“For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper” (Psalm 72:12).
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Christ the Redeemer There is no other. “There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” All the types and symbols of the Savior teach you this. There was one ark in the flood - but one; and all perished save those who sailed in it. There was one altar in the temple - but one; and no sacrifices were accepted but those offered there - “the altar,” as the Bible says, that “sanctified the gift.” There was one way through the depths of the Red Sea - but one; and only where the water, held back by the hand of God, stood up in crystals walls, was a passage opened for those that were ready to perish. And even so, there is but “One mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ. --Thomas Guthrie ***********************************
No Spot in Thee! Author: Gary Shepard
Tune: Sweet Hour of Prayer (W. B. Bradbury) 1. By faith I hear from Christ’s own mouth, His Word and Spirit speak to me; And say to my poor wretched soul, “My love, there is no spot in thee.” No spot in me, all truly gone? No spot in me can justice find? No spot in me, sin put away? No flaw that holiness can mind?
2. No spot in me, an Adam child? No spot in me, tis all I see! Could His own blood such cleansing make? Each blemish wash there on the tree? No spot in me, all truly gone? No spot in me can justice find? No spot in me, sin put away? No flaw that holiness can mind?
3. “No spot in thee, O lovely Bride No spot in thee, though often tried, My comeliness, your beauty is Which I put on you when I died.” What wondrous words for me to hear! “All fair” and shall forever be! For it is God the Son who says, “My love, there is no spot in thee!” *************************************** REMEMBER, SINNER, - it is not YOUR HOLD of Christ that saves you--it is Christ; - it is not YOUR JOY in Christ that saves you--it is Christ; - it is NOT EVEN FAITH in Christ (though that is the instrument) --it is Christ’s blood and merits; therefore, look not to the hope, but to Christ, the source of your hope; look not to your faith, but to Christ, the author and finisher of your faith. --C. H. Spurgeon ******************************** Bless the Lord, Oh, My Soul “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities” (Psalm 103:2). Every time I read this Psalm, I must stop in wonder at the very first of God’s benefits mentioned, “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities.” There are many blessings mentioned afterward, but none can rival the glory and sheer wonder of this first one. That He should be willing to forgive my ‘smaller offenses’ is a wonder; or that He should be willing to forgive an offense once or twice. But that He would, yea, does forgive all my iniquities each and every time they appear is more than this poor sinner can grasp. He has not dealt with me according to my transgressions, nor shall He ever. He has removed my transgressions as far from me as the east is from the west. Having withdrawn the frowning face of a Judge, He has shown me the merciful face of a loving Father. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all the redeemed of the Lord, bless His holy name with me. Forget not this one wonderful benefit, and it shall give strength to your heart and health to your bones. All that is within me bless His holy name! --Joe Terrell ************************************************** We Trace Our Mercies to the Fountain-Head I admire what the Apostle saith of giving thanks to the Father, both for His original choice of the Church to an inheritance in and with Christ; and for the translation of the Church as children of His adoption from the power of darkness into the kingdom of His dear Son. Depend upon it, the beginnings of the triumphs of faith are found in these things. For, though by regeneration, our eyes are opened to see and feel sin; and the first joy of the newly awakened soul is the consciousness, when we are delivered, from darkness to light by Christ; yea, when God the Spirit hath brought us on to see further, and that it was God the Father who by His original choice of the Church in Christ made us meet to be partakers of an inheritance of the saints in light; here we trace our mercies to the fountain-head, and we cry out with the Apostle: “Thanks be unto God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christ” (2 Cor. 2:19). --Robert Hawker **************************
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Daily Readings March 8-14 8- Deuteronomy 4-6; Mark 11:1-18 9- Deuteronomy 7-9; Mark 11:19-33 10- Deuteronomy 10-12; Mark 12:1-27 11- Deuteronomy 13-15; Mark 12:28-44 12- Deuteronomy 16-18; Mark 13:1-20 13- Deuteronomy 19-21; Mark 13:21-37 14- Deuteronomy 22-24; Mark 14:1-26
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