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Devotional: December 25th

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Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace. Hebrews 13:8-9. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him. Psalms 103:17; Psalms 117:2.

Unbelief always rests upon this sandy foundation, "It is not now as in former days; God no longer performs miracles nor does He reveal Himself as He did in former times. " But if this were true. He, the Unchangeable, would have ceased to be the God, Savior, Redeemer, and Father of men; He would have altered His nature and essence. Only possess the faith of the fathers, and their piety, and you shall also possess and perceive the ancient God. All His promises in the Scriptures pertain to all times, to all days, even unto ’’the end of the world’’ (Matthew 28:20). "His name shall be continued as long as the sun; and men shall be blessed in Him" (Psalms 72:17). "In Him shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:3). In all times, through all centuries, at all places, He is and remains the same, performs the same miracles and manifests the same grace, if only He is appropriated by faith. He who does not have the same God as the Fathers had, has not the same faith as they had; he has departed from the living God. He who does not have and perceive the same Christ as the apostles had and perceived, does not have the same faith as they had; he has deserted the Christian, apostolic faith. Either Christ has not been such as He is represented in the Gospel, or He is still the same, and shall remain the same throughout all eternity. Why did He not perform as many mighty deeds in His native city as in Judea? Because of their unbelief (Matthew 13:58). Why does He no longer seem the same to our century? Because of its unbelief. Believe as Paul, love as John, and you shall have the Christ of Paul and John.

Shine on our hearts, eternal God!

With rays of beauty shine;

O, let Thy favor crown our days.

And all their round be Thine.

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