Salvation

Morning, January 22

Eze 15:2

… Oh! strange infatuation, that thou, who hast borrowed everything, shouldst think of exalting thyself; a poor dependent pensioner upon the bounty of thy Saviour, one who hath a …

Morning, August 28

Ex 25:6

… Our churches are the Saviour’s golden candelabra, and if they are to be lights in this dark world, they must have much holy oil. Let us pray …

Evening, October 24

Jn 13:5

… into the family of God; but what condescending patience there is when the Saviour with much long-suffering bears the oft recurring follies of his wayward disciple; day …

Morning, May 18

Col 2:9-10

… the temple of salvation; and all, without diminution of their infinity, are covenanted to us as our perpetual inheritance. The fathomless love of the Saviour’s heart is …

Evening, May 7

Jn 5:8

… Meanwhile these poor souls forget the present Saviour, who bids them look unto him and be saved. He could heal them at once, but they prefer to wait …

Morning, April 14

Ps 22:7

… Imagine the Saviour crucified, racked with anguish far beyond all mortal guess, and then picture that motley multitude, all wagging their heads or thrusting out the lip in …

Morning, May 12

Jn 14:21

… They have had manifestations of their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in a peculiar manner, such as no mere reading or hearing could afford. In the biographies of …

Morning, May 17

1Jn 2:6

… Christian, lovest thou thy Saviour? Is his name precious to thee? Is his cause dear to thee? Wouldst thou see the kingdoms of the world become his? Is …

Morning, May 26

Ps 55:22

… The precept to avoid anxious care is earnestly inculcated by our Saviour, again and again; it is reiterated by the apostles; and it is one which cannot be …

Morning, July 14

Ex 20:25

… It were well if sinners would remember that so far from perfecting the Saviour’s work, their carnal confidences only pollute and dishonour it. The Lord alone must …

Evening, December 16

Is 48:8

… said, “I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour ... Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have …

Evening, March 31

2Sa 21:10

… Never was living beauty so enchanting as a dying Saviour. Jesus, we will watch with thee yet awhile, and do thou graciously unveil thyself to us; then shall …

Morning, April 11

Ps 22:14

… Who in all grief preventest me!” As we kneel before our now ascended Saviour’s throne, let us remember well the way by which he prepared it as …

Evening, April 13

Le 1:4

… Laden with guilt and full of fears, I saw my Saviour as my Substitute, and I laid my hand upon him; oh! how timidly at first, but courage …

Evening, May 17

Is 41:9

… Ah! our Saviour is no fickle lover. He doth not feel enchanted for awhile with some gleams of beauty from his church’s eye, and then afterwards cast …

Morning, February 8

Mt 1:21

… and aloes, and cassia,” said David, as if the very vestments of the Saviour were so sweetened by his person that he could not but love them. Certain …

Evening, June 9

Jn 5:39

… Happy he who, searching his Bible, discovers his Saviour.

Evening, July 15

Mk 16:9

… She was one who had left all to become a constant attendant on the Saviour . He was her first, her chief object. Many who were on Christ’s …

Morning, July 16

Ex 16:21

… If the Saviour should see fit, there is not a window through which thou seest the light of heaven which he could not darken in an instant. Joshua …

Evening, March 28

Eze 20:41

… Therefore lift up a song, and as you see the smoking incense of the merit of the Saviour coming up, this evening, before the sapphire throne, let the …

Evening, May 22

Song 1:16

… Oh, noble and pleasant employment to be forever gazing at our sweet Lord Jesus! Is it not unspeakably delightful to view the Saviour in all his offices, and …

Morning, October 13

2Co 7:10

… of the flesh is flesh.” True repentance has a distinct reference to the Saviour . When we repent of sin, we must have one eye upon sin and another …

Evening, January 24

Lu 10:40

… See to it that sitting at the Saviour’s feet is not neglected, even though it be under the specious pretext of doing him service. The first thing …

Evening, January 26

Lu 2:18

… and the cross? What is there wonderful left after one has seen the Saviour? Dear reader, it may be that from the quietness and solitariness of your life …

Morning, May 21

1Pe 2:3

… We must not rest without a desperate struggle to clasp the Saviour in the arms of faith, and say, “I know whom I have believed, and I am …

Marvellous Increase.–Facts and Figures

… as if his heart would break. " Mother," he said, " I have found the Saviour ; I am a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ." She looked at him a …

Morning, March 27

Mt 26:56

… What anguish must have filled the Saviour as he saw his friends so faithless! This was one bitter ingredient in his cup; but that cup is drained dry …

Evening, May 11

Jos 1:7

… Let your spirit be joyful in God your Saviour, the joy of the Lord shall be your strength, and no fiend of hell shall make headway against you …

Evening, September 2

Jn 4:48

… in no wise cast out,” are better than signs and wonders! A truthful Saviour ought to be believed. He is truth itself. Why will you ask proof of …

Evening, November 7

Ac 1:8

… consult not the wind—in season and out of season witness for the Saviour, and if it shall come to pass that for Christ’s sake and the …

Evening, December 14

Ga 2:20

… Dead, yet alive! crucified with Christ, and yet at the same time risen with Christ in newness of life! Union with the suffering, bleeding Saviour, and death to …

The Hope of Future Bliss

Psalm 17:15

… once again to you! Here is the way of salvation. “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” “And what is it to believe?” says one; “is …

Morning, February 2

Heb 9:22

… Their works, and prayers, and ceremonies, give them very poor comfort; and well may they be uneasy, for they are neglecting the one great salvation, and endeavouring to …

Evening, March 13

Ge 8:9

… black as the raven with the mire of sin, back, back to the Saviour. Every moment thou waitest does but increase thy misery; thine attempts to plume thyself …

Evening, April 7

Ps 51:14

Evening, April 7 Go To Morning Reading “Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.” Psalm …

Morning, November 8

Col 2:6

… When I receive Jesus, he becomes my Saviour, so mine that neither life nor death shall be able to rob me of him. All this is to receive …

Evening, November 2

Psalm 119:53

… believer is horrible, because it crucified the Saviour; he sees in every iniquity the nails and spear. How can a saved soul behold that cursed kill-Christ sin …

Evening, June 10

Jn 5:39

… The Scriptures are the swaddling bands of the holy child Jesus; unroll them and you find your Saviour. The quintessence of the word of God is Christ.

Morning, July 30

Mk 14:72

… The penitent apostle would be sure to weep when he recollected the Saviour’s full forgiveness , which restored him to his former place. To think that we have …

Morning, August 10

Col 3:4

… As speeds the ship towards the port, so hastes the believer towards the haven of his Saviour’s bosom. As flies the arrow to its goal, so flies …