HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;" Acts 3:2 There are many cripples among us still — cripples in morals, in purity, in … Continue reading WHY ARE YOU STILL CRIPPLED?
Month: April 2023
TIME TO DEPART, MY EYES HAVE SEEN
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation," Luke 2:29-30 I cannot depart in peace until my eyes have seen the salvation of the Lord. My conscience shrinks from the thought of death. It holds up before me the pattern … Continue reading TIME TO DEPART, MY EYES HAVE SEEN
COME AND SEE
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" John 4:29 Theology is not the paramount matter in the hour of conversion. No, no; there is nothing I can think of in this revealing and humbling and transfiguring season — but the … Continue reading COME AND SEE
CHRIST’S PARDON
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you." Mark 16:7 Infinite gentleness and overflowing grace are in this 'supplement' to the Saviour's command. It is the gospel for the sinner; it proclaims the abundance of Christ's … Continue reading CHRIST’S PARDON
BREAK DOWN THE IDOLS
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing." 2 Kings 17:12 "Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of … Continue reading BREAK DOWN THE IDOLS
WALKING HUMBLY
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul." Isaiah 38:15 Thus said King Hezekiah — and I would say it too. There are humbling memories which rise within my heart. I … Continue reading WALKING HUMBLY
BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div " And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it." Genesis 28:12 "In the days of Jacob," William Hazlitt writes wistfully and poignantly, "there was a ladder between Heaven … Continue reading BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS
THE HOUR OF FORGIVENESS
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered!" Psalm 32:1 The hour of forgiveness — is the hour of blessedness. To have my transgression, my personal rebellion against the living God, pardoned, and its heavy burden lifted away; to have my sin, my miserable failure to glorify Him, covered, and … Continue reading THE HOUR OF FORGIVENESS
THE PROVIDER
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of that place … Continue reading THE PROVIDER
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." John 10:11 "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find … Continue reading THE GOOD SHEPHERD