Salvation

A Sweet Silver Bell Ringing in Each Believer's Heart

Micah 7:7

… He is your very own Christ, your Savior, for ever and ever. And the blessed Spirit—do we not with equal affection lay hold upon him, the Paraclete …

The God of Bethel

Genesis 31:13

… But this we do know—they are "sent forth to minister to them that are heirs of salvation," and they are, in God's hands, the means, oftentimes …

Compassion For The Multitude

Matthew 14:17

… I will tell you, the people of my charge, that the world's salvation is given instrumentally into your hands. As far as your power lies, you are …

A Miniature Portrait Of Joseph

Genesis 39:2

… He was not the servant of the Egyptians—Pharaoh had promoted him—and he enriched Pharaoh and, at the same time, saved a nation from hunger. God was …

The Believer in the Body and Out of the Body

2 Corinthians 5:5-10

… But when we have shaken you off, O flesh, then shall we actually come into sight and fruition—and shall behold the Savior, as He is—face to …

A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life

Matthew 6:10

… The Redeemer brought us up out of the horrible pit of probation, and he has set our feet on the rock of salvation, and there he has established …

Faith's Ultimatum

Job 13:15

… We are saved by passing from death unto life. As Noah was like a dead man, out of mind, shut up in the ark and, by this burial …

The Lessons of the Foot-washing

John 13:3-5

… Our Savior knew that the Father had committed all things into His hands. He knew that there was but a brief interval before He should die and then …

Mary's Magnificat

Luke 1:46

… Mary sings, "My spirit does rejoice in God my Savior." She was no Socinian and she was no Romanist—she knew that she needed a Savior and that …

Evening, June 16

Ps 27:1

Evening, June 16 Go To Morning Reading “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of …

A Good Soldier Of Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 2:2

… Oh, could he set the Captain of his salvation higher among men, he would be content to die in the ditch of neglect and scorn! Could he but …

Faith Among Mockers

Psalm 22:8

… No, "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved." "He that with his heart believes and with his mouth makes confession of Him, shall be saved." The …

Psalm 102

Psalm 102

… but his declarative glory then appears, when the glory of his mercy, truth and faithfulness break forth in his people's salvation. Now, what shame must this cover …

The Panting Deer

Psalm 42:1

… Nevertheless, He has saved us for His name's sake. When we have been foolish and ignorant, and have been as beasts before Him, nevertheless we have been …

Reform

2 Chronicles 31:1

… They may be right as to the main points essential to salvation, though in their discrepancies with one another they betray errors. I do not want you to …

Psalm 115

Psalm 115

… The thought that is uppermost in their hearts is, that "in death there is no commemoration" of God—no recording of his name for the salvation of men …

The Church—Conservative And Aggressive

1 Timothy 3:15

… where we have worshipped, some of us, for there we first found a Savior. Some of you, not long ago, were the servants of sin and Satan—you …

The Fair Portrait of a Saint

Job 23:11

… I set not forth obedience to the Law as the way of salvation, but I speak to those who profess to be saved already by faith in Christ …

The Weakened Christ Strengthened

Luke 22:43

… Scarcely had our Savior prayed before the answer to His petition came. It reminds us of Daniel's supplication and of the angelic messenger who was caused to …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc.

… Surely we ought to be saved such petty annoyances, for their evil is by no means limited by our discomfort; if it were so, it would be of …

Morning, February 26

Jon 2:9

Morning, February 26 Go To Evening Reading “Salvation is of the Lord.” Jonah 2:9 Salvation is the work of God. It is he alone who quickens the …

Evening, March 5

Ps 35:3

Evening, March 5 Go To Morning Reading “Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.” Psalm 35:3 What does this sweet prayer teach me? It shall be …

Psalm 74

Psalm 74

… Working salvation in the midst of the earth. From the most remote period of Israel's history the Lord had worked out for her many salvations; especially at …

Jesus in Gethsemane

John 18:1

… I REMEMBER to have read somewhere, though I cannot just now recall the authority, that Bethany—to which place one would have thought the Savior would have gone …

The Christian—A Debtor

Romans 8:12

… Consider, then, how much thou owest to his Sovereignty! If he had willed it, thou wouldst have been among the damned; if he had not willed thy salvation …

Psalm 62

Psalm 62

… From him cometh my salvation. The good man will, therefore, in patience possess his soul till deliverance comes: faith can hear the footsteps of coming salvation, because she …

Christ's Manifestation to Mary Magdalene

John 20:17

… This shows that, in their opinion, there was a special favor conferred upon the person who first beheld the risen Savior—and I need not say that their …

Morning, October 27

2Ti 2:11

… Thus we have the root of salvation in free grace; next, the privileges of that salvation in the life which now is, and in that which is to …

Evening, July 8

Ps 25:5

… for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Psalm 25:5 When the believer has begun with trembling feet to …

Psalm 140

Psalm 140

… O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. When he looked back upon past dangers and deliverances …

Question 72: How is the Word made effectual to salvation?

Ps 19:7; 1Th 1:6; Ro 1:16

… How is the Word made effectual to salvation? A The Spirit of God makes the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual means of convicting …

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… You remember that in the case of our Savior, no sooner was He baptized than He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by …

Question 73: How is the Word to be read and heard that it may become effectual to salvation?

Pr 8:34; 1Pe 2:1; 1Pe 2:2; Ps 119:18; Heb 4:2; 2Th 2:10; Ps 119:11; Jas 1:25

… How is the Word to be read and heard that it may become effectual to salvation? A That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend …

Man'S Weakness—God'S Anointing

2 Samuel 3:39

… Trust your souls with Christ today, and you are saved! "He who believes on Christ Jesus shall be saved." "No," say our antagonists, "he shall not. He may …

Faith and Feeling

We are saved by faith, and not by feeling; yet there is a relation between holy faith and hallowed feeling like that between the root and the flower …

Patient Job and the Baffled Enemy

Job 1:22

… Has the Lord saved you and will you speak against Him? I have no time to say more where so much might be added. The Lord preserve us …

Evening, June 22

Heb 12:27

… Whatever your losses have been, or may be, you enjoy present salvation. You are standing at the foot of his cross, trusting alone in the merit of Jesus …

Ears Bored to the Doorpost

Exodus 21:5

… It was like the putting away of a wife with a writing of divorcement, of which the Savior said that "Moses allowed it because of the hardness of …

Prayer 17 — To Be Like Christ

… O, Infinite Love, can we sin against Thee at all? How debased is our nature then! Forgive, sweet Savior, forgive sins against Thy love and blood, against Thy …

Psalm 103

Psalm 103

… How quickly did he do him honour! The Lord has saved us with a great salvation, shall we render no recompense? The name of ingrate is one of …