2015/11 For this Purpose The first gospel message ever revealed promised the manifestation (appearance) of a Saviour (Genesis 3:15). There would be One “manifested to take away our sins” (1 John 3:5) and to Him all the prophets gave witness (Acts10:43). Moses prophesies of Him as the great Prophet that God would raise up like

2013/09 The Preciousness of Christ ‘Unto you therefore which believe He is precious.’  1 Peter 2:7 Christ is only precious to a believing heart. Nothing but saving faith can render Him so. The natural heart has no delight in Him and can have no communion with Him.  Faith is the sole spiritual faculty that discerns

2016/03 The Exhalted Saviour “Thou hast ascended on high” Psalm 68:18 We rejoice in a risen and exalted Saviour. It was ordained that He should suffer and then “enter into his glory” (Luke 24:26). His ascension to the throne of glory is cause for great joy and gladness among all the redeemed in heaven and

2013/11 The Dayspring ‘The dayspring from on high hath visited us.’  Luke 1:78 There is only one sun in creation and only one Sun in grace. Christ, “the light of the world” (John 8:12) is “the Sun of righteousness” (Malachi 4:2). Peter calls Him “the day star” (2 Peter 1:19) and John spoke of  “the

2016/07 Precious Promises All the promises of God are made to us in Christ and He Himself is the very first promise (Genesis 3:15).  When He is promised, all is promised, for He ‘is all and in all’ (Colossians 3:11). Whatever blessing we enjoy it is in Christ first, and belongs to us when we

2014/01 Immanuel ‘They shall call his name Immanuel...God with us.’  Matthew 1:23 A New Year dawns and every traveller on the way to Zion steps out on a new stage of the journey. Already, our Lord has the line of the path marked out and provision made for its every necessity. He has an appropriate

2016/09 Humility “Be clothed with humility” (1 Peter 5:5) The essence of true humility is contentment with being as nothing that Christ may be all in all.  The humble heart is content that Christ is its only wisdom and righteousness. It renounces all self-acclaim and receives the Lord Jesus Christ as its only light, life,

2014/03 I am the Ressurrection "I am the resurrection and the life…” John 11:25 Iam the Resurrection and the Life.What blessed words are these, spoken by One who, as the last Adam, came to raise the dead.  God said: “In the day thou eatest thereof; thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2: 17).  It was “by

2014/05 Leaning on Christ The soul in Christ is on the way heavenward. Desiring “a better country, that is, an heavenly” (Hebrews 11:16) and looking “for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God” (Hebrews 11:10), there is a disdain for the wilderness of this world. So just like the spouse in

2014/07 Wind of the Spirit The influences and work of the Holy Spirit are often set forth under the metaphor of wind. As wind has a cleansing, refreshing and controlling nature, so the Spirit in His operation purifies the heart, making the soul to grow as the lily and cast forth its roots like Lebanon