Ye are Christ’s

"Ye are Christ's." 1 Corinthians 3:23 "Ye are Christ's." You are his by donation, for the Father gave you to the Son; his by his bloody purchase, for he counted down the price for your redemption; his by dedication, for you have consecrated yourself to him; his by relation, for you are named by his...

For me to live is Christ

"For me to live is Christ." Philippians 1:21 The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit convinced him of sin, and when by grace he was brought to see the dying Saviour making a propitiation for his guilt. From the moment of the new and...

And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness…

"And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness." Genesis 1:4 Light might well be good since it sprang from that fiat of goodness, "Let there be light." We who enjoy it should be more grateful for it than we are, and see more of God in...

Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ

"Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 3:18 "Grow in grace"—not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fulness, constancy, simplicity. Grow also in love. Ask that...

I will give thee for a covenant of the people

"I will give thee for a covenant of the people." Isaiah 49:8 Jesus Christ is himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as one of its gifts. He is the property of every believer. Believer, canst thou estimate what thou hast gotten in Christ? "In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead...

In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink…

"In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." John 7:37 Patience had her perfect work in the Lord Jesus, and until the last day of the feast he pleaded with the Jews, even as on this last...

Hitherto hath the Lord helped us

"Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." 1 Samuel 7:12 The word "hitherto" seems like a hand pointing in the direction of the past. Twenty years or seventy, and yet, "hitherto the Lord hath helped!" Through poverty, through wealth, through sickness, through health, at home, abroad, on the land, on the sea, in honour, in dishonour,...

The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith of the Son of God..

"The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God." Galatians 2:20 When the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood, he first of all said, "Live;" and this he did first, because life is one of the absolutely essential things in...