“The king…made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance.” [Psalm 105:20-21]. In the affliction of Joseph and his later exaltation to Pharaoh’s right hand in Egypt, we have such a foreshadowing of the humiliation and exaltation of Christ as to emphasize the authority and inspiration of God’s holy Word. [...]
Devotional Christ died for our sins …; he was buried, and … he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 "Christ died." That the Prince of Life should come under the power of death by the free exercise of His sovereign will is a miracle of grace that [...]
The Bible foretells that in the last days there shall be a falling away from the faith. That apostasy can be seen today in the increasing attacks upon the cardinal doctrines of Christianity. Two areas are central to the devil’s strategy, namely, the deity of Christ and His bodily resurrection. What a [...]
Devotional “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.” (Colossians 3:1) The wise believer revels in the fact of Christ’s resurrection. Some things in Scripture may be easier to identify with and apply, including Christ’s substitutionary death, but it [...]
On Palm Sunday about 2000 years ago, excitement in Jerusalem was steadily mounting. The Passover would be in six days. Rumour was that Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth may come. His miraculous works were well known, the sick were healed, and even the dead were raised. Many thought He was the promised Messiah. [...]
Devotional Read history and see how the covenanters stood and died rather than give up to the enemy. Are we satisfied to be degenerate sons of great fathers? Consider A. B. Simpson who walked the shores of the Atlantic Ocean with cardboard in the soles of his shoes because he did not have [...]
“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” [Philippians 4:6,7] No care, but all prayer. No anxiety, but much joyful communion with [...]
Devotional “Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4 The last half of this verse is well known because of Paul's use of it in three of his epistles (Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38). Those who know church [...]
Paul and Silas were doing a good work at Philippi. They met Lydia at the riverside where women resorted to pray, and through their preaching, she became a Christian. Then the poor demoniac girl was delivered from awful satanic oppression. But a good work does not please everyone, and the girl’s masters, who [...]
Devotional Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. James 4:8 The nearer we come to God, the more graciously will He reveal Himself to us. When the prodigal comes to his father, his father runs to meet him. When the wandering dove returns to the ark, Noah puts out [...]
Paul was no stranger to suffering. He gave a catalogue [2 Corinthians 11:25] of the afflictions he endured as he preached the Gospel of Christ – a total of 190 lashes laid upon his bareback in five separate scourgings; three times beat with rods; stoned once; shipwrecked three times; imprisoned several times; and in [...]
Devotional "He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint." Luke 18:1 C. H. Spurgeon said that the key to the meaning of the parable of the widow who kept crying to the unjust judge until he finally responded to her is found hanging [...]
