Category: Writings by John Thomas Mawson
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The Feast, the Famine and the Flame, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 8 of 17
How the Guests are Fitted for the Feast “Giving thanks to the Father which has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.” Colossians 1:12. “It is the Father’s joy to bless; His love has found for me a dress, A robe of spotless righteousness O…
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The Feast, the Famine and the Flame, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 7 of 17
The Door to the Supper “I am the door, by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved.” — John 10. “O God, through Christ, the living way, My Father and my God, So near, and I so far astray, Brought nigh Thee by His blood.” Yes, Christ is the…
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The Feast, the Famine and the Flame, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 6 of 17
“The poor, the maimed, the halt, the blind” “Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, and the halt, and the blind … Go out into the highways and the hedges and compel them to come in that my…
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The Feast, the Famine and the Flame, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 5 of 17
The Supper Spread Jesus said “My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.” — John 6:32. “Thou bringest love and gladness forth From Thine exhaustless store, To me, deserving but Thy wrath, The life for evermore.” God knows the needs of men and as the faithful Creator He gives “rain from…
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The Feast, the Famine and the Flame, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 4 of 17
The Great Supper “A certain man made a great Supper.” “Great is the house and great the One that built it; Great is the Supper He has spread therein; Great was the price it cost Him to provide it, And great the grace that forces us within. Soon to that region He will…
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The Feast, the Famine and the Flame, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 3 of 17
The Future “Compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” “The music of the ransomed, I thought how sweet ‘twould sound, How all the halls of glory With joy would echo round. But ah! more sweet and charming Than songs or music rare Is this heart-thrilling sentence, The one I…
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The Feast, the Famine and the Flame, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 2 of 17
“Come!” “Come; for all things are now ready.” “Yet there is room!” Love, love eternal waits, The Saviour sits within the pearly gates. Come home, oh come! Come, e’er it be too late. “Yet there is room!” Still open stands the gate, The gate of love — it is not yet too…
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The Feast, the Famine and the Flame, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 1 of 17
Explanation A popular writer has said that “God” is the vaguest word in the English language. The statement offended me when I read it at first, but on considering it I have come to the conclusion that it is true as far as multitudes of men are concerned, and that…
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Emmanuel, by John Thomas Mawson, Conclusion
“For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to Him which died for them, and rose again” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15).…
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Emmanuel, by John Thomas Mawson, Part 4
“And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am He that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have…
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Emmanuel, by John Thomas Mawson, Part 3
“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His stripes we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). “Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold and see if there be any sorrow like to…
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Emmanuel, by John Thomas Mawson, Part 2
“In all their affliction He was afflicted” (Isaiah 63:9). “And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). “He has said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5). “JESUS! Thou art enough The mind…
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Emmanuel, by John Thomas Mawson, Part 1
His Deity and Incarnation. “But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting” (Micah 5:2). “Christ, who is over…
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Delivering Grace, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 21 of 21
“And Elisha died … and the Man Revived” How life springs out of death “And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold,…
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Delivering Grace, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 20 of 21
The Weeping King and the Way of Victory How victory may follow defeat. “And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to him: for He saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. And the Lord gave Israel a Saviour, so that they went out…
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Delivering Grace, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 19 of 21
Judgment without Mercy How grace refused means certain judgment. “And he went up from thence to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, thou bald-head; go up, thou bald-head.…
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Delivering Grace, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 18 of 21
“They went after them to Jordan” How those who believe are relieved by the true meaning of the cross of Christ. “They took therefore two chariot horses, and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. And they went after them to Jordan; and lo,…
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Delivering Grace, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 17 of 21
A Day of Good Tidings How the famine was changed to a feast. “And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad, king of Syria, gathered all his host, and went up and besieged Samaria. And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an…
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Delivering Grace, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 16 of 21
“Shall I smite them?” How good may triumph over evil. “And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw, and behold, they were in the…
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Delivering Grace, by John Thomas Mawson, Chapter 15 of 21
Horses and Chariots of Fire How to be without fear of our foes. “And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. Therefore sent he thither horses and chariots, and a great…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 