The Bible

Consecration to God—Illustrated by Abraham’s Circumcision

Genesis 17:1-2

… Biographies of good men in Scripture are written with unflinching integrity, their evil recorded as well as their good. These faults are not written that we may say …

Life And Walk Of Faith

Colossians 2:6

… The word "receive" is used in some ten or a dozen senses in Holy Scripture. Five of them will suffice my purpose just now. To receive is often …

Grace Exalted—Boasting Excluded

Romans 3:27

… But it means here, as elsewhere in Scripture, plan, system, method. There were two plans, two systems, two methods, two spirits—the plan of works and the plan …

Just and the Justifier

… The doctrine of the atonement is to my mind one of the surest proofs of the divine inspiration of Holy Scripture. Who would or could have thought of …

The Sin-Bearer

… It is wrong to base a great doctrine upon the incidental form of one passage of Scripture, especially when that passage of Scripture bears another meaning. The marginal …

Concerning Deliverance from Sinning

… That is, in fact, what the Lord has promised to do for all who are in the covenant; and we know from Scripture that all believers are in …

Dec. 28 — ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE

Heb. 13:5

… This priceless Scripture does not promise us exemption from trouble, but it does secure us against desertion. We may be called to traverse strange ways, but we shall …

Aug. 25 — FOOD AND REST

Ezek. 34:15

… There is real nutriment for the soul in Scripture brought home to the heart by the Holy Spirit. Jesus, Himself, is the true life-sustaining Food of believers …

Feb. 7 — RETURN FROM BACKSLIDING

Job 22:23

… utterance, spoke a great truth, which is the summary of many an inspired Scripture. Reader, has sin pulled you down? Have you become like a ruin? Has the …

The Exodus

Exodus 12:41

… IT IS our firm conviction and increasing belief, that the historical books of Scripture were intended to teach us by types and figures spiritual things. We believe that …

June 1 — GOD'S PROMISE KEEPS

Eccl. 11:1

… We must exercise our patience; for perhaps the Lord may exercise it. "After many days," says the Scripture, and in many instances those days run into months and …

July 6 — HIS LOVE; HIS GIFT; HIS SON

John 3:16

… This text is a polestar, for it has guided more souls to salvation than any other Scripture. It is among promises what the Great Bear is among constellations …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… We have preached it to you a thousand times, and we are prepared to prove that if anything be taught in Scripture, that is. There never was any …

Morning, July 26

2Pe 1:5-6

… of faith, under the blessed Spirit’s influence, and assistance, do what the Scripture tells thee, “ Give diligence .” Take care that thy faith is of the right kind …

Morning, November 19

Tit 3:9

… Questions upon points wherein Scripture is silent; upon mysteries which belong to God alone; upon prophecies of doubtful interpretation; and upon mere modes of observing human ceremonials, are …

In the Hay-field

… It is more pleasing to recollect that the grass is used in Scripture as a picture of the elect of God . The wicked are comparable to the dragons …

Morning, July 15

Le 6:13

… Let us use texts of Scripture as fuel for our heart’s fire, they are live coals; let us attend sermons, but above all, let us be much …

Morning, May 12

Jn 14:21

… Even if Scripture did not declare this, there are many of the children of God who could testify the truth of it from their own experience. They have …

Evening, January 19

Lu 24:45

… the Scriptures.” Luke 24:45 He whom we viewed last evening as opening Scripture, we here perceive opening the understanding. In the first work he has many fellow …

Evening, April 13

Le 1:4

… The laying of the hand was not a mere touch of contact, for in some other places of Scripture the original word has the meaning of leaning heavily …

Morning, August 3

Rev 21:23

… Light in Scripture is the emblem of joy . The joy of the saints in heaven is comprised in this: Jesus chose us, loved us, bought us, cleansed us …

If So—what Then?

1 Peter 4:18

… This is one of the unanswered questions of Scripture—"Where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" So I shall scarcely speak of that dreadful place where our …

The Orphan's Father

Hosea 14:3

… This is very notable if you look into the subject in connection with Holy Scripture. We see this soon after the giving of the Law. We have the …

Morning, December 9

Is 30:18

… We have several instances of this in sacred Scripture. Jacob did not get the blessing from the angel until near the dawn of day—he had to wrestle …

Morning, January 30

2Sa 5:24

… power in prayer; the Spirit of God gives you joy and gladness; the Scripture is open to you; the promises are applied; you walk in the light of …

Evening, March 30

La 3:40

… A text of Scripture, a threatening, a touch of the rod of affliction, and you went to your Father’s feet, crying, “Show me wherefore thou contendest with …

Morning, August 25

Song 2:3

Morning, August 25 Go To Evening Reading “His fruit was sweet to my taste.” Song of Solomon 2:3 Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the …

Strengthening Words from the Savior's Lips

2 Corinthians 12:9

… It is a sweet thing to have a text of Scripture laid home to the heart for present uses, but when God the Holy Spirit so applies a …

Good Works

When once the human heart is put under the microscope of Scripture, and we see it with a spiritual eye, we perceive it to be so vile, that …

Watching For Christ's Coming

Luke 12:37

… In a certain sense, He does, but that sense will never bear out the full meaning of the teaching of the Second Advent with which the Scripture is …

Evening, June 17

Nu 21:17

… This evening let us ask that the Scripture we have read, and our devotional exercises, may not be an empty formality, but a channel of grace to our …

Morning, October 26

Hag 1:9

… It is the teaching of Scripture that the Lord enriches the liberal and leaves the miserly to find out that withholding tendeth to poverty. In a very wide …

Evening, November 25

Ro 9:15

… There is no more humbling doctrine in Scripture than that of election, none more promotive of gratitude, and, consequently, none more sanctifying. Believers should not be afraid of …

Prayer Certified Of Success

Luke 11:9-10

… Besides, Scripture limits it again, "You have not because you ask not, or because you ask amiss"—there is an asking amiss which will never obtain. If we …

The Roaring Lion

1 Peter 5:8

… In some passages of Scripture you will remember he is compared to a fowler. Now a fowler makes no noise. It would altogether defeat his end if he …

The Lamb—The Light

Revelation 21:23

… One of the first events ever recorded in Scripture history is, "When He brings in the First-Begotten into the world, He says, let all the angels of …

Certain Singular Subjects

Joshua 24:4

… I reverence all Scripture more than tongue can tell, but yet I venerate most of all those portions of the Word which are God's own voice—the …

Psalm 53

Psalm 53

… It is to be noted that Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, and not "thought in his heart; "that is to say, he doth not …

Ask and Have

James 4:2

… Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy?" If we could see a disturbance among them, so that …

Sincerity And Duplicity

1 John 2:3

… To "know" is a word used in Scripture in several senses. Sometimes it means to acknowledge. As when we read of a certain Pharaoh, that "he knew not …