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Spiritual Treasury For The Children of God
Devotional: May 6th

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Morning Devotional

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge, to lay hold upon the hope set before us.- Hebrews 6:18.

It is the glory of the gospel that it reveals glad tidings to hopeless, helpless sinners. It finds nothing in us to entitle us to the favor of God: but it brings all hope and consolation to the soul, founded upon the most absolute promises, and the strongest assurance of an immutable God. As verily as it is impossible for the God of truth to lie or forswear himself, so is it impossible for any of the heirs of promise to perish. Such is the blessed hope before us. Happy souls, who have fled to Jesus for refuge, and have laid hold of this hope! Henceforward nothing but consolation, strong consolation, ariseth to such poor sinners from the word of truth.

This hope can never fail them; whatever within or without fluctuates or changes, this never can. This hope is ever to be held fast, even though appearances wear a gloomy aspect, sense of comfort declines, feelings of joy seem dead, and all hope from ourselves forsakes us. But, Father, thy mercies never die; thy counsel shall stand; thy oath cannot fail. Hope in these is an anchor to the soul. Whatever storms or tempests are without, or when the swelling waves of corruption lift up their voice within, yet the God of hope is mightier than all, and the Christian hope riseth above all; therefore is it sure and steady. It is cast out of sight within the veil. By this blessed hope of the gospel, poor, sincondemned, soul-distressed sinners, are kept steady to Jesus, and find a comfortable and secure refuge. And that precious Spirit, who shews them their danger, and guides them to safety, causeth the joy of hope to spring up in their souls. They enjoy hope in themselves concerning their own state towards God through our Lord Jesus Christ, even a good hope through grace: and they are made to abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost. O this is a comforting, operative grace! it leads the soul to expect all that God has promised, even all the blessings of the everlasting covenant of grace, which flow to us from the life and death of Jesus; all are secured by the immutable counsel and solemn oath of an unchangeable God, both for time and eternity. And as a fruit and evidence that it is a holy, godly hope, it influences the soul in obedience to all the Lord’s commands. "Every man that has this hope in him, purifies himself even as God is pure."- 1 John 3:3.

Thus Jesus is the only and alone object through whom God reveals the hope of salvation. His work is finished. It is our happiness to believe this, and to rejoice in the hope it affords us. Christ is therefore ever to be looked to, and daily trusted in. And the more thou art exercised in this way, so much the more inward hope and joyful consolation will be experienced in the soul. "My hope is in thee."- Psalms 39:7.

Evening Devotional

And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:15.

Soldiers of Christ, you are not only commanded to stand against every enemy, but to march on: to follow the Captain of your salvation, in the way to eternal glory. Here you must expect the enemy will strive to retard your march. He will strew the road with difficulties and entanglements-with briers and thorns-make it rugged, and almost impassable, as though every step was upon sharp stones and goading spikes. Your feet must be shod, or you will halt when you should march: turn back when you should go forward. “No one can make a shoe to the creature’s foot, so as he shall go on easy, in a hard way, but Christ. He can do it to the soldier’s full content. How doth he it? Truly, no other way than underlaying it: or, if you will, lining it with the peace of the gospel. What though the way be set with sharp stones? If this shoe go between the Christian’s foot and them, they cannot be much felt.” Gurnal’s Christian Armour.-Shod with the preparation. Dr. Gill observes, this word signifies a base or foundation. Says St. Paul, “other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 3:11.) Christ was laid as the only foundation of a sinner’s peace, in the everlasting council and covenant by Jehovah in Trinity. Peace is preached by him in the gospel of peace. When the heart has a solid, scriptural, experimental knowledge of this by faith, it cries out with joy, “He is our peace.” (Ephesians 2:14.) “We have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1.)

This peace in the heart, becomes, as it were, shoes to the feet, to enable the Christian soldier to trample upon every difficulty and danger, and to run the way of God’s commands with love and delight. For saith the Lord, “Thy shoes shall be iron and brass”: Proof against every obstacle, and preservation from every hindrance in the way. “And as thy days so shall thy strength be.” (Deuteronomy 33:25.) Thy days are all in Christ. Thy strength to walk on is from him. Thy Captain, O soldier, sees thy every conflict, eyes thee in every difficulty and danger, and according to his rich love and marvellous grace, has given thee exceeding great and precious promises, that by these you might be partaker of the divine nature. (2 Peter 1:4.) Therefore,

March on, nor fear to win the day,

Tho’ death and hell obstruct the way.

As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him, rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7.

The gospel brings the joyful news,

Of peace with God thro’ Christ:

This as it were supplies with shoes

To stand, and foes resist.

When peace of God prevails within,

We march on steadily,

Defying Satan, world, and sin,

Complete in victory.

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