The Morning Meditation

THINGS THAT THE DEATH OF JESUS ACCOMPLISHED Colossians 2:14 17 "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;  And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or o...

THE BELIEVER’S THREEFOLD RELATIONSHIP John 15:1 5 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abi...

JOSEPH AND THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH Matt. 1:18-25 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a ...

HOW TO PRAY WHEN YOU ARE DEPRESSED Psalm 143:4-12  “Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.  I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like...

THE EXEGESIS OF GOD - Part 2 Heb. 1:3 “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. ” Todays meditation will be part 2 of verse 3. We saw yesterday that Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. All that can be seen of G...

THE EXEGESIS OF GOD Heb. 1:3 “Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power . . .” The word “exegesis” is a Greek word transliterated into the English language. It is found in John 1:18: “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” The words “hath...

THE FULNESS OF SUPPLY Luke 5:3 8 "And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.  Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.  And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night,...

THE RISEN LIFE IN CHRIST Colossians 3:1 4  "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.  Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.  For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." FIRST LET'S LOOK AT THE SE...

THE BELIEVER’S EQUIPMENT John 16:1 4"These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.  They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.  And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.  But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may re...

MAGNIFY THE LORD Psalm 34:3 “O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.” The word “magnify” is the Hebrew word “gadal” and means “to become great or important, to promote, to praise.” It is used in the Piel stem in the Hebrew...

#199 KNOWING GODS NAME Psalm  9:10 “And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” Spurgeon prefers to think that this psalm found its inspiration from David’s victory over Goliath of Gath. He says, “Believing that out of a thousand guesses this is at least as consistent with the sense of the Psalm as any other, we prefer it; and m...

SUFFERING FOR HIS NAME Acts 5:41 “And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.” Jesus had told his disciples in John 15:20, “Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your’s also.”...

SOME BIBLE NAMES OF BELIEVERS – Part 3 Acts  11:26 "And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." We looked in our last two meditations at the verse that deals with the origin of the name Christian in Scripture. I will use t...

SOME BIBLE NAMES OF BELIEVERS - Part 2 Acts 11:26 "And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." We looked in our last meditation at the verse that deals with the origin of the name Christian in Scripture. I will use the sam...

SOME BIBLE NAMES OF BELIEVERS – PART 1 ACTS  +11:26 "Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:  And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." WE ARE CALLED CHRISTIANS The name Christian was given to the believers i...

GOD PROVIDING FOR HIS SERVANT 2 Kings 4:8-10 "And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray the...

BORNE OF FOUR Mark 2:1-5 "And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.  And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the do...

THE KIND OF MEMORY THAT HELPS Psa. 78:42 “They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.” Psalm 78 is a psalm when sung that will remind the people of God of the history of God’s redemption of them from Egypt and His deliverance of them from their enemies. It set before them how He supplied their every need and how they turned back and limited Him by their unbelie...

THE PENALTY OF NOT GOING TO THE BATTLE Judges 5:23 "Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty." “Meroz is a plain in the north of Palestine, the inhabitants of which were severely condemned because they came not to help Barak against Sisera Judges 5:23 comp. It has...

THE BELIEVER'S WHETSTONE Psalms 119:25 “My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word." The psalmist has lost his intimate walk with the Lord and finds himself groveling in the dust of despair.  Has this ever happened to you?  Uncle Buddy Robinson was saved in what we would call a camp meeting.  He experienced the waves of God's love for weeks. His testimony is that he went...

FOUND IN HIM Philippians 3:9 “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:” The words “And be found in him,” translate “heurisko” and means, “to find by enquiry, thought, examination, scrutiny, observation, to find out by practice and experience.” It is an aorist tense, passiv...

Yesterday on The Morning Meditation we saw Five Things about the question What About the Faith in the Last Days. Today on The Morning Mediation: HE IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY -- THE CHURCH Ephesians 1:22 "And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church," What does it mean that Jesus is the head of the body. I understand what He is the head of, “The Ch...

Yesterday on The Morning Meditation we looked at Waiting Christians.  The things that we are waiting for are too wonderful to fully describe. Today on The Morning Mediation: WHAT ABOUT THE FAITH IN THE LAST DAYS? Genesis 49:1 “And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.” Jacob was a prophet. He gathered his...

Yesterday on The Morning Meditation we looked at the important topic of Accuracy in the Use of Scripture.  We need to make sure we are using the Word of God how He intended us to use it! Today on The Morning Meditation: THE WAITING CHRISTIAN 1 Thessalonians 1:10 "And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come." The Thessalon...

Yesterday on The Morning Meditation we looked at God’s Forgiveness.  It is amazing that a Thrice Holy God could forgive a sinner like me. Today on The Morning Meditation: ACCURACY IN THE USE OF SCRIPTURE 2 Peter 3:16 "As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the o...