Evening devotional

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

11.29 Evening:

Do ye now believe?

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?―Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy Seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead.―Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?―Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

Whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

By their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in Heaven.―If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

Joh 16:31 Jas 2:14,17 Heb 11:17-19 Jas 2:21,24 1:25 Mt 7:20,21 Joh 13:17

Here it is again with the full verses and references

11.29 Evening:

(John 16:31)Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

(James 2:14)What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?--(James 2:17)Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

(Hebrews 11:17-19)By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy Seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.--(James 2:21)Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?--(James 2:24)Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

(James 1:25)But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

(Matthew 7:20,21)Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in Heaven.--(John 13:17)If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

Joh 16:31 Jas 2:14,17 Heb 11:17-19 Jas 2:21,24 1:25 Mt 7:20,21 Joh 13:17



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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

For all flesh is as grass,
and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.
The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever.
And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of the Word,
that ye may grow thereby:
if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
(I Peter 1:24-2:3)

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 27:13,14 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the Goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.


The Word for the day--
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;)

Here is the entire sentence--

Hebrews 10:23-25 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;) and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the Day approaching.


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

"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering"

I Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

II Timothy 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound Words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 3:6 But Christ as a Son over His Own House; Whose House are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the Hope firm unto the end.

Hebrews 4:14 Seeing then that we have a Great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.


"for He is faithful that promised"

I Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

I Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is He that calleth you, Who also will do it.

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it? or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?

Habakkuk 2:3,4 For the Vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by His faith.

II Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, Who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

II Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful: He cannot deny Himself.

Hebrews 2:17 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.

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 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.

Revelation 19:11 And I saw Heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in Righteousness He doth judge and make war.

Hebrews 12:26 Whose Voice then shook the earth: but now He hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of Life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.

I John 2:25 And this is the promise that He hath promised us, even Eternal Life.

II Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth Righteousness.

Again, the Word for the day--Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;)



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

11.29 Morning:

We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Thy House.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in His temple.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after Righteousness: for they shall be filled.―He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich He hath sent empty away.

He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.―I am the Bread of Life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.

How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the Shadow of Thy Wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy House; and Thou shalt make them drink of the River of Thy pleasures. For with Thee is the Fountain of Life: in Thy Light shall we see Light.

Ps 65:4 27:4 Mt 5:6 Lu 1:53 Ps 107:9 Joh 6:35 Ps 36:7-9

Here it is again with the full verses and references

11.29 Morning:

(Psalm 65:4)Blessed is the Man Whom Thou choosest, and causest to approach unto Thee, that He may dwell in Thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, even of Thy Holy Temple.

(Psalm 27:4)One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in His temple.

(Matthew 5:6)Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after Righteousness: for they shall be filled.--(Luke 1:53)He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich He hath sent empty away.

(Psalm 107:9)For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.--(John 6:35)And Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.

(Psalm 36:7-9)How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the Shadow of Thy Wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy House; and Thou shalt make them drink of the River of Thy pleasures. For with Thee is the Fountain of Life: in Thy Light shall we see Light.

Ps 65:4 27:4 Mt 5:6 Lu 1:53 Ps 107:9 Joh 6:35 Ps 36:7-9


I Timothy 4:15,16 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.



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.