Category: Writings by W T Turpin
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3 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. The Christian: What is he — Heavenly or Earthly?
His Pathway and Testimony 1 Samuel 17:48; 18:4; 31:1-6; 2 Samuel 1:11-27; John 20:11-18. Our subject this evening is, the true spring and motive of devotedness, and the rewards of it; and I call your attention to the scriptures I have read for this reason: they bring before us the two kinds or aspects…
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2 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. The Christian: What is he — Heavenly or Earthly?
His Power 2 Kings 2:6-22. I should like to ask this question: If the Lord Jesus were to say to us this evening, on the eve of His departure out of this world (supposing that He had not as yet left it, and that we had been the companions, as…
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1 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. The Christian: What is he — Heavenly or Earthly?
His Standing Hebrews 9:24-28; 10:19-25; 13:11-16. When the Lord allowed this service to be taken up some time ago, we had a subject connected with the truth of God suitable to those who are young, and whose hearts perhaps (as in an infantine state) could not take in or understand the larger,…
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7 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Christ; His People’s Portion and Object. Christ, the Object of Affection and Sympathy
John 20; Mark 14. “What wonderful times are ours!” are words on almost every lip at present. Showers of blessing, as they say, are falling on every side. Some have gone so far as to state that, like history, Pentecost is being repeated; as if the blessed Spirit of God, the…
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6 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Christ; His People’s Portion and Object. John’s Dying Note
John 3:25-36. The true test of everyone and every thing is Christ. It was so when He lived and walked on the earth it is so now, though the world seeth Him no more. It is wonderful how latent principles and concealed thoughts are all elicited, and brought to the…
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5 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Christ; His People’s Portion and Object. Our Portion, and Its Consequences
As we have just been considering our Place and the results of it, where it is consciously known and enjoyed in the soul, it would seem suitable to consider the Portion of the saint now, and some of its corresponding consequences. I trust we have clearly seen that our standing…
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4 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Christ; His People’s Portion and Object. Our Place, and Its Consequences
It would be impossible to overrate the importance of the two great subjects which I propose to consider; they lie at the basis of all true practical Christianity. It is equally important to understand the relation of the one as the other indeed, so essential is such apprehension, that it…
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3 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Christ; His People’s Portion and Object. The Treasure, Vessel, and Power
2 Corinthians 3 and 4. There has been a ministry on this earth, which had its day and purport in the mind of God; it was introduced at Mount Sinai by Moses; it carried the law, which claimed righteousness from man, and was in form written on stone; it was thereby the…
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2 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Christ; His People’s Portion and Object. “The Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.”
2 Corinthians 1. There is a very close connection, and yet a striking contrast, between the circumstances in which the apostle is found, in chapters 1 and 12 of this Epistle. In chap. 1, he is, we may say, altogether in human circumstances, surrounded by straits, difficulties, and trials, which…
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1 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Christ; His People’s Portion and Object. The Rock and the Rod
Numbers 20 and Deuteronomy 34:1-7. I greatly desire to call earnest attention to these two chapters for a little this evening, not only because they have a very intimate bearing the one upon the other, but also because you could not find in the whole of the blessed word of God, two…
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7 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Practical Truths. “Lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot.”
That we are passing through times full of moment, it were vain to deny; and to assert that this day is not one of sorrow and sadness to any heart that is true to Christ, and enters ever so feebly into that which now interests Him on earth, were insensibility…
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6 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Practical Truths. The Peculiarity of Our Calling
A great principle, of God, which runs through all dispensations and times, is the very distinct way in which the eye and hope of the saint is transferred from all here to what is in God Himself, as soon as a condition of things presents itself in this world with…
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5 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Practical Truths. “At His feet”
We find Mary at the feet of Jesus on three different occasions in her history, each one full of the deepest comfort and instruction. Let us look a little at them in their order. That which stands first in moral order, is found in Luke 10. “Now it came to pass,…
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4 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Practical Truths. Reality
Judges 7:1-8. It is an immense comfort to meet with reality in this world, where everything is so confused, and there are so many mixed motives at work. God looks for reality. Nothing less suits His mind, or meets His thoughts. In the scripture which heads this page there are…
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3 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Practical Truths. The Wilderness — The Land, the Lessons of Each
Deuteronomy 8:1-9; 11:10-12; 26:1-11. You will find two very different experiences recorded in chapters 8 and 11 of this book. Chapter 8 sets before us the wilderness and its lessons. If I think of it as the place where every Christian is, though it is true also he belongs to heaven (seated…
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2 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Practical Truths. Devotedness
2 Samuel 23:13-17. The present condition of things around us is bewildering and embarrassing in the extreme. It is a day of poverty and weakness. Boasting or assumption ill becomes those who have but “a little strength.” One has said, “If I look within I am miserable; if I look…
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1 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Practical Truths. “Waiting.”
There is a great difference in the way the above subject is looked at by the blessed Lord in Luke 12 and John 16. Both these conditions of heart and soul, namely, the one enjoined in Luke and that enjoined in John, ought to be found in the saints at this present time.…
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13 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Occasional Paper. This Side Jordan and Beyond
It is solemn to reflect on the various ways in which the enemy of the truth of God and of His people is at work to set aside His purpose in their blessing. The variety of means resorted to, in order to discredit the prime thought of God for the…
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12 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Occasional Paper. “My thoughts are not your thoughts.”
2 Corinthians 12:1-10. It is an interesting fact that there are three instances in scripture, two in the Old Testament and one in the New, of saints making requests to God earnestly, which God did not answer; three distinct instances of unanswered prayers; and these too, as I say, offered…
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11 Some Works of Walter Thomas Turpin. Occasional Paper. The Power of Weakness
Genesis 32. It is well for us that the blessed God never abandons His purpose to bless His people, and well for us too that He blesses after the thoughts of His own heart; this being so, what limit can we put to the blessing? It is both instructive and…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 