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Daily Light's Morning Reading
Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins—MATT. 1:21.
Ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins.—That we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness.—He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him.
He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.—Thus it behoved Christ to suffer, . . . that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations.—He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, . . . to give repentance.—Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.—Your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
I John 3:5. -I Pet. 2:24. -Heb. 7:25.Isa. 53:5,6. -Luke 24:46,47. -Heb. 9:26.Acts 5:31. -Acts 13:38,39. -I John 2:12.
Spurgeon's Morning Reading
“Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.”
Song of Solomon 2:10
Lo, I hear the voice of my Beloved! He speaks to me! Fair weather is smiling upon the face of the earth, and he would not have me spiritually asleep while nature is all around me awaking from her winter’s rest. He bids me “Rise up,” and well he may; for I have long enough been lying among the pots of worldliness. He is risen, I am risen in him, why then should I cleave unto the dust? From lower loves, desires, pursuits, and aspirations, I would rise towards him. He calls me by the sweet title of “My love,” and counts me fair; this is a good argument for my rising. If he has thus exalted me, and thinks me thus comely, how can I linger in the tents of Kedar and find congenial associates among the sons of men? He bids me “Come away.” Further and further from everything selfish, grovelling, worldly, sinful, he calls me; yea, from the outwardly religious world which knows him not, and has no sympathy with the mystery of the higher life, he calls me. “Come away” has no harsh sound in it to my ear, for what is there to hold me in this wilderness of vanity and sin? O my Lord, would that I could come away, but I am taken among the thorns, and cannot escape from them as I would. I would, if it were possible, have neither eyes, nor ears, nor heart for sin. Thou callest me to thyself by saying “Come away,” and this is a melodious call indeed. To come to thee is to come home from exile, to come to land out of the raging storm, to come to rest after long labour, to come to the goal of my desires and the summit of my wishes. But Lord, how can a stone rise, how can a lump of clay come away from the horrible pit? O raise me, draw me. Thy grace can do it. Send forth thy Holy Spirit to kindle sacred flames of love in my heart, and I will continue to rise until I leave life and time behind me, and indeed come away.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Exodus 31
31. The Sabbath
Bezalel and Oholiab
31
The Lord spoke to Moses:2See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:3and I have filled him with divine spirit, with ability, intelligence, and knowledge in every kind of craft,4to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,5in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, in every kind of craft.6Moreover, I have appointed with him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you:7the tent of meeting, and the ark of the covenant, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,8the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,9and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand,10and the finely worked vestments, the holy vestments for the priest Aaron and the vestments of his sons, for their service as priests,11and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the holy place. They shall do just as I have commanded you.
The Sabbath Law
12 The Lord said to Moses:13You yourself are to speak to the Israelites: “You shall keep my sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, given in order that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.14You shall keep the sabbath, because it is holy for you; everyone who profanes it shall be put to death; whoever does any work on it shall be cut off from among the people.15Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall be put to death.16Therefore the Israelites shall keep the sabbath, observing the sabbath throughout their generations, as a perpetual covenant.17It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.”
The Two Tablets of the Covenant
18 When God finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
New Testament in Four Years - 1 Corinthians 1:8-12
1. Divisions in the Church
8He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.9God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.Divisions in the Church
10 Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose.11For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters.12What I mean is that each of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”
Psalm a Day - Psalm 87
87. Psalm 87
Psalm 87
The Joy of Living in Zion
Of the Korahites. A Psalm. A Song.
1
On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
2
the Lord loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3
Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God.Selah
4
Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
Philistia too, and Tyre, with Ethiopia—
“This one was born there,” they say.
5
And of Zion it shall be said,
“This one and that one were born in it”;
for the Most High himself will establish it.
6
The Lord records, as he registers the peoples,
“This one was born there.”Selah
7
Singers and dancers alike say,
“All my springs are in you.”