Though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 2 Corinthians. 5:16. What is it to know Christ after the flesh? It is to content ourselves with carnal views of his person, character, and kingdom. This was the case with all those...
"Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. My flesh and my heart...
"God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. For he hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." 2 Corinthians 5:19, 21 It highly concerns believers who...
"I find a law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me." Romans 7:21. "O my soul, thou art always striving, yet sin is always stirring; thou fearest the truth of grace, because thou findest the working of sin. But it will be always thus; thou canst not...
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in...
The fashion of this world passeth away. 1 Cor. 7:31. As long as we feed on the husks of the world, and are in love with it, we are neither willing nor able to taste the comforts of the love of God; but when sin and the world are become an abomination to us, and we...
The original intent of this blog was to introduce A Golden Treasury for The Children Of God to those who had not known of this daily devotional printed in 1746; and to offer it to the public through the Kindle program. (See About.) We have been publishing Bogatzky's...
31. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Matt. 13:45, 46. Blessed are they to whom the gospel has made known the unsearchable riches...
28. For even hereunto were ye called; because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. 1 Pet. 2:21. To believe in Christ for justification is but one half of the duty of faith. This respects Christ only as he died and...