"I am the LORD which exercise . . . judgment. . ."

Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:23,24

I am the LORD which exercise . . . judgment. . . in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.


Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.

Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not His saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 146:5-10 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose Hope is in the LORD his God: Which made Heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: the LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: the LORD preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked He turneth upside down. The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

Isaiah 42:1-4 Behold My Servant, Whom I uphold; Mine elect, in Whom My soul delighteth; I have put My Spirit upon Him: He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause His Voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall He not break, and the smoking flax shall He not quench: He shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till He have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for His law.


Isaiah 61:8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in Truth, and I will make an everlasting Covenant with them.


Ezekiel 36:26,27 A new heart also will I give you, and a new Spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them.




Jeremiah 23:5,6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His Name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.


Proverbs 2:6-9 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: He is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the Way of His saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.


Psalm 19:9-14 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is Thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, My Strength, and My Redeemer.


Hosea 2:19 And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.


Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?


Psalm 26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.


Genesis 18:25 That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from Thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?


Psalm 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.


Jude 1:14,15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.


1Peter 4:16,17 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?


Hebrews 9:27,28 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.



Revelation 19:1,2 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in Heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are His judgments: for He hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.


Revelation 11:17-18 Saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Thy Name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.


Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.


Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?



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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.

Evening Devotional

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

04.12 Evening:

All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

There is none righteous, no, not one . . . there is none that doeth good, no, not one.--There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.--How can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.--Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

The Lord . . . hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.--Whom He justified, them He also glorified.--We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same Image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.--If ye continue in the Faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the Hope of the gospel.

Walk worthy of God, Who hath called you unto His Kingdom and glory.

Ro 3:23,10,12 Ec 7:20 Job 25:4 Heb 4:1 Ps 51:3,5 2Sa 12:13 Ro 8:30 2Co 3:18 Col 1:23 1Th 2:12


Here it is again with the full verses and references

04.12 Evening:

(Romans 3:23)For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

(Romans 3:10)As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:--(Romans 3:12)They are all gone out of the Way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.--(Ecclesiastes 7:20)For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.--(Job 25:4)How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

(Hebrews 4:1)Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

(Psalm 51:3)For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.--(Psalm 51:5)Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

(II Samuel 12:13)And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.--(Romans 8:30)Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.--(II Corinthians 3:18)But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same Image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.--(Colossians 1:23)If ye continue in the Faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the Hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under Heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

(I Thessalonians 2:12)That ye would walk worthy of God, Who hath called you unto His Kingdom and glory.

Ro 3:23,10,12 Ec 7:20 Job 25:4 Heb 4:1 Ps 51:3,5 2Sa 12:13 Ro 8:30 2Co 3:18 Col 1:23 1Th 2:12



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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.

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 18:30 As for God, His Way is perfect: the Word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in Him.


The Word for the day--
Romans 12:1,2 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.


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

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,"

Proverbs 18:23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

II Corinthians 5:20,21 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him.

I Corinthians 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

I Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same Mind and in the same judgment.

Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, Who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.


"that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."

John 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also.

Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

I Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word ["reasonable" Rom 12:1] , that ye may grow thereby:

Hebrews 13:15,16 By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His Name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.


"And be not conformed to this world:"

Galatians 1:3-5 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: to Whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

I John 2:16,17 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

I Peter 1:13-16 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and Hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to ["conformed" Rom 12:2] the former lusts in your ignorance: but as He Which hath called you is Holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.


"but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,"

Mark 9:2,3 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an High Mountain apart by themselves: and He was transfigured ["transformed" Rom 12:2] before them. And His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

II Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed ["transformed" Rom 12:2] into the same Image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Titus 3:4-7 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the Hope of Eternal Life.

I Peter 4:1,2 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same Mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.


"that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

I Peter 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

I Peter 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

I Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification ["holiness" Rom 6:19], that ye should abstain from fornication:

I Thessalonians 5:15-24 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is H that calleth you, Who also will do it.


Again, the Word for the day--Romans 12:1,2 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.



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


04.12 Morning:

What the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His Own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

The Law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very Image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered?.--By Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily He took not on Him the nature of angels; but He took on Him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren.

Ro 8:3 Heb 10:1,2 Ac 13:39 Heb 2:14-17


Here it is again with the full verses and references

04.12 Morning:

(Romans 8:3)For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His Own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

(Hebrews 10:1,2)For the Law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very Image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.--(Acts 13:39)And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses.

(Hebrews 2:14-17)Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily He took not on Him the nature of angels; but He took on Him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

Ro 8:3 Heb 10:1,2 Ac 13:39 Heb 2:14-17


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.