About This Site
It was the notable John Brown of Haddington who said, “The Gospel is my only source of comfort and every sinner is as welcome as I. How pleasant that neither great sins nor great troubles can alter those consolations. Ever since God dealt savingly with my heart I have never taken comfort in the thought that my sins were small, but in the belief that the blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin.”
For several years I have used these very words as my personal testimony to the work of grace in my own heart and life and praise my God that “the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin”. There are many Christians, and even ministers who act as if they were not the recipients of this free grace and mercy of God. I can only conclude that they have never read 1 Cor. 4:7, or if they have, they are willfully blind to their own condition. (For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?) How sad that today, the greatest efforts seem to be in the area of defending the denominations and doctrines, while there is a significant silence in the area of helping sinners come to Christ, and struggling saints brought to a place of restoration and usefulness.
It is significant that one of the great prophecies concerning the Lord was that revealed to Isaiah the prophet concerning Christ’s ministry. Of Him it was prophesied, “A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench” (Isa. 42:3). Matthew tells us in his gospel that this was fulfilled in character and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Every child of God was a ‘bruised reed’ before they were saved, and often afterwards. From personal experience I can say that there is no ministry more needed, and none more Christ-like than to encourage and assist those who have been bruised. With what gratitude to God I remember those who helped to restore and refresh me during my times of need. Their ministry, though silent and unseen by many, was seen by God and will receive its reward. My prayer is that this site will be used of “God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God” (2 Cor. 1:3,4).