| Devotional | THE GIFT OF GOD
John 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Here is that wonderful scene at the well of Samaria. The Lord has gone out of His way to meet the poor, sinful woman who has come to the w ...read |
| Devotional | THE GLORY OF THY PEOPLE ISRAEL
Luke 2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
The message of Paul was "To the Jew first," but here the Gentiles are mentioned first. The Jews turned away from Jesus and would not have Him to Rule over them, but the Gentiles will not receive Him either --- just a few. The glory shall rest upon Israel when He ...read |
| Devotional | THE GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH
Isai 54:5 For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
Is He not the Creator of the whole earth, of the stars of the heaven, and of all things? Could we live and breathe and have our being without Him? Is He not the Ruler of the whol ...read |
| Devotional | THE GOOD SHEPHERD
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
We shall have several meditations on our Lord as Shepherd, but here He Speaks of Himself as "Good Shepherd". God is good, and Jesus is God! Therefore, He is Good. If we could stop for a few moments and sense His presence, longing to Speak to us in tones of ...read |
| Devotional | The Great God
"Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ." Titus 2:13
For whom are we looking? Everywhere it is stated in the Scripture that we are to look for our Lord -for Jesus Christ who died. "This same Jesus shall so come as ye have seen Him go." He will come with His glorified body; wi ...read |
| Devotional | The Great High Priest
"Seeing, then, that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the Heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession." Hebrews 4:14
Jesus, the Son of God, is our great High Priest. Where is He? In the glory, at the right hand of the glory of God. What is He there for? To represent us. He carried the blood offering with H ...read |
| Devotional | The Great Shepherd of the Sheep
"Our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the sheep" Hebrews 13:20
In the sixth chapter of Mark we have a touching picture of our Lord Jesus. He had been apart with His disciples in a desert place and, "when He saw much people He was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and He began to teach t ...read |
| Devotional | The Head
"But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ." Ephesians. 4:15
We have already viewed Christ as the "Head over all things," but here we have Him as the Head of the body of believers -the church. There is inspiration in this thought -that we are to grow up into Him. How are we to do t ...read |
| Devotional | The Head of Every Man
"But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ." 1 Cor. 11:3
God reigns supreme in this world, but God is manifested in the flesh in the person of Jesus, who is supreme over all humanity and every man is morally bound to acknowledge and obey His authority. He is the "Head over all things to the church." Were the church t ...read |
| Devotional | The Head of the Body
"And He is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the pre-eminence." Colossians 1:18
The Word of God emphasizes this fact over and over again, and we need to have it emphasized so that we can be always viewing Him in the proper spirit. The church is His Body. We ...read |
| Devotional | THE HEADSTONE OF THE CORNER
Psal 118:22 The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.
The cornerstone is the foundation of the building. Safety is secured by it. The Jews were God's chosen "builders", but they refused to be guided by Him and refused the "Headstone" which He had chosen. "No king but Caesar!" would they have, but ...read |
| Devotional | The Hidden Manna
"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Hidden Manna." Revelation 2:17
What is this Hidden Manna? Is it not Himself who is the Bread of Life? The voice of the Holy Spirit is heard speaking to the churches a message for the overcomes. Food awaits them. For twelve thousand and five hundred days manna was rained down from Heaven for ...read |
| Devotional | The High Priest
"Consider...The High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus." Hebrews 3:1
We are called to consider Jesus Christ as High Priest. We are called "holy brethren." We cannot be called that "He ever liveth to make intercession for us". Could we but make it our life habit to, every morning, spend a few moments in contemplation of Him as our ...read |
| Devotional | THE HIGHEST
Luke 1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Listen to the voice of Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, as he voices the wonderful prophesy concerning his son who was to be the prophet of the Lord to prepare the way before Him. Our Lord is here na ...read |
| Devotional | The Holy Child Jesus
"For of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together." Acts 4:27
Peter and John are before the Council to be examined in connection with the miracle of the healing of the lame man. They gave their testimony to the fact that ...read |
| Devotional | The Holy One and Just
"But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you." Acts 3:14
Peter is delivering a sermon to the Jews. They had looked with wonder at the lame man healed by the hand of Peter, and Peter was taking advantage of the opportunity to set before them the resurrected Christ as the One whom they had condemned ...read |
| Devotional | THE HOLY ONE OF GOD
Mark 1:24 Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
What a testimony coming from the lips of one possessed of an unclean spirit, Satan's tool, under his power. But the presence of Christ overawed him. "I know Thee who Thou art, ...read |
| Devotional | THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
Isai 49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, [and] the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. {whom man...: or, that is despised in sou ...read |
| Devotional | THE HOPE OF HIS PEOPLE
Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. {hope: Heb. place of repair, or, harbour}
Blessed Lord, Thou who art the Hope of Israel and OUR Hope, --- blessed Hope, --- o ...read |
| Devotional | THE HOPE OF ISRAEL
Jere 14:8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man [that] turneth aside to tarry for a night?
The promised Messiah was the "Hope of Israel" and He is the hope of all believers. Without Him how hopeless we are! "Christ in us" is the "hope of Glor ...read |
