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
Scripture > He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people. > > — Psalm 113:7–8 (ESV) Devotional Our spiritual privileges are of the highest order. “Among princes” is the place of select society. “Truly our fellowship … Read more
Scripture > For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, > > — 2 Peter 1:5–6 (ESV) Devotional If thou wouldest enjoy the eminent grace of the full assurance of faith, under the blessed … Read more
Scripture > I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their affliction they earnestly seek me. > > — Hosea 5:15 (ESV) Devotional Losses and adversities are frequently the means which the great Shepherd uses to fetch home his wandering sheep; like fierce dogs they … Read more
Scripture > She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. > > — Genesis 39:12 (ESV) Devotional In contending with certain sins there remains no mode of victory but by flight. The ancient naturalists wrote much of … Read more
