GENESIS 36: Devotion

Esau marries Adah, Aholibamah & Bashemath from Canaan, has children, many cattle, dwells in Mt Seir; descendants of Esau named and become the Edomites.

"Mount Seir is called the land of their possession. Canaan was at this time only the land of promise. Mt. Seir was in the possession of the Edomites. The children of this world have their all in hand, and nothing in hope, Luke 16:25; while the children of God have their all in hope, and next to nothing in hand. But, all things considered, it is beyond compare better to have Canaan in promise, than mount Seir in possession."

(Matthew Henry)

GENESIS 35: Devotion

God told Jacob to go to Bethel and renamed him Israel. Rachel died having Israel's twelfth son Benjamin. Isaac died in Hebron.

"God in His grace, in His very last meeting with Jacob calls him Israel. Now Israel was the name that was to signify all that God had planned in and for Jacob. It was a name that was to separate him from his somewhat shady past. But Jacob didn't live like Israel very often. And it's exceedingly precious, I think, that in His very final meeting God refuses to think of him as Jacob and thinks of him as Israel. My friends, you see there the benefits of justification and God looking upon us not as we are in ourselves but as we are in Christ."

(Ligon Duncan)

GENESIS 34: Devotion

Shechem defiled Jacob's daughter Dinah then asked to marry her. Jacob's sons told Shechem and his father Hamor to circumcised themselves along with all his men and they would allow the marriage. While they were recovering, Simeon and Levi (Jacob's sons) slaughtered them all.

"This passage is a reminder to us about the exceeding wickedness of using things which God has given us for our own purposes. Whether it might be an oath, whether it be simply our word. Using things to take people in by religion for our own ends is wickedness. 

This passage also very clearly reveals for us the sinfulness of believers, or of those who profess faith. The Bible never attempts to candy-coat the failings and the wickedness of those who profess to believe in the one true God. And it doesn't do that because it is very important for us to be realistic about the potential for the sins of even those who profess faith in Christ. This passage reveals to us the depth of sin that professing believers are capable of stooping to.

(Ligon Duncan)

Advent Devotion: George Whitefield

Behold Mary, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."

(Luke 1:31-33)

"Man is permitted to fall, and become subject to death; but Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of light, very God of very God, offers to die to make an atonement for his transgression, and to fulfil all righteousness in his death. And because it was impossible for him to do this as he was God, and yet since man had offended, it was necessary it should be done in the person of man; rather than we should perish, this everlasting God, this Prince of Peace, this Ancient of Days, in the fulness of time, had a body prepared for him by the Holy Ghost, and became an infant."

(George Whitefield)

Advent Devotion: D.A. Carson

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

(Isaiah 9:6)

Before there was a universe,

Before a star or planet,

When time had still not yet begun —

I scarcely understand it

The eternal Word was with His God,

God’s very Self-Expression;

The eternal Word was God Himself —

And God had planned redemption.

The Word became our flesh and blood —

The stuff of His creation

The Word was God, the Word was flesh,

Astounding incarnation!

But when he came to visit us,

We did not recognize him.

Although we owed him everything

We haughtily despised him.

In days gone by God showed himself

In grace and truth to Moses;

But in the Word of God made flesh

Their climax he discloses.

For grace and truth in fullness came

And showed the Father’s glory

When Jesus donned our flesh and died:

This is the gospel story.

All who delighted in his name,

All those who did receive him,

All who by grace were born of God,

All who in truth believed him —

To them he gave a stunning right:

Becoming God’s dear children!

Here will I stay in grateful trust;

Here will I fix my vision.

Before there was a universe,

Before a star or planet,

When time had still not yet begun —

I scarcely understand it

The eternal Word was with his God,

God’s very Self-Expression;

The eternal Word was God himself —

And God had planned redemption.

(D.A. Carson)

Advent Devotion: Spurgeon

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

(John 1:14)

"Infinite, and an infant. Eternal, and yet born of a woman. Almighty, and yet hanging on a woman’s breast. Supporting a universe, and yet needing to be carried in a mother’s arms. King of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph. Heir of all things, and yet the carpenter’s despised son. Oh, the wonder of Christmas." 

