Behold the Creeping Worm - Thomas Guthrie #shorts #christianpreacher #christianshorts #JesusChrist

Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV) 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh* and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Thomas Guthrie FRSE (12 July 1803 – 24 February 1873) was a Scottish divine and philanthropist, born at Brechin in Angus (at that time also called Forfarshire). He was one of the most popular preachers of his day in Scotland, and was associated with many forms of philanthropy—especially temperance and Ragged Schools, of which he was a founder.[1]

Life

Carte de visite showing Guthrie in the early 1870s.

memorial to Dr Thomas Guthrie in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

The statue of Thomas Guthrie on Princes Street, Edinburgh

Book illustration of George Harvey's Dr. Guthrie preaching in the Glen
He was born on 12 July 1803 the son of David Guthrie, a banker, and later Provost of Brechin.[2] Thomas grew to a height of six foot and three inches.[3]

Guthrie studied at Edinburgh University for both surgery and anatomy (under Dr Robert Knox) but then concentrated on Theology.[4] He was licensed to preach in the