Scripture > All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. > > — John 6:37 (ESV) Devotional No limit is set to the duration of this promise. It does not merely say, “I will not cast out a sinner at his first coming,” … Read more
Scripture > And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept. > > — Mark 14:72 (ESV) Devotional It has been thought by some that as long as Peter lived, … Read more
Scripture > All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. > > — John 6:37 (ESV) Devotional This declaration involves the doctrine of election: there are some whom the Father gave to Christ. It involves the doctrine of effectual calling: these who are … Read more
Scripture > Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. > > — Psalm 73:23 (ESV) Devotional “Nevertheless,”–As if, notwithstanding all the foolishness and ignorance which David had just been confessing to God, not one atom the less was it true and certain that David was saved and accepted, and that the … Read more
Scripture > how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. > > — Acts 10:38 (ESV) Devotional Few words, but yet an exquisite miniature of the Lord Jesus Christ. There are … Read more
Scripture > I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. > > — Psalm 73:22 (ESV) Devotional Remember this is the confession of the man after God’s own heart; and in telling us his inner life, he writes, “So foolish was I, and ignorant.” The word “foolish,” here, means more than … Read more
Scripture > Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. > > — Romans 8:33 (ESV) Devotional Most blessed challenge! How unanswerable it is! Every sin of the elect was laid upon the great Champion of our salvation, and by the atonement carried away. There is no sin in God’s … Read more
Scripture > by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. > > — 2 Peter 1:4 (ESV) Devotional If you would know experimentally the … Read more
“Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.” — Psalm 51:11 David wasn’t crafting beautiful poetry after his sin with Bathsheba. He was terrified. He knew what it felt like to be separated from God’s face (pānîm in Hebrew) — the same word used when Adam and Eve … Read more
Scripture > And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there. > > — 1 Kings 18:40 (ESV) Devotional When the prophet Elijah had received the answer to his prayer, and … Read more