(C.H. Spurgeon)

GENESIS 33: Devotion

Esau and his men arrived. Jacob bowed down but Esau ran to embrace him. Jacob offered gifts which Esau first refused. The two were reconciled then Esau accepted them. 

"The receiving of a present at the hands of another has always been regarded as a pledge of goodwill. None will receive a present from the hand of an enemy. The same principle underlies God’s dealings with us. He will receive no offering from His sinful creatures until they are reconciled to Him by faith in the Atonement of His Son. The Lord God will receive nothing from your hands until you have first received from His hands, the Savior."

(A.W. Pink)

GENESIS 32: Devotion

Jacob heard that Esau was coming to meet him. He was afraid and sent gifts. That night he wrestled with a Man who renamed him Israel.

"Sometimes we feel man really can contend with God. A man or woman in rebellion against God might seem to do pretty well. The match seems even in appearance only. God can turn the tide at any moment, and He allows the match to go on for His own purposes.

(David Guzik)

GENESIS 31: Devotion

The Lord told Jacob to return home. Jacob left in secret and Rachel took Laban's idols. Laban chased Jacob and accused him of stealing. Jacob rebukes him when Laban was unable to find them.

"The problem with many Christians is that they’ve never made that break with the world. They’re trying to get the best of both worlds, like Rachel heading for Canaan with her father’s idols. But that’s like having one foot on the dock and the other on a boat that’s leaving. You can only do that for a short while, and then you’re going to get wet." 

(Stephen J. Cole)

GENESIS 30: Devotion

Rachel's maid had sons for Jacob, then Leah's maid, then Leah herself had children. Finally Rachel had a son Joseph. Laban used Jacob's flocks as wages to stay.

This chapter is both disturbing and encouraging to me. That God is sovereign over the affairs of men and He is building a great nation despite the sins and short comings of His people. 

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."~God

(Isaiah 55:9)

GENESIS 29: Devotion

Jacob worked for Laban seven years to marry Rachel, but Laban switches Leah for Rachel on the wedding night. Laban made him work seven more for Rachel. 

"The Bible doesn’t give us a God at the top of a moral ladder saying, “Look at the people who have found God through their great performance and their moral record. Be like them!” Of course not! Instead, over and over again, the Bible gives us absolutely weak people who don’t seek the grace they need and who don’t deserve the grace they get. Yet, the grace keeps coming!"

(Tim Keller)

GENESIS 28: Devotion

Isaac sent Jacob to marry one of Laban's daughters. On the way Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven with angels ascending and descending.

"The stairway symbolized the genuine and uninterrupted fellowship between God in heaven and His people on earth. And the angelic messengers ascending and descending are a constant reminder of God's watchful care."

(J. Ligon Duncan)

GENESIS 27: Devotion

Rebekah and Jacob tricked Isaac into giving Jacob his blessing. Esau vowed revenge so Rebekah told Jacob to go to her brother Laban. 

"Rebekah acted on that God dishonoring proverb that is not even in the Bible ‘The Lord helps those who help themselves,’ the truth is, the Lord helps those who have come to the end of themselves. If Rebekah really had confidence in the Divine promise she would have followed the path of duty, assured that in due time God would Himself bring His word to pass."

(A.W. Pink)

GENESIS 26: Devotion

In Gerar Isaac lied to Abimelech about Rebekah in the same way Abraham lied about Sarah. He grew so rich that Abimelech sent him away. God reaffirms His covenant with Isaac. Isaac dug wells at Beersheba and Abimelech came back to him with a treaty saying "the LORD has blessed you."

“Gods presence in the lives of believers will be seen by unbelievers as we navigate the ups and downs of life. By your actions and by your words."

(Kent Hughes)

GENESIS 25: Devotion

Abraham died and was buried with Sarah. Isaac and Rebekah had twins: Esau and Jacob. Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a meal.

“History shows that men prefer illusions to realities, choose time rather than eternity, and the pleasures of sin for a season rather than the joys of God forever. Men will read trash rather than the Word of God, and adhere to a system of priorities that leaves God out of their lives. Men still sell their birthright for a mess of pottage.”

