| Devotional | God
"But unto the Son He saith, Thy Throne, O God, is for ever and ever." Hebrews 1:8
Here we have the Alpine height in titles for our Lord, "Thy throne, O God!" All other names and titles are inferior to this. When He was born in a manger, God was there. When He worked at the carpenter"s trade, God was there at work. When He associated wit ...read |
| Devotional | God Blessed Forever
"Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever." Romans 9:5
"As we journey through the Word of God how Christ illumines it all with His presence! His titles are many, How significant is this "God blessed forever!" The promised Messiah of the Jewish stock and the flower of it ...read |
| Devotional | God Manifest in the Flesh
"And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world received up into glory." 1 Timothy 3:16
Here is a sermon of marvellous mystery. In a few words we have given to us the magnitude of the mission of Christ i ...read |
| Devotional | GOD MY SAVIOUR
Luke 1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
The word "Saviour" here is "Soter" meaning "presence". Should we not imitate Mary, the blessed woman, in magnifying our Saviour and rejoicing in the finished work which He wrought in our behalf? It is never what we are, but what He is. Our joy is in Him and we rejoice with joy un ...read |
| Devotional | God Our Savior
"But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared." Titus 3:4
This is not the first time that the title, "God our Savior" has been used. We find it in 1 Timothy 1:1, where the reference, no doubt, is to the call of Paul as recorded in Acts 13:2. Here it refers to God as our Savior. Jesus said, "I and My Father ...read |
| Devotional | GOOD MASTER
Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
This question was asked of our Lord by a young man with great possessions, as recorded in Mt 19:17. This is the concrete question of the soul of man, "What to do to secu ...read |
| Devotional | HE IN WHOM I TRUST
Psal 144:1 Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight: {strength: Heb. rock} {to war...: Heb. to the war, etc} 2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. {My goodness: or, My mercy}
What a combination ...read |
| Devotional | He That Filleth All in All
"Which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all." Ephesians. 1:23
The church is the "fullness of Christ." Christ could never be complete without the church and the church can never be complete until the last member is brought into the body. Therefore, the business of the church is to be busy seeking to save the lost. Every ...read |
| Devotional | He That Liveth
"I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore." Revelation 1:18
He liveth and abideth forever. He ever liveth to make intercession for us. In love for us and through grace He died for us. He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. The bars of death were broken. He tore them away. He is living now and will live to ...read |
| Devotional | He that shall come
"For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come and will not tarry." Hebrews 10:36, 37
The Christian life is built not only on the present but on the unseen future. Our life is a life of faith, a faith tried and tested and proven; fixed upon the unerring, unbreakable Word of God. God has never broken a promise and He never can. W ...read |
| Devotional | Head Over All Things
"And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church." Ephesians. 1:22
The gift of God to the church -which is His body -was Christ, whom He raised from the dead and seated Him above all principalities and powers and might and dominion and every name which is named both in this world and in tha ...read |
| Devotional | Heir of All Things
"Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds." Hebrews 1:2
How logical the Bible is. To our Lord is ascribed glory because He is the Creator of all things. He made the worlds. He says, "All things that the Father hath are Mine." Unlimited power is His. Unli ...read |
| Devotional | Higher Than the Heavens
"For such an High Priest became us...who is higher than the Heavens." Hebrews 7:26
This wonderful High Priest, the spotless Lamb of God, when He had finished His priestly sin-offering, sat down at the right hand of God. Yet we can see Him, the unchangeable Christ, with wounded hands and feet bearing testimony to His individuality and uncha ...read |
| Devotional | HIM WHOM MY SOUL LOVETH
Song 3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
This is the bride's dream. Her Beloved is absent. She seeks Him. How perfectly natural and real this is. She had dreamed she was seeking and found not. Now she awakes and searches for ...read |
| Devotional | His Dear Son
"Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son." Colossians 1:13
To "His dear Son" is here attributed the deliverance and translation of the believer from the power of Satan, the ruler of this dark world. Ignorant of Him, millions are dwelling today, controlled by the power of a ...read |
| Devotional | HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Here is the most beloved verse in the Bible. What a Revelation of God, of Christ, of the depths and power of love! How COULD He? Aabraham gave his son, and God graciously gave him back. But G ...read |
| Devotional | His Own Son
"He that spared not HIs own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things." Romans 8:32
"His Own Son," "His Only Son," "The Son of His Love" -The dearest, the best He gave, out of His great heart freely, lovingly, once for all to the sinful children of men, Having given us His best, wi ...read |
| Devotional | Holy and True
"How long, O Lord, Holy and True, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth." Revelation 6:10
This is the heart cry of those who suffered death for Jesus' sake because they were true to Him in life and testimony. Is it not such a cry as sometimes bursts forth from our own souls as we see the hellish hatred o ...read |
| Devotional | Hope of Glory
"To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you the hope of glory." Colossians 1:27
Here is a revelation not made known in other ages to the sons of men but now revealed by the Holy Spirit to the church. Paul is continually impressing the wonderful truth of God's wil ...read |
| Devotional | HORN OF SALVATION
Luke 1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Here is a title which suggests the strength and power of our Lord --- "Horn of Salvation." The word "horn" as used in the Scriptures signifies "strength" and is often found in Hebrew literature. In the horns, the bull manifests his strength. The ...read |
