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Daily Light's Evening Reading
God gave Solomon . . . largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.—I KGS. 4:29.
Behold, a greater than Solomon is here.—The Prince of Peace.
Scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.—Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.—The love of Christ passeth knowledge.
Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.—In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.—The unsearchable riches of Christ.—Of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.
Matt. 12:42. -Isa. 9:6.Rom. 5:7,8. -Phi. 2:6-8. -Eph. 3:19.I Cor. 1:24. -Col. 2:3. -Eph. 3:8. -I Cor. 1:33.
Spurgeon's Evening Reading
“The unsearchable riches of Christ.”
Ephesians 3:8
My Master has riches beyond the count of arithmetic, the measurement of reason, the dream of imagination, or the eloquence of words. They are unsearchable! You may look, and study, and weigh, but Jesus is a greater Saviour than you think him to be when your thoughts are at the greatest. My Lord is more ready to pardon than you to sin, more able to forgive than you to transgress. My Master is more willing to supply your wants than you are to confess them. Never tolerate low thoughts of my Lord Jesus. When you put the crown on his head, you will only crown him with silver when he deserves gold. My Master has riches of happiness to bestow upon you now. He can make you to lie down in green pastures, and lead you beside still waters. There is no music like the music of his pipe, when he is the Shepherd and you are the sheep, and you lie down at his feet. There is no love like his, neither earth nor heaven can match it. To know Christ and to be found in him—oh! this is life, this is joy, this is marrow and fatness, wine on the lees well refined. My Master does not treat his servants churlishly; he gives to them as a king giveth to a king; he gives them two heavens—a heaven below in serving him here, and a heaven above in delighting in him forever. His unsearchable riches will be best known in eternity. He will give you on the way to heaven all you need; your place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks, your bread shall be given you, and your waters shall be sure; but it is there, there, where you shall hear the song of them that triumph, the shout of them that feast, and shall have a face-to-face view of the glorious and beloved One. The unsearchable riches of Christ! This is the tune for the minstrels of earth, and the song for the harpers of heaven. Lord, teach us more and more of Jesus, and we will tell out the good news to others.
Old Testament Chapter a Day - Joshua 12
12. List of Defeated Kings
The Kings Conquered by Moses
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Now these are the kings of the land, whom the Israelites defeated, whose land they occupied beyond the Jordan toward the east, from the Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all the Arabah eastward:2King Sihon of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead,3and the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, southward to the foot of the slopes of Pisgah;4and King Og of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei5and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of King Sihon of Heshbon.6Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites defeated them; and Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
The Kings Conquered by Joshua
7 The following are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments,8in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):
9
the king of Jericho one
the king of Ai, which is next to Bethel one
10
the king of Jerusalem one
the king of Hebron one
11
the king of Jarmuth one
the king of Lachish one
12
the king of Eglon one
the king of Gezer one
13
the king of Debir one
the king of Geder one
14
the king of Hormah one
the king of Arad one
15
the king of Libnah one
the king of Adullam one
16
the king of Makkedah one
the king of Bethel one
17
the king of Tappuah one
the king of Hepher one
18
the king of Aphek one
the king of Lasharon one
19
the king of Madon one
the king of Hazor one
20
the king of Shimron-meron one
the king of Achshaph one
21
the king of Taanach one
the king of Megiddo one
22
the king of Kedesh one
the king of Jokneam in Carmel one
23
the king of Dor in Naphath-dor one
the king of Goiim in Galilee, one
24
the king of Tirzah one
thirty-one kings in all.
New Testament in Four Years - Galatians 1:1-5
1. Paul Called by God
Salutation
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Paul an apostle—sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—2and all the members of God’s family who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,4who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,5to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Psalm a Day - Psalm 32
32. Psalm 32
Psalm 32
The Joy of Forgiveness
Of David. A Maskil.
1
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2
Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3
While I kept silence, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.Selah
5
Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Selah
6
Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.
7
You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.Selah
8
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.
10
Many are the torments of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.
11
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.