Horatius Bonar

How are We to Worship God?

April 19, 2025 2 min read

Man asks How am I to worship God And he has answered it also in his own way In the gorgeous temple in the pillared cathedral with incense and vestments and forms and ceremonies and processions and pos

Worship of the True God Rests on True Doctrine

August 22, 2022 2 min read

There is a tendency among some to undervalue doctrine to exalt morality at the expense of theology and to deny the importance of a sound creed I do not doubt that a sound creed has often covered an un

The Substitute for Self

September 7, 2021 1 min read

The substitute for self is the Lord Jesus Christ Who has come into the place of self filling up its room In turning from self we do not leave ourselves without an object to live for or to die for We g

To The Dust You Will Return!

September 3, 2021 4 min read

For the wages of sin is death Romans 6 23 All your life you will sweat to produce food until your dying day Then you will return to the ground from which you came For you were made from dust and to th

Life is a Journey

September 3, 2021 1 min read

Life is a journey-not a home Life is a road-not a city of habitation The enjoyments and blessings we have are but little inns on the roadside of life where we may be refreshed for a moment that we may

No Oil?

May 26, 2020 3 min read

The five who were foolish took no oil for their lamps Matthew 25 3 This parable has many sides and aspects It is prophetical it is also practical It suits all ages but especially the last days It suit

Doctrines Exceedingly Distasteful

May 26, 2020 1 min read

Man's entire apostasy and death in sin so that he cannot save himself and God's entire supremacy so that He saves whom He will are doctrines exceedingly distasteful to human pride But they are Scriptu

Satisfied

May 10, 2020 2 min read

All these difficulties of yours have their root in the self-esteem of our fallen natures makes us refuse to be counted altogether sinners and shrinks from going to God save with some personal recommen

Satisfaction

September 12, 2019 2 min read

I am not satisfied with my faith says one NO of course you aren't nor will you ever be at least I hope not The Bible does not say Therefore being satisfied with our faith we have peace with God it say

Everlasting Righteousness

July 13, 2019 2 min read

Every time we say for Thy name's sake or for Christ's sake we are making use of another'sclaim another's merit and conceding or accepting the whole doctrine of imputed righteousness Every man is daily

True Doctrine

December 24, 2018 1 min read

On true doctrine rests the worship of the true and living God From error in doctrine springs the worship of a false god There is a tendency among many religious people to undervalue true doctrine to e

Saved by a Perfect Law

July 11, 2004 1 min read

It is by a perfect law that we are saved else it would be an unholy salvation It is by a perfect law fulfilled in every jot and tittle that we are saved else it would be an unrighteous salvation The S

God's Trees Grow Slowly

July 11, 2004 2 min read

God's processes are not always rapid His greatest works rise slowly Swiftness of growth has been one of man's tests of greatness not so is it with God His trees grow slowly the stateliest are the slow

What Work Must be Done in Order to be Saved?

July 11, 2004 1 min read

Have I then no work to work in this great matter of my pardon None What work canst thou work What work of thine can buy forgiveness or make thee fit for the Divine favor What work has God bidden thee

What about You?

July 11, 2004 2 min read

I am not satisfied with my faith says one No of course you aren't nor will you ever be at least I hope not The Bible does not say Therefore being satisfied with our faith we have peace with God it say

Faithful and Just to Forgive

July 11, 2004 1 min read

It is by a perfect law that we are saved else it would be an unholy salvation It is by a perfect law fulfilled in every jot and tittle that we are saved else it would be an unrighteous salvation The S

In the Place of Self

July 11, 2004 1 min read

In the place of self the believer gets the Son of God Christ fills us occupies us engrosses us henceforth He is all to us what self was before He takes the place of self in everything from first to la

About Saving Faith

July 11, 2004 1 min read

With a weak faith and a fearful heart many a sinner stands before the Lord It is not the strength of our faith but the perfection of Christ's sacrifice that saves No feebleness of faith nor dimness of

Do You Rejoice In God's Sovereignty?

July 11, 2004 2 min read

If I admit that God's Will regulates the great movements of the universe I must admit that it equally regulates the small It must do this for the great depend upon the small The minutest movement of m

The True Character of Unbelief

July 11, 2004 2 min read

In all unbelief there are these two things a good opinion of one's self and a bad opinion of God Man's good opinion of himself makes him think it quite possible to win God's favor by his own religious