A. B. Simpson
Enlargement through Life’s Challenges
If we would be [spiritually] enlarged we must accept all that God sends us as His own divinely appointed means of developing and expanding our spiritual life. We are so content to abide on the old plane that God has often to compel us to rise to a higher level by bringing us face to…
Read MoreA Spirit of Celebration
“Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid, for…
Read MoreUnder the Shadow of the Cross (Part 2 – Conclusion)
Let us contemplate the cross in its practical relation to our actual Christian life… 5. Fellowship with His Cross Much of our life contains suffering and trial and the shadow of the cross is also here. Looking upon our trials as unmeaning accidents, the blow of fate, the luck of evil fortune, or the cruel…
Read MoreUnder the Shadow of the Cross (Part 1)
“This do in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19). This inscription placed by the hands of the Master over the Feast of Love might well be made the watchword of our whole Christian life. The Lord’s Supper is a sort of microcosm, or miniature, of the believer’s life, and over every moment, every word and every…
Read MoreThe Blessed Person
Psalm 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree…
Read MoreThe Freedom of Spiritual Habits
“[Train yourself toward godliness (piety), [keeping yourself spiritually fit]. For physical training is of some value (useful for a little), but godliness (spiritual training) is useful and of value in everything and in every way, for it holds promise for the present life and also for the life which is to come.” (1 Tim. 4:7,8…
Read MoreThe Robes of Christ’s Righteousness
“The Robes of Christ’s Righteousness” by A. B. Simpson “I will clothe thee with change of raiment.” Zechariah 3:4 For Paul, every exercise of the Christian life was simply the grace of Jesus Christ imparted to him and lived out by him. To be holy meant to put on the Lord Jesus and all the…
Read MoreHow to Abide
A.B. Simpson (1844 – 1919) [1] “And now, little children, ABIDE IN HIM; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” (I John 2:28, emphasis added) It would seem as though John meant that only little children could abide in Him; that only when we…
Read MoreHimself
Once it was the blessing, now it is the Lord;Once it was the feeling, now it is His Word.Once His gifts I wanted, now the Giver own;Once I sought for healing, now Himself alone. Once ’twas painful trying, now ’tis perfect trust;Once a half salvation, now the uttermost.Once ’twas ceaseless holding, now He holds me…
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