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Daily Light's Evening Reading
Dost thou believe on the Son of God?—JOHN 9:35.
Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
The brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person.—The blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.—I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Lord, I believe.—I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious.
John 9:36.Heb. 1:3. -I Tim. 6:15,16. -Rev. 1:8.John 9:38. -II Tim. 1:12.I Pet. 2:6,7.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“Remove far from me vanity and lies.”
Proverbs 30:8
“O my God, be not far from me.”
—Psalm 38:21
Here we have two great lessons—what to deprecate and what to supplicate. The happiest state of a Christian is the holiest state. As there is the most heat nearest to the sun, so there is the most happiness nearest to Christ. No Christian enjoys comfort when his eyes are fixed on vanity—he finds no satisfaction unless his soul is quickened in the ways of God. The world may win happiness elsewhere, but he cannot. I do not blame ungodly men for rushing to their pleasures. Why should I? Let them have their fill. That is all they have to enjoy. A converted wife who despaired of her husband was always very kind to him, for she said, “I fear that this is the only world in which he will be happy, and therefore I have made up my mind to make him as happy as I can in it.” Christians must seek their delights in a higher sphere than the insipid frivolities or sinful enjoyments of the world. Vain pursuits are dangerous to renewed souls. We have heard of a philosopher who, while he looked up to the stars, fell into a pit; but how deeply do they fall who look down. Their fall is fatal. No Christian is safe when his soul is slothful, and his God is far from him. Every Christian is always safe as to the great matter of his standing in Christ, but he is not safe as regards his experience in holiness, and communion with Jesus in this life. Satan does not often attack a Christian who is living near to God. It is when the Christian departs from his God, becomes spiritually starved, and endeavours to feed on vanities, that the devil discovers his vantage hour. He may sometimes stand foot to foot with the child of God who is active in his Master’s service, but the battle is generally short: he who slips as he goes down into the Valley of Humiliation, every time he takes a false step invites Apollyon to assail him. O for grace to walk humbly with our God!
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Numbers 12
12. Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
Aaron and Miriam Jealous of Moses
12
While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had indeed married a Cushite woman);2and they said, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it.3Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth.4Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them came out.5Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.6And he said, “Hear my words:
When there are prophets among you,
I the Lord make myself known to them in visions;
I speak to them in dreams.
7
Not so with my servant Moses;
he is entrusted with all my house.
8
With him I speak face to face— clearly, not in riddles;
and he beholds the form of the Lord.
Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”9And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed.
10 When the cloud went away from over the tent, Miriam had become leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned towards Miriam and saw that she was leprous.11Then Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, do not punish us for a sin that we have so foolishly committed.12Do not let her be like one stillborn, whose flesh is half consumed when it comes out of its mother’s womb.”13And Moses cried to the Lord, “O God, please heal her.”14But the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be shut out of the camp for seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.”15So Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days; and the people did not set out on the march until Miriam had been brought in again.16After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Corinthians 12:7-11
12. Spiritual Gifts
7To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.8To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.11All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.Psalm a Day - Psalm 119:97-112
119. Psalm 119
97
Oh, how I love your law!
It is my meditation all day long.
98
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is always with me.
99
I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your decrees are my meditation.
100
I understand more than the aged,
for I keep your precepts.
101
I hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.
102
I do not turn away from your ordinances,
for you have taught me.
103
How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104
Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
105
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
106
I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to observe your righteous ordinances.
107
I am severely afflicted;
give me life, O Lord, according to your word.
108
Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord,
and teach me your ordinances.
109
I hold my life in my hand continually,
but I do not forget your law.
110
The wicked have laid a snare for me,
but I do not stray from your precepts.
111
Your decrees are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.
112
I incline my heart to perform your statutes
forever, to the end.