(Donald Barnhouse

GENESIS 24: Devotion

Abraham's servant went to Nahor to find a wife for Isaac. He told his servant that he could expect God’s angel to go before him and lead him to the right young woman. He met Rebekah by the well. She went back with him and married Isaac.

"So often we don’t experience God’s guidance because we get so caught up doing our own thing that we fail to stop and ask God to reveal His will to us. So if you want God’s guidance, stop and ask Him for it, expect Him to give it, and wait long enough to listen to what He might have to say."

(Steve J. Cole)

“For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Rom. 8:14)

GENESIS 23: Devotion

Sarah died in Kiriath-arba. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Abraham asked the Hittites for a burial site. He bought a cave from Ephron and buried Sarah there. 

"To weep for a loved one is to show that we have been close, that the loss is keenly felt, that death is an enemy, and that sin has brought this sad punishment upon the human race.”

(James M. Boice)

GENESIS 22: Devotion

God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. As Abraham obeyed, an angel stopped him. The LORD provided a ram instead and blessed Abraham.

"God blesses the one who obediently surrenders everything to Him. Thankfully, it doesn’t all happen the moment we trust Christ as Savior, or none of us would begin! When we trust Christ, we begin a lifelong process of surrendering to Him"

(Steven J. Cole)

GENESIS 21: Devotion

As promised, Sarah had a son: Isaac. Sarah had Hagar and Ishmael sent away but God preserved them. 

"God is in no hurry in the working out of His plans. Man may fret and fume, hurry and bustle, but Jehovah has all eternity at His disposal and works leisurely and with deliberation. Well for us to mark this attentively—"He that believeth shall not make haste."~Isaiah 28:16

(A.W. Pink)

GENESIS 20: Devotion

In Gerar Abraham said, "Sarah is my sister." King Abimelech took her but God threatens judgment upon him for taking her. Abraham is rebuked by the king and Abraham gives an excuse. Sarah is restored to Abraham.

"We learn three glorious lessons of God's grace. First, God, in His grace here, intervenes on Abraham's behalf. And that reminds us that God in His grace often intervenes on our behalf even when we are the cause of our own problem.

Second, we see here that God not only protects us by His grace, but God by His grace exposes our sin even while we are working hard to conceal it.

And finally, we see that God in His grace uses us for His glory in spite of ourselves."

(Ligon Duncan)

GENESIS 19: Devotion

Angels took Lot out of Sodom. The city was destroyed by fire and Lot's wife was turned to salt. His daughters had children from him.

"The life of Lot shows us that it is possible to have a saved soul and a wasted life. Lot would be saved, but his life would accomplish nothing, as in...

{1 Corinthians 3:15}

'If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.'

(David Guzik)

GENESIS 18: Devotion

Three visitors came and said that Sarah would have a son next year. Sarah laughed within herself at this promise. Sodom was very evil; Abraham pleaded with the LORD for the city.

"The problem was that Sarah’s laughter reflected her unbelief in the promise of God. By nature we all trust in ourselves most of the time, and in God only when we really have to. If we trust in ourselves, then we glory in ourselves. But God’s purpose is that we glory in Him alone. So through various means He graciously brings us to the place where we have no hope except in Him, so that we trust in Him and He gets the glory."

(Steven J. Cole) 

GENESIS 17: Devotion

God made a covenant with Abram, "My covenant is with you and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations." God renamed him Abraham and Sarai Sarah, then promised them a son. The men in his household were circumcised.

"From the very beginning, God had in view that Jesus Christ would be the descendant of Abraham and that everyone who trusts in Christ would become an heir of Abraham's promise. So it says in Galatians 3:29, "If you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise."

(John Piper)

GENESIS 16: Devotion

God has promised Abram offspring over and over again but his wife Sarai has not yet born a child. Sarai takes matters into her own hands and offers her slave girl to Abram. Hagar conceived, then ran away, but an angel sent her back. Hagar's son was Ishmael.

"God is sovereign and we have a hard time accepting that.

We must not only trust God's promise, but we must obtain God's promises in the way, by the method which He says we are to obtain those promises."

(Ligon Duncan)

GENESIS 15: Devotion

The Lord promised Abram an heir and many descendants. Abram believed. He was told they will be enslaved in a land that is not theirs but would return.

"Abram reasoned not about the natural impossibility that lay in the way of the realization of the promise, but believed that God would act just as He had said. God had spoken and that was enough."

(AW Pink)

GENESIS 14: Devotion

The kings went to war and took Lot captive. Abram rescued Lot. Melchizedek blessed Abram and Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

"In contrast with how Abram acted in Genesis 13 Abram makes us proud of him here in 14, but it also reminds us that it may be easier to act heroically in a physical, military struggle than it is to act bravely when our faith is challenged. Abram's faith in the Lord was challenged in Genesis 13, and he failed. When Abram was called on to bear arms, Abram was ready to go. And I think that may be a warning to us. There are some things externally where it's easier to be brave than it is to be brave in things of the Lord."

(Ligon Duncan)

GENESIS 13: Devotional

Abram went up from Egypt with Lot. The two argued and Abram said separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right. Lot chose to make Sodom his home where it was watered well. Abram settled in Canaan. 

“In the end, he who sought this world lost it, and he who was willing to give up anything for the honor of God found it.”

(Alexander Maclaren)

GENESIS 12: Devotional

God called Abram out from his country, "Go. I will make you a great nation. You will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 

God is the sovereign God who calls men to Himself with authority. He didn’t suggest, “Abram, if you’d like a happier life, you might try moving to Canaan.” He commanded, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.” It was a command that demanded a response. Abram would have been in disobedience to the sovereign God if he had not obeyed. In the New Testament, the word “call” or “calling” is most often used of God’s call to salvation. It is not a helpful hint for happier living. It is the authoritative command of God. When Jesus began to preach the gospel, Mark 1:15 sums up His message: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” It was the word of the King calling rebellious subjects to quit their rebellion and bow before His rightful sovereignty. It is a command with serious consequences. If we disobey, the day is coming when the King with force will squash all rebellion and punish those who have refused to yield to Him. The gospel call isn’t a nice option if you decide that maybe Jesus can help you be happy. It is the authoritative command of the King, calling you to stop going your own way and to come under His rightful sovereignty. Once you have heard that call, as you have today, you must obey or you are in rebellion against the sovereign God."

(Steven J. Cole)

GENESIS 10&11: Devotion

Family history of Shem, Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah. One named Nimrod founded Babel where the people began building a great tower for themselves, but God scatters them over the whole earth and confused their language. 

"God’s will for human beings is not that we find our joy in being praised, but that we find our joy in knowing and praising him. His will is not that we find our security in cities but in God whom we gladly obey. 

So God's response to the presumption and arrogance of man was to make it harder for man to communicate and thus to unite in God-belittling global plans. God has built into the world a system by which the pride of different groups of people restrains the pride of other groups of people. God knows the immense potential of human beings created in his own image. And he has given them amazing liberty to exalt themselves and design their own security systems without trusting him. But there are limits. Thousands of languages around the world and thousands of different peoples limit the global aspirations of arrogant mankind. 

The praise that Jesus receives from all the languages is more beautiful, because of its diversity, than it would have been if there were only one language and one people to sing. “And they sang a new song, saying, ‘Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth” (Revelation 5:9-10). “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:9-10).

(John Piper)

GENESIS 9: Devotion

God blessed Noah and set the rainbow as a sign that He would never flood the earth again. 

"As the rainbow is the joint product of storm and sunshine, so grace is the unmerited favor of God appearing on the dark background of the creature’s sin. As the rainbow is the effect of the sun shining on the drops of rain in a rain cloud, so Divine grace is manifested by God’s love shining through the blood shed by our blessed Redeemer."

(AW Pink)

GENESIS 8: Devotion

The flood abated. Noah sent out a raven and two doves. When the earth was dry God called them all out of the ark. Noah built an altar.

"Noah was now gone out into a desolate world, where, one might have thought, his first care would have been to build a house for himself, but he begins with an altar for God. He begins well, that begins with God."

(Matthew Henry)

GENESIS 7: Devotion

Noah and his family went into the ark with two of each creature. And God shut the door. It rained for 40 days, the earth was covered. All creatures with the breath of the spirit of life outside the ark were destroyed.

"Noah did not have to shut the door on anyone’s salvation; God did it. After the same pattern, it is never our job to disqualify people from salvation. We let God shut the door."

(David Guzik)

GENESIS 5&6:

Family history of the line of sons from Adam to Noah. Humankind corrupted the earth with evil. God decided to destroy them. But Noah found grace and God had him build an ark to be saved from the flood. 

"God’s saints are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13), and little as the world realizes or appreciates it, the fact remains that it is the presence of God’s people here which prevents the mystery of iniquity coming to a head and preserves mankind from an outpouring of God’s wrath."

(AW Pink)

GENESIS 4:

Eve's sons made offerings to God. Only Abel's was acceptable, so Cain killed him. Abel's blood cried out and God sent Cain away. Cain complains of the severity of God’s judgment.

 “One of the clearest marks of sin is our almost innate desire to excuse ourselves and complain if we are judged in any way.”

(James Boice)

GENESIS 3:

The serpent deceived the woman; "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." she and Adam ate from the tree. The earth became cursed, and God sent Adam and Eve out of the garden.

"Notice how Satan puts a wall between holiness and happiness. He in effect says your adherence to God's standards is going to keep you from true fulfillment, true happiness, true satisfaction. If you will reject God's standards you will find happiness and satisfaction. That is Satan's strategy always. He's always saying, if you follow those rules that God gave you, it's going to ruin your life. Whereas God tells us that there is an inseparable connection between holiness and happiness, between obedience and satisfaction, between doing the will of God and receiving a blessed eternal reward. Never forget that Satan will always work against you by trying to get you to buy the lie, that holiness will keep you from happiness. The truth could not be further from that. Only in holiness do we find perfect happiness."

(J. Ligon Duncan)

GENESIS 2:

God formed a man and gave him the garden in Eden, except for the tree of knowledge. Adam was alone so God made a woman as his partner.

"The tree was prohibited so that man might not trust in his own understanding, cast off the yoke of God, and make himself the judge of good and evil. Therefore, abstinence from the fruit of one tree was a kind of first lesson in obedience, that man might know he had a Director and Lord of his life, on whose will he ought to depend, and in whose commands he ought to acquiesce. And this, truly, is the only rule of living well and rationally, that men should exercise themselves in obeying God. So by eating of this fruit, man substituted his own finite self as the standard of right and wrong, replacing God’s perfect Being as the standard."(John Calvin)

GENESIS 1:

God created the heavens, the earth and everything that lives. He made humankind in his image, and gave them charge over the earth.

Each of us must come to terms with the God who made the universe and who made us in His image. Either you submit to Him or you must believe what Darwinist George Gaylord Simpson said: “Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind.” But believing that God doesn’t exist does not make Him cease to exist. He is the living God who, in the beginning, created the heavens and the earth. Perhaps you’re afraid to come to Him. There is sin in your life, and like Adam and Eve after they sinned, you’d rather hide from Him. Listen to the words of Jesus Christ, who claimed to be sent by God to die for our sins and that someday He will judge every person: “He who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life” (John 5:24). 

(Steven J. Cole)

"Grace and Glory"; Archibald Brown

 "For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give GRACE and GLORY; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless. O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in You!" 

(Psalm 84:11-12)

'Grace and Glory'— "I know not which of the two words after all is the sweetest; there is all the delicacy of the honeycomb in both 'grace' and 'glory'.— I know not how this verse can ever be forgotten, because every hour of every day I shall need the grace — and every hour of every day I ought to be longing for the glory — 'Grace and Glory'."

(Archibald Brown)~1906

What could man have been to Him? Archibald Brown 1868

"Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done this wondrous thing. Shout for joy, O depths of the earth! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and is glorified in Israel."

(Isaiah 44:23)

"What could man have been to Him? What shadow of obligation was there on God's part to put forth the slightest effort to save a single rebellious sinner? What could it have been to God whether man was saved or damned? He would have been glorified in either case, and still remained "The blessed (happy) God." 

But sweet thought! It was much to him; his sovereign unaccountable love said, "Deliver him from going down to the pit — I have found a ransom!" The Lord has done it, and done it alone. With whom did he take counsel in this matter? Who paid part-price with him? Redemption is no work of the many; it is God's own in plan and execution; he came forth to the work "in the greatness of his strength," "mighty to save."

(Archibald Brown)~1868

B.B. Warfield: Miserable Sinners

"When you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'

(Luke 17:10)

It belongs to the very essence of the type of Christianity that the believer should feel himself continuously unworthy of the grace by which he lives. At the center lies the contrast of sin and grace; and about this center everything else revolves. This is in large part the meaning of the emphasis put in this type of Christianity on justification by faith. It is its conviction that there is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We must always be accepted for Christ’s sake, or we cannot ever be accepted at all. This is not true of us only “when we believe.” It is just as true after we have believed. It will continue to be true as long as we live. Our need of Christ does not cease with our believing; nor does the nature of our relation to Him or to God through Him ever alter, no matter what our attainments in Christian graces or our achievements in Christian behavior may be. It is always on His “blood and righteousness” alone that we can rest. There is never anything that we are or have or do that can take His place, or that can take a place along with Him. We are always unworthy, and all that we have or do of good is always of pure grace. Though blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ, we are still in ourselves just “miserable sinners”: “miserable sinners” saved by grace to be sure, but “miserable sinners” still, deserving in ourselves nothing but everlasting wrath."

(B.B. Warfield)

Devotional: B.B. Warfield

The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,"

(Isaiah 14:24)

"In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in the unfolding of His divine plan. Nothing, however small, however strange, occurs without His ordering, or without its particular fitness for its place in the working out of His purpose; and the end of all shall be the manifestation of His glory, and the accumulation of His praise."

(B.B. Warfield)

Devotional: B.B. Warfield

"[Jesus] is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them."

(Hebrews 7:25)

"Had He not emerged from the tomb all our hopes, all our salvation would be lying dead with Him unto this day. But as we see Him issue from the grave we see ourselves issue with Him in newness of life. Now we know that His shoulders were strong enough to bear the burden that was laid upon them, and that He is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God through Him. The resurrection of Christ is thus the indispensable evidence of His completed work, His accomplished redemption."

(B.B. Warfield)

The Helper

"When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth, for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come."

(John 16:13)

"How can we who are so weak in ourselves, so inferior in power to the enemies confronting us, bear up under our trials which are so numerous, so protracted, so crushing? We could not, and therefore Divine grace has provided for us an all-sufficient Helper. Without His aid we had long since succumbed, mastered by our trials. Hope looks forward to the Glory to come; in the weary interval of waiting, the Spirit supports our poor hearts and keeps grace alive within us."

(A.W. Pink)

Devotion: A.W. Pink

"I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways."

(Psalm 119:15)

"The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker."

(A.W. Pink)

A.W. Pink

"Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments."

(Col. 2:2-4)

"There is only one safeguard against error, and that is to be established in the faith; and for that, there has to be prayerful and diligent study, and a receiving with meekness the engrafted Word of God. Only then are we fortified against the attacks of those who assail us."

(A.W. Pink)

Real Men Love Pink

"No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God."

(1 John 3:9)

"How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, “By imparting to them a nature which hates evil and loves holiness.” This takes place when they are born again, so that actual salvation begins with regeneration. Of course it does; where else could it commence? Fallen man can neither perceive his desperate need of salvation, nor come to Christ for it, till he has been renewed by the Holy Spirit."

(A.W. Pink)

Devotion: A.W. Pink

"Brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall."

(2 Peter 1:10)

"It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is entitled to regard himself and be regarded by others as one of the called and elect of God. It is just in proportion as we add to our faith the other Christian graces that we have solid ground on which to rest in the assurance we belong to the family of Christ. It is not those who are governed by self-will, but "as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Rom. 8:14)."

(A.W. Pink)

Spurgeon:The Heart

"The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

(1 Peter 3:12)

“Have your heart right with Christ, and He will visit you often, and so turn weekdays into Sundays, meals into sacraments, homes into temples, and earth into heaven.”

(C.H. Spurgeon)

Spurgeon: Prayer

"I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."~Jesus

(Luke 11:9)

"To pray is to enter the treasure-house of God and to gather riches out of an inexhaustible storehouse."

(C.H. Spurgeon)