Category: Writings by John Thomas Mawson
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God’s Move and the Devil’s Countermove, by John Thomas Mawson,
“I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world” (Matthew 13:35). A Tare-sown wheat field, a tree of monstrous growth and a bowl of leavened meal! What connection could there be between such diverse things as these?…
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God’s Mercy and Man’s Inhumanity, by John Thomas Mawson,
God is good and does good. No man could come to Him without getting good, for He is good, but to hide away from Him can only result in evil and sorrow both now and for ever. It is the business of the servants of the Lord to proclaim the goodness…
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God’s Great Gifts, and the Devil’s Snares, by John Thomas Mawson,
1. “The Holy Ghost, which is given to us” The greatest gift that God has given to us is the Holy Ghost, and we desire to speak of Him with deepest reverence, knowing that He is the Eternal Spirit, equal in glory to the Father and the Son. His greatness…
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God our Shield, Article 2, by John Thomas Mawson,
“After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward” (Genesis 15:1). “Are you on the Lord’s side?” I asked of a gentleman I chanced to meet. “Yes,” he replied “by God’s grace…
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God, Our Shield, by John Thomas Mawson,
“Are you on the Lord’s side?” I asked of a man, to whom I was introduced. “Yes,” he replied, “by the grace of God I am; and better still, He is on my side.” His answer was good, for it proved that he knew the gospel of God’s grace as…
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“Godliness with Contentment”, by John Thomas Mawson,
We are not surprised at the unrest and discontent which are more than ever manifest in the lives of those that know not God. We are not surprised that the poor, who are not rich in faith, should cast envious and covetous eyes upon the possessions of those who seem…
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God Giveth us the Victory, by John Thomas Mawson,
The life that overcomes was God’s gift to us when we received it at first through our Lord Jesus Christ, and its great triumph when at last we leave the field of conflict is also God’s gift to us through our Lord Jesus Christ — so we learn from two…
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God and Ourselves, by John Thomas Mawson,
If God is real to us we shall pray, and the better we know Him the more often we shall seek His presence and talk with Him. Spiritual life must languish if prayer is neglected; it will not be neglected if God is to us the living God, who sees…
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God and the Powers That Be, by John Thomas Mawson,
The 82nd Psalm may be of some help as to the relation in which “The powers that be” stand to God, it opens with the reassuring statement “God stands amongst the mighty: He judges amongst the gods”. The word “gods” stands for those in high positions—the mighty having authority and…
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God and His Word, by John Thomas Mawson,
We have heard of an old Christian who used to pray, “O God send large and rough billows to dash us upon Thy promises.” It may be that not many of us are made of such stern stuff as that; perhaps we would rather ask. “Lead us not into temptation,…
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God and All the Saints, by John Thomas Mawson,
“In the beginning GOD” (Genesis 1:1). “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with ALL THE SAINTS” (Revelation 22:23). We ask our readers to pay very special attention to the fact that the Bible begins with GOD and ends with ALL THE SAINTS. It is an arresting fact, a…
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“Glue Together” and “Scotland’s Green”, by John Thomas Mawson,
“You can learn more in a railway journey if you keep your eyes and ears open than you can by a lot of reading,” remarked a fellow passenger to me on an East Coast express yesterday; and I felt there was truth in the remark. An instance will illustrate. A…
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Glorying in Tribulation, by John Thomas Mawson,
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulation also” (Romans 5:3) read I to a Christian lady who was suffering with a painful illness. “That is something I have never been able to do,” said she; “I ask God to give me patience, and that I may be resigned…
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The Glory, Wealth and Patience of the Lord, by John Thomas Mawson,
It is not my intention to depress you by discoursing on the tragedy of the Laodicean church. I have a happier and more heartening theme. We know that this Laodicean condition describes one of the last and worst phases of the church’s career on earth, but it describes also the…
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The Glory of the Son, by John Thomas Mawson,
There seems to be a beautiful order in the quotations from the Old Testament that are given in Hebrews 1 concerning our Lord Jesus Christ. They are well-set gems in a diadem of glory for His Head. Verse 5 gives two quotations: “Thou art My Son” and “I will be to Him…
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Glory, by John Thomas Mawson,
“Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in Him; if God be glorified in Him, God shall also glorify Him in Himself, and shall straightway glorify Him” (John 13) “Now is the Son of Man glorified.” It did not look like it. One of His disciples…
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From Sadness to Great Joy, by John Thomas Mawson,
Notes of an Address on Luke 24:15-53 I suppose we are all familiar with this beautiful Scripture. I think we agree that of all the chapters in the Gospels, with perhaps the exception of the crucifixion chapters, none can interest us more than the resurrection chapters. Here were two of the…
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The Friendliness of the Lord Jesus, by John Thomas Mawson,
John 11 “Lord, behold he whom Thou lovest is sick.” With the exception of the Crucifixion and Resurrection chapters no chapter in the four Gospels is more instructive and blessed than this 11th chapter of John. In it God and His Son are glorified. As the story unfold, the love…
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The Four Horses of the Revelation, by John Thomas Mawson,
Revelation 6 J. T. Mawson The rider on the white horse of Revelation 6 is not the Lord Jesus Christ. He does not appear in that character until chapter 19, where the many glorious titles of that Rider leave as in no doubt as to who He is. In this chapter He…
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Forgiven, by John Thomas Mawson,
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile” (Psalm 32:1-2). Have you become dull in your soul of late, my reader? Are you low in spirits? Have you…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 