March 16-31 DAILY DEVOTIONALS - EVENING

"Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." - 2 Peter 1:4

BECOME A PARTAKER OF THE DIVINE NATURE

"You may suffer and yet be un-Christlike, but no man can be Christlike and fail to suffer. If you ever, by the grace of God, become a partaker of the divine nature you must also inevitably become a partaker of His sufferings."

- Clovis G. Chappell  (1882-1972) Methodist Minister and Pastor

ETERNAL POWER AND DIVINE NATURE   

"For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse."

- Romans 1:20

WE ARE CALLED TO FULFILL DIVINELY APPOINTED PURPOSE

"How easy it is to live more or less in the enjoyment of God's free grace, and yet not realize that we are called to fulfill a divinely appointed purpose."

- Duncan Campbell (1898-1972) Scottish Minster, Evangelist 

REVEALED TO ME IN HIS DIVINE BOOK

"All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His Divine Book."

- David Livingstone (1813-1873) British Physician and Missionary

BECAUSE OF HIS DIVINE FORBEARANCE 

"Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins."

- Romans 3:25

NOTHING HAPPENS APART FROM DIVINE DETERMINATIONS AND DECREE

"I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life."

- Charles Spurgeon

DIVINE POWER TO DESTROY STRONGHOLDS 

"For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds."

- 2 Corinthians 10:4

MONUMENT OF DIVINE POWER AND WISDOM

"The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom and power, sufficient to convince the most incredulous mind of the existence of the Great Designer."

- A.B. Simpson (1843-1919) Scottish Presbyterian Minister

THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US 

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

- John 1:14

HE IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation."

- Colossians 1:15

OUR DIVINE REDEEMER BECOMES TO US THE NEW

"By faith we are taken into Christ, made at once safe from holy wrath against sin, and kept safe from all perils and penalties. He, our divine Redeemer, becomes to us the new sphere of harmony and unity with God and His law, with His life and His holiness."

- A.T. Pierson (1837-1911) Bible Scholar, Orator, Pastor 

YOUR THRONE O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER

"But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom."

- Hebrews 1:8 

OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOR

"Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ."

- Titus 2:13  

FROM WHOM ARE ALL THINGS AND FOR WHOM WE EXIST

"Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist."

- 1 Corinthians 8:6 

THE SWEET SPICES OF DIVINE WORKS

"The sweet spices of divine works must be beaten to powder by meditation, and then laid up in the cabinet of our memories."

- Abraham Wright  (1611-1690) English Theological Writer 

I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

- John 14:6 

IN HIM THE WHOLE FULLNESS OF DIETY DWELLS BODILY

"For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily."

- Colossians 2:9 

THE UNFOLDING OF HIS DIVINE PATH

"In the infinite wisdom of the Lord of all the earth, each event falls with exact precision into its proper place in the unfolding of His divine plan. Nothing, however small, however strange, occurs without His ordering, or without its particular fitness for its place in the working out of His purpose; and the end of all shall be the manifestation of His glory, and the accumulation of His praise."

- B. B. Warfield (1851–1921) American Professor, Reformed Theologian 

WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE

"All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made."

- John 1:3 

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“The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways." - Deuteronomy 28:7

DO NOT BE AFRAID OF DEFEAT

"It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause."

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar

IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION

"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

- John 16:33

WHEN WE ARE FOILED, LET US BELIEVE

"When we are foiled, let us believe we shall overcome; when we have fallen, let us believe we shall rise again. Jacob, after he received