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Daily Light's Evening Reading
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.—REV. 1:19.
Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.—That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.—He that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
We have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.—That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
II Pet. 1:21. -I John 1:3.Luke 24:39,40. -John 19:35II Pet. 1:16. -I Cor. 2:5.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself.”
Daniel 9:26
Blessed be his name, there was no cause of death in him. Neither original nor actual sin had defiled him, and therefore death had no claim upon him. No man could have taken his life from him justly, for he had done no man wrong, and no man could even have lain him by force unless he had been pleased to yield himself to die. But lo, one sins and another suffers. Justice was offended by us, but found its satisfaction in him. Rivers of tears, mountains of offerings, seas of the blood of bullocks, and hills of frankincense, could not have availed for the removal of sin; but Jesus was cut off for us, and the cause of wrath was cut off at once, for sin was put away forever. Herein is wisdom, whereby substitution, the sure and speedy way of atonement, was devised! Herein is condescension, which brought Messiah, the Prince, to wear a crown of thorns, and die upon the cross! Herein is love, which led the Redeemer to lay down his life for his enemies!
It is not enough, however, to admire the spectacle of the innocent bleeding for the guilty, we must make sure of our interest therein. The special object of the Messiah’s death was the salvation of his church; have we a part and a lot among those for whom he gave his life a ransom? Did the Lord Jesus stand as our representative? Are we healed by his stripes? It will be a terrible thing indeed if we should come short of a portion in his sacrifice; it were better for us that we had never been born. Solemn as the question is, it is a joyful circumstance that it is one which may be answered clearly and without mistake. To all who believe on him the Lord Jesus is a present Saviour, and upon them all the blood of reconciliation has been sprinkled. Let all who trust in the merit of Messiah’s death be joyful at every remembrance of him, and let their holy gratitude lead them to the fullest consecration to his cause.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Haggai 1
1. Call to Build the House of the Lord
The Command to Rebuild the Temple
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In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:2Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.3Then the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying:4Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?5Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.6You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.8Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored, says the Lord.9You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.10Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.11And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the soil produces, on human beings and animals, and on all their labors.
12 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai, as the Lord their God had sent him; and the people feared the Lord.13Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, saying, I am with you, says the Lord.14And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,15on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month.
New Testament in Four Years - Acts 27:27-38
27. Paul Sails For Rome
27 When the fourteenth night had come, as we were drifting across the sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors suspected that they were nearing land.28So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms; a little farther on they took soundings again and found fifteen fathoms.29Fearing that we might run on the rocks, they let down four anchors from the stern and prayed for day to come.30But when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and had lowered the boat into the sea, on the pretext of putting out anchors from the bow,31Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”32Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and set it adrift.
33 Just before daybreak, Paul urged all of them to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and remaining without food, having eaten nothing.34Therefore I urge you to take some food, for it will help you survive; for none of you will lose a hair from your heads.”35After he had said this, he took bread; and giving thanks to God in the presence of all, he broke it and began to eat.36Then all of them were encouraged and took food for themselves.37(We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons in the ship.)38After they had satisfied their hunger, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 149
149. Psalm 149
Psalm 149
Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel
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Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the faithful.
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Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
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Let them praise his name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.
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For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with victory.
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Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy on their couches.
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Let the high praises of God be in their throats
and two-edged swords in their hands,
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to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
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to bind their kings with fetters
and their nobles with chains of iron,
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to execute on them the judgment decreed.
This is glory for all his faithful ones.
Praise the Lord!