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Spiritual Treasury For The Children of God
Devotional: November 26th

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Morning Devotional

Behold! he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him.- Revelation 1:7.

With what ardor of heart may every believer cry out, blessed be God, every hour brings nearer the solemn advent, the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus! "O Christians, now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed." Come, thou once despised Nazarene, thou once crucified Saviour: he shall come; he will come quickly, and be seen in human form. Shall we not see those wounds and scars in his body, the tokens of his inestimable love to and perfect victory of his cross for us poor sinners? How joyful in the exercise of faith, the fervor of love, the expectation of hope, is this contemplation! This quells the fears of nature, mortifies its lusts, subdues its corruptions. To this end are we born again of the Spirit, that we should enjoy the visions of faith, see Jesus, live by faith upon him, have fellowship with him in the sufferings of his cross, and long for his appearing in glory. Then shall we share with him in the glories of his kingdom. "He shall come to be glorified IN his saints, and admired IN all them that believe."

Whence then our dejection of mind, our fear of death, our unwillingness "to be absent from the body, that we may be present with the Lord?" Truly, all this ariseth from the mystery of iniquity which worketh in us. But here is our wisdom, to oppose the mystery of faith to that. Never venture to think of your own dying, without considering the death of Jesus; look not at your own sins, without looking at the blood of Jesus; think not a moment of his appearing as a judge, without remembering him as our precious Saviour; dwell not on the glory and majesty of his eternal power and Godhead, without reflecting on his humble form, his manhood state; conceive not of him as a king and lawgiver, without considering him as a priest to atone for our sins, an advocate to plead our cause, and our forerunner entered into the heavens FOR us; for so shall we daily prove, that we are more than conquerors over every foe that opposeth the holiness and comfort of our souls, through Jesus who loved us. "Behold, he cometh!" O joyful day! most desirable sight! then our sorrows, our fears shall for ever cease. Then our eyes shall see our dearest friends; our foes, that we this day find and feel, we shall see no more for ever. "To them that look for him, shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." "O, lift up your heads with joy, for your redemption draweth nigh."

Christ is the man, th’ exalted man,

Whom we unseen adore:

But when our eyes behold his face,

Our hearts shall love him more.

Those soft, those blessed feet of his,

That once rude iron tore,

High on a throne of light they stand,

And all the saints adore.

Evening Devotional

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down. Hebrews 11:30

Doubtless, this story has been food for the profane wit of scoffing infidels. To see Joshua and his army, with seven priests blowing rams’ horns, marching round Jericho, once every day and on the seventh day, seven times-what could the men of Jericho think? Doubtless, that it was the foolish parade of a set of weak-headed men. Had they told them, Behold, on the seventh day’s blowing of the rams’ horns, the strong walls of your city shall fall down at our shouting, without any human power; they would have laughed them to scorn, as a set of dreaming enthusiasts. The obedience of faith is the scorn and ridicule of carnal men. What of that? Our Lord was pleased with it. They had his word for their warrant. They believed his word. They did as he commanded. The event was as he promised: the Lord soon made it manifest, who were the fools and madmen, But, (1st.) why is it said, “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down?” Was not this effected by the power of God? Yes: but it was according to the faith of the Israelites: and agreeable to the word of God, which was the ground of their faith. Divine faith and divine truth are inseparable. So it is said, “By faith we are justified, and have peace with God.” (Romans 5:1.) “Yet it is God who justifieth.” (Romans 8:33.) Faith hath no more hand in procuring justification, than the Israelites had in throwing down the walls of Jericho. The righteousness of Christ solely obtains this for us. But as they did, so we do by faith-shout, Christ and salvation. All opposition from sin and Satan fall before us. We see the kingdom of heaven open to us. (2d.) Here was the obedience of faith. Though, to carnal sense and reason, the means commanded were even ridiculous, yet they obeyed. Study the Lord’s word: obey his will: attend his ordinances: look to the Lord for the promised blessing. (3d.) Here is the patience of faith. They encompassed the city seven days, and repeated their work. O Christian, be not weary. Hold on and hold out, till the seventh day, the sabbath of thy eternal rest comes. Says Bishop Hall, “A good heart groans under his infirmities, fain would be rid of them: strives and prays: but when he hath done all, until the end of the seventh day, it cannot be.” But, (4th.) at God’s time, the walls fell: not one moment sooner. His word cannot fail. So, believer, at God’s appointed time, (you are immortal till then) shall your body, the prison walls of your soul, fall. O then, faith may shout, “for there remaineth a rest for the people of God.” Hebrews 4:9.

Faith looks at God’s omnipotence,

Consults not reason vain:

Soars far above our sight and sense,

And brings us precious gain.

Increase our faith, thou dearest Lord,

That we may shout thy praise,

Get daily comfort from thy word

Of pardon, love, and grace.

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