| Devotional | A LEADER
Isai 55:4 Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
The Leadership of Christ is unexelled. He is the "Captian of our Salvation" and He has given to us the high and holy privilege of following Him and fighting under His bannner (Peace)! David was a loyal leader and faithful to his follower ...read |
| Devotional | A LIGHT OF THE GENTILES
Isai 42:6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
In accordance with the righteous purpose of our God before the foundation of the world , Jesus Christ was appointed to be "A Light of the Gentiles." He is called our ...read |
| Devotional | A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES
Luke 2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
The world has been a dark world ever since Adam and Eve listened to the temptation of Satan. There was no hope until God Said: "The Seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head" --- a promise of coming victory for a lost race. He Who is the light of the Ge ...read |
| Devotional | A Living Stone
"To whom coming, as unto a Living Stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God and precious." 1 Peter 2:4
Words are inadequate to describe the mysteries of Heaven. It is not composed of an inert mass like the stones of earth, but of living, life-imparting stones. He is living. He will always be living. He lives in the lives of the re ...read |
| Devotional | A Man Approved of God
"Jesus of Nazareth, a Man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in the midst of you." Acts 2:22
This is the testimony of Peter, the fisherman-apostle, concerning our Lord, Jesus of Nazareth. "A Man approved of God!" He professed to be the promised Messiah, the Son of God, and made good His prof ...read |
| Devotional | A MAN OF SORROWS
Isai 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. {we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us}
He was despised (Isa 49:7) and even a "worm" (Ps 22:6). It is ...read |
| Devotional | A NAIL FASTENED IN A SURE PLACE
Isai 22:23 And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
What a strange declaration is this! How wonderful are the ways and the methods used by the Holy Spirit to make Christ REAL to us! A nail is something, of iron or steel, which can be driven into a wall, and can be used t ...read |
| Devotional | A NAZARENE
Matt 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Nazareth was a town in the northern border of the plain of Esdraelon. Here came the angel Gabriel and announced to Mary the coming birth of Christ: "And the angel came in unto her, and said, ...read |
| Devotional | A PLANT OF RENOWN
Ezek 34:29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. {of renown: or, for renown} {consumed: Heb. taken away}
Have you ever had the privilege of seeing a great plantation? What a variety is to be found there --- the great woods, t ...read |
| Devotional | A Precious Stone
"Behold, I lay in Sion a Chief Corner Stone, ... precious." 1 Peter 2:6
How precious He is! The more we know about Him the more wonderful He becomes, and the more intimately we know Him the more precious He is. "To whom coming as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God and precious." Not precious to the world, fo ...read |
| Devotional | A Priest Forever
"Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec." Hebrews 5:6
He is our High Priest, our Great High Priest, and He is also a Priest forever after the similitude of Melchisedec (Gen. 14:18-20) that strange character who typified our Lord. Will Christ be our representative throughout eternity? Yes- and we will be His representativ ...read |
| Devotional | A Prince and a Saviour
"Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour" Acts 5:30, 31
Here is a picture and a theme for our meditation. A convict -a criminal in the sight of men -hanging on a tree, dying an awful death of shame, suffering the agonies of hell itself that the question of sinful man's sin might be settled forever -exalted by ...read |
| Devotional | A PROPHET MIGHTY IN DEED AND WORD
Luke 24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
Some hated Him. Some worshipped Him. Mighty in life, mighty in death and mighty in Resurrection! The rulers thought they had eliminated Him. Some seek to do so today. ...read |
| Devotional | A Quickening Spirit
"And so it is written...the last Adam was made a quickening spirit." 1 Cor. 15:45
We are of the earth, earthy, by birth, but we have a new birth. That which was first was natural and earthy; afterwards comes the spiritual. How wonderful is the operation of God in creating in fallen man an eternal life! "He that hath the Son hath life." T ...read |
| Devotional | A RANSOM
Mark 10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
"A RANSOM for many!" Here Christ is set forth as the penalty for the sins of the world. As sinners under the judgment wrath of God, He took our place and paid the penalty and the price of our deliverance with His Own ...read |
| Devotional | A REFINER AND PURIFIER
Mala 3:3 And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
What an appropriate title for our Lord! Moses called Him "The Leader;" Isaiah portrays Him as "The Sufferer," the "Conqueror," and the ...read |
| Devotional | A REFUGE FROM THE STORM
Isai 25:4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall.
Are we who are His dear ones subject to the storms of life? Yes, for so was He. Did His disciples suffer from the storms of hatr ...read |
| Devotional | A REPROACH OF MEN
Psal 22:6 But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
In Isaiah 49:7 it is Written of our Lord, "One whom man despiseth, .... Whom the nation abhoreth", and this was literally true of Jesus of Nazareth as He walked the earth, and as He hung on the cruel cross: "And they that passed by Him reviled Him-Mt27 ...read |
| Devotional | A Rewarder
"But without faith, it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him." Hebrews 10:36, 37
We come to God only through Jesus Christ, "No man cometh unto the Father but by Me." And our Lord Jesus Christ is the Judge (John 5:22). "For the Father jud ...read |
| Devotional | A RIGHTEOUS SERVANT
Isai 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
What a title for our Lord --- a "Servant" --- yes, but a "Righteous Servant". If He had not been absolutely Righteous He could never have atoned {paid-for} our unright ...read |
