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J.C. Philpot
Joseph Charles Philpot (1802 - 1869). English Strict Baptist preacher and editor born in Ripple, Kent, to a Church of England rector. Educated at Oxford, earning a B.A. in 1824რ 1824, he taught classics at Merchant Taylors’ School before resigning his Anglican curacy in 1835 to join the Strict Baptists. In 1837, he became pastor at Stamford and Allington, serving until 1869, preaching to hundreds weekly. Philpot edited The Gospel Standard magazine from 1840, publishing sermons and theological works like The True, Proper, and Eternal Sonship. His writings, emphasizing sovereign grace and experimental religion, reached thousands across England and America. A scholar of Hebrew and Greek, he translated Calvin’s Institutes excerpts. Married with one daughter, he prioritized ministry over personal wealth, living simply. His sermons, over 600 published, remain influential among Strict Baptists and Reformed circles.
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J.C. Philpot preaches on the transformative power of the righteousness and blood of Christ, emphasizing how they purify the heart, instill a hatred for sin, and elevate the preciousness of Jesus Christ. Through this purification process, peace is found in gratitude, and a deep desire to live for God's glory and honor is ignited within the soul.
What Makes Christ Precious
It is the application of the righteousness and blood of Christ which purifies the heart, makes sin hateful and Jesus Christ precious, and not only brings peace to the soul in sweet gratitude, but fills it with earnest desires to live to Gods glory and honour. As God opens up the depth of our fall, makes the burden of sin felt, and shows the sinner his guilt and inability, He brings the proud heart down and lays us low in the dust, and as He makes us sigh and groan, He applies His precious blood. He brings the blood of sprinkling into the conscience, sheds abroad His mercy and love, and constrains our feet to walk in faith, love, and cheerful obedience. What fountain is that which sweeps away My sins just like a flood, Nor lets one guilty blemish stay? Tis Jesus precious blood!
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Joseph Charles Philpot (1802 - 1869). English Strict Baptist preacher and editor born in Ripple, Kent, to a Church of England rector. Educated at Oxford, earning a B.A. in 1824რ 1824, he taught classics at Merchant Taylors’ School before resigning his Anglican curacy in 1835 to join the Strict Baptists. In 1837, he became pastor at Stamford and Allington, serving until 1869, preaching to hundreds weekly. Philpot edited The Gospel Standard magazine from 1840, publishing sermons and theological works like The True, Proper, and Eternal Sonship. His writings, emphasizing sovereign grace and experimental religion, reached thousands across England and America. A scholar of Hebrew and Greek, he translated Calvin’s Institutes excerpts. Married with one daughter, he prioritized ministry over personal wealth, living simply. His sermons, over 600 published, remain influential among Strict Baptists and Reformed circles.