Salvation

Mocking the King

Matthew 27:28-30

… to this earth as the Savior sent from God, not, "to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." What does the world think …

Loving the Law of the Lord

Psalm 119:97-100

… How much, then, you ought to love that Word which so plainly shows you the way of salvation through the atoning Sacrifice of God's only-begotten and …

The Dejected Lover

Solomon 3:1-4

… To be saved is a great blessing—we ought not, however, to be contented with being barely saved—we should seek after the Graces of the Spirit and …

Sacred Memories

Jeremiah 51:50

… Then why should we, who are followers of the Savior, be ashamed to acknowledge His blessed name! Let it not be so, but rather, cry, "If there is …

Our Leader Through the Darkness

Isaiah 50:10

… Our happy experience of salvation is a pleasant confirmation of the Word of the Lord! And when it seems to fail us, we still believe. God is not …

The Meat and Drink of the New Nature

John 6:55

… WE know that the Savior spoke of spiritual, not carnal things, and He spoke of Himself not as being in any sense meat for our bodies—that could …

The Christ-Given Rest

Matthew 11:28

… days in Lent, or that you cannot be saved without observing such and such a holy day. Your salvation is in Christ! Keep to that and add nothing …

The Lifting Up of the Bowed Down

Luke 13:10-13

… If someone having an eye like that of the Savior could gaze upon us, now, and could see the inward in the outward, what would be the appearance …

"Herein Is Love"

1 John 4:10

… that He must devise a way by which men could be justly saved! An unjust salvation would have been none at all. The Lord found the Reconciliation—I …

The Eye—a Similitude

Psalm 17:8

… Bid, then, those ministering spirits, who minister to the heirs of salvation, that they bear me up in their hands lest I dash my foot against a stone …

Evening, December 7

1Co 9:22

… Anything short of this would have disappointed him; he would have men renewed in heart, forgiven, sanctified, in fact, saved. Have our Christian labours been aimed at anything …

A Prophetic Warning

Matthew 24:12

… But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Again our Savior reminded His disciples of the personal responsibility of each one of them …

The Song of Songs

Isaiah 44:23

… Salvation is of the Lord. "The Lord hath done it." You who choose may invent a salvation that is partly by man and partly by God, and you …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… We come to the same Savior. And we shall ultimately—Glory be to His name!—sit together in the same Heaven whether we have earned a good reputation …

Spiritual Peace

John 14:27

… Our Savior here means peace with God, and peace with our own conscience. There is first, peace with God for he “hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus …

Rivers Of Water In A Dry Place

Isaiah 32:2

… What were the meads without the streams? What were the saints without the Savior! What were the villages without their springs and brooks? What were Believers without the …

Fellowship With Christ

1 Corinthians 10:16

… And He loves John because he lays his head on the bosom of his Savior. Christ, our Master, loves to have all His followers live near Him! He …

The Faithfulness of Jesus

John 13:1

… It was no small trial to the Savior's affection when Peter took him and began to rebuke him. Peter rebuking his Master! Surely thy Lord will have …

Believers Free from the Dominion of Sin

Romans 6:14

… but He has saved us and called us according to the purpose of His own will. Moreover, our continuance in a state of salvation depends upon the same …

A Warning to Waverers

James 1:6

… probability, the more they understood of what salvation really is, the less they would think of praying to be saved. A man kneels down, and says, "Lead us …

Standing and Singing

Psalm 26:12

… They have been the Lord's people, but yet their slips and falls have given them broken bones and troubled hearts—and they have been saved at the …

The Reward Of The Righteous

Matthew 25:31-36

… And so, while they do not merit it because of these actions, yet these actions show that they were saved by Grace, which is evidenced by the fact …

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… But what did your wife say in death? Or your mother, now with God? Or what of your child who had learned of the Savior's love? Can …

Strength in Weakness

… If the gospel message were, “He that doubteth, and is not baptized, shall be saved;” there are many who have made their calling and election sure; but while …

Marah Better Than Elim

Exodus 15:22-26

… He said, "Hearken to My commandments, and keep My statutes." Salvation comes first and then obedience! Saved first, brought through the Red Sea with the high hand of …

Stephen's Martyrdom

Acts 7:55

… To stand still with the children of Israel at the Red Sea and see the salvation of God. All this is hard, so hard that only the Divine …

A Root Out Of A Dry Ground

Isaiah 53:2

… seeking after the Savior but are very conscious of your own sinfulness. You are depressed under a sense of being unworthy to be saved, and what is perhaps …

"You Are Now the Blessed of the Lord"

Genesis 26:29

… The first is that salvation is free to every man who will have it. The second is that God gives salvation to a people whom He has chosen …

A Portrait No Artist Can Paint

Revelation 1:16

… We shine, dear Friends—such little twinkling stars as any of us are—we shine and God blesses the shining, but if ever there is a soul saved …

'Accepted in the Beloved'

Ephesians 1:6

… Now our Savior was often tried, but He was never corrupted! He was tempted and bribed with the offer of a kingdom and, again, threatened with all the …

Right-hand Sins

Mark 9:43

… If, then, any man is saved, he is delivered from the reigning power of sin. It is not possible, therefore, that any man should have salvation and yet …

Constancy And Inconstancy—a Contrast

Hosea 6:3

… It is our solemn conviction that the gifts and calling of God are without repentance—that wherever the Lord bestows spiritual life and salvation He never recalls the …

The Holdfast

Proverbs 4:13

… We do not pretend to give certificates of salvation! If we did, they would be worthless—you must, yourselves, know the Lord and be really converted or else …

Deep Calls Unto Deep

Psalm 42:7

… You have known the way of salvation, but you have not run in it. I have pleaded with you—I hope with all honesty and earnestness—and you …

Religion a Present Concern

… It is taking of His fulness, drinking out of His “wells of salvation,” receiving from His storehouse. Sinner! remember all that God asks of thee, in order to …

Evening, December 31

Je 8:20

… escape for your life, and yet at this moment not saved ! You know the way of salvation, you read it in the Bible, you hear it from the …

A Jealous God

Exodus 34:14

… Mother, what will he say of you, if that darling child occupies a more prominent place in your love than your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Husband, what …

God's Valiant Right Hand

Psalm 118:16

… Where His body is, there will the eagles be gathered together! Where the Savior Christ is proclaimed, there shall they come who need to feed upon a Savior …

The Bellows Burned

Jeremiah 6:29

… We are unto God a sweet savor as well in them that perish as in them that are saved—though in them that perish we are unto the …

The Blessing of the High Priest

Numbers 6:22-27

… Today our Savior's intercession in the heavenly places rises far higher in power and glory than that of any ordinary intercessor. He blesses in fact, while the …