October 21

No Other Gods

Exodus 20:1-3 -- "Then God spoke all these words, saying, 'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me.'"


Who does God think He is, and why should we listen to Him? Does He have the right to tell us how we should live? Indeed He does! He reigns over the Universe, and according to the first of the Ten Commandments, He allows...

"Keep not back." — Isaiah 43:6



Although this message was sent to the south, and referred to the seed of Israel, it may profitably be a summons to ourselves.

Backward we are naturally to all good things, and it is a lesson of grace to learn to go forward in the ways of God. Reader, are you unconverted, but do you desire to trust in the Lord Jesus? Then keep not back. Love invites you, the promises secure you success, the precious blood prepares...

John 14:12-15

Jesus Christ issued a bold statement when He said, "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it" (John 14:14). Since it is against the nature of our Triune God to break a promise (Titus 1:2), we know that the Lord will fulfill that pledge.

So when we make a big request and nothing happens, the problem isn't with God. Believers are called to live a righteous life. The Lord won't overlook spiritual laziness to give us what we want. He has two...

"With Thee is the fountain of life." — Psalm 36:9


There are times in our spiritual experience when human counsel or sympathy, or religious ordinances, fail to comfort or help us. Why does our gracious God permit this?

Perhaps it is because we have been living too much without Him, and He therefore takes away everything upon which we have been in the habit of depending, that He may drive us to Himself. It is a blessed thing to live at the fountain head....

The Righteousness of God

2 Corinthians 5:21 -- "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."


What happened on the cross? While it would be impossible to appropriately describe the full ramifications of Christ's death, at least one thing is certain. Because of the cross, we are not only forgiven, but we also become "the righteousness of God."



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