Evening Devotional

Hear this evening's devotional [Prepared by Jonathan Bagster (1813-1872)]

02.26 Evening:


There was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

This is the token of the Covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set My bow in the cloud--will look upon it, that I may remember the Everlasting Covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.--An Everlasting Covenant, ordered in all things, and sure.--That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for Refuge to lay hold upon the Hope set before us.

We declare unto you glad tidings, how that the Promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that He hath raised up Jesus again

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Re 4:3 Ge 9:12,13,16 2Sa 23:5 Heb 6:18 Ac 13:32,33 Heb 13:8


Here it is again with the full verses and references

02.26 Evening:

(Revelation 4:3)And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

(Genesis 9:12,13)And God said, This is the token of the Covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a Covenant between Me and the earth. . . . (Genesis 9:16)And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the Everlasting Covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.--(II Samuel 23:5)Although my house be not so with God; yet He hath made with me an Everlasting Covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my Salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.--(Hebrews 6:18)That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the Hope set before us:

(Acts 13:32,33)And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the Promise which was made unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that He hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee.

(Hebrews 13:8)Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Re 4:3 Ge 9:12,13,16 2Sa 23:5 Heb 6:18 Ac 13:32,33 Heb 13:8


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Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
I Peter 5:11 To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Trust--Refuge--Hope

Every Word of God is pure: He is a Shield unto them that put their trust {H2620} in Him.
Proverbs 30:5

2620
חסה
[châsâh] \khaw-saw'\
A primitive root; to flee for protection (compare 982);
figuratively to confide in: - have {hope} make {refuge} (put) trust.


Refuge--

Psalm 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth {H2620} in Thee: yea, in the shadow of Thy Wings will I make my refuge {H2620}, until these calamities be overpast.



Hope--

Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the Righteous hath hope {H2620} in His death.



Trust--

Psalm 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the Way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust {H2620} in Him.

Ruth 2:12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under Whose Wings thou art come to trust{H2620}.

Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth {H2620} in Him.

Psalm 17:7 Shew Thy marvellous lovingkindness, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand them which put their trust {H2620} in Thee from those that rise up against them.

Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with His feathers [ "wings" Isa 40:31], and under His Wings shalt thou trust{H2620}: His Truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Proverbs 30:5 Every Word of God is pure: He is a Shield unto them that put their trust {H2620} in Him.

I rejoice at Thy Word, as one that findeth great spoil.
Psalm 119:162

Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge {H4268 from H2620} for us. Selah.



--
Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
I Peter 5:11 To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

The LORD is gracious

The LORD is gracious,
and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
(Psalm 145:8)

The Word for the YEAR--
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.


The Word for the month--
Psalm 18:1,2 I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my Rock, and my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my strength, in Whom I will trust; my Buckler, and the Horn of my salvation, and my high Tower.


The Word for the day--
Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed Hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.


Compare Spiritual with Spiritual (1 Corinthians 2:12-14; John 5:39)--

"For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us"

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me Whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for His only Son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his Firstborn.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, Whom the Father will send in My Name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.

Ephesians 4:20,21 But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard Him, and have been taught by Him, as the Truth is in Jesus:



"that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;"

Ephesians 4:20-24 But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard Him, and have been taught by him, as the Truth is in Jesus: that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the Spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the New Man, which after God is created in Righteousness and True Holiness.

Matthew 5:16 Let your Light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.

Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through Faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the Gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.



"looking for that blessed Hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;"

I Thessalonians 4:16-18 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the Voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Philippians 3:7-11 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for Whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the Law, but that which is through the Faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.


II Timothy 4:7,8 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the Faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of Righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing.




"Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."


Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the Life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.

Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through Faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the Gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Romans 12:1,2,21 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. . . . Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.


Again, the Word for the day--Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed Hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.




Hear this morning's devotional [Prepared by Jonathan Bagster (1813-1872)]

02.26 Morning:

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.--Behold, Thou desirest Truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part Thou shalt make me to know Wisdom.--I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep Thy commandments.--Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that Bread, and drink of that cup.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.--We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous:--Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and Living Way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the Veil, that is to say, His flesh; and having an High Priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of Faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

La 3:40 Ps 26:2 Ps 51:6 Ps 119:59,60 1Co 11:28 1Jo 1:9 2:1 Heb 10:19-22


Here it is again with the full verses and references

02.26 Morning:

(Lamentations 3:40)Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

(Psalm 26:2)Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.--(Psalm 51:6)Behold, Thou desirest Truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part Thou shalt make me to know Wisdom.--(Psalm 119:59,60)I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep Thy commandments.--(I Corinthians 11:28)But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that Bread, and drink of that cup.

(I John 1:9)If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.--(I John 2:1)My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous:--(Hebrews 10:19-22)Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and Living Way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the Veil, that is to say, His flesh; and having an High Priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of Faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

La 3:40 Ps 26:2 Ps 51:6 Ps 119:59,60 1Co 11:28 1Jo 1:9 2:1 Heb 10:19-22


Philippians 4:8b " . . . think on these things"




Psalm 72:17-19 His Name shall endure for ever: His Name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be His Glorious Name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with His glory; Amen, and Amen.


II Timothy 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

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Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
I Peter 5:11 To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.