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
Scripture > The Lord utters his voice before his army, for his camp is very great; for he is strong who executes his word, for the day of the Lord is great and very awesome; who can endure it? > > — Joel 2:11 (ESV) Devotional Consider, my soul, the mightiness of the Lord who … Read more
Scripture > And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.” > > — Exodus 14:13 (ESV) Devotional These words contain God’s command to the believer when he … Read more
Scripture > But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. > > — 1 John 1:7 (ESV) Devotional “Cleanseth,” says the text-not “shall cleanse.” There are multitudes who think that as a … Read more
