GLORY OF GOD God is the chief good — good so as nothing is but himself. He is in himself most happy; yea, all good and all true happiness are only to be found in God, as that which is essential to his nature; nor is there any good or any happiness in or with…
Category: Devotionals
The Initiative Against Drudgery
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.” — Isaiah 60:1 (American Standard Version) We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not; but immediately we arise we find…
Christian Influence
You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting…
Characteristics of Christians
Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
The Temptation
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But he answered, “It is…
Rooted and Grounded in Love
“That Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth.” (Ephesians 3:17-18)
The Fear of Yahweh
“The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh’s ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.” (Psalm 19:9) The phrase “fear of Yahweh” (fear of Jehovah) or “fear of the Lord” (as it’s worded in other translations), is a Biblical concept that should be of particular interest to all believers. Some might think the word “fear”…
Do You Continue to Go With Yeshua?
Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations. — Luke 22:28 It is true that Yeshua Messiah is with us in our temptations, but are we going with Him in His temptations? Many of us cease to go with Yeshua from the moment we have an experience of what He can do….
His Temptation and Ours
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. — Hebrews 4:15 Until we are born again, the only kind of temptation we understand is that mentioned by St. James – “Every man is…
What’s the Good of Temptation?
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man. — 1 Corinthians 10:13 The word “temptation” has come down in the world; we are apt to use it wrongly. Temptation is not sin, it is the thing we are bound to meet if we are men. Not to be tempted would…