 J. R. Miller, 1909 The Christian life is very simple—if only we understand it. It has only one principle—single-hearted devotion to Christ. Paul stated this principle when he said, "To me to live is Christ" (Phil. 1:21) Jesus states it here also when He says, "S... Read More

Getting and Losing Preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on Thursday Evening, August 6, 1846, by J. C. Philpot "A time to get , and a time to lose ; a time to keep, and a time to cast away." Ecclesiastes 3:6 The blessed Spirit saw fit under the old dispensation to make much use of proverbs and aphorisms;... Read More

Spiritual Paradoxes Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on November 25, 1860, by J. C. Philpot "As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessin... Read More

GOD'S JEWELS Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) "And they shall be Mine, says the Lord Almighty, in that day when I make up My jewels" (Mal. 3:17). To whom is God here referring? Who are the favored ones whom He terms His "jewels"? The previous verse tells us, "Then those who feared the Lord talked with eac... Read More

Ministerial Thieves! Arthur Pink We have often thought it might be interesting and instructive, if we were to devote a short series of articles to some of the misunderstood and misinterpreted texts of the Bible. They are not few in number, nor are the mistakes made in their interpretation trivial in... Read More

DIVINE GUIDANCE Arthur W. Pink, 1935 There is a need to amplify the positive aspect of divine guidance. There are few subjects which bear on the practical side of the Christian life, and that believers are more exercised about, than that they may be "led by the Lord" in all their ways. Yet when some... Read More

Faith as a Shield Arthur Pink September, 1945 "Above all, take up the shield of faith , with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one!" Ephesians 6:16 A shield is a weapon of defense , held in front of the person to prevent the missiles of the foe injuring the body. A "shield"... Read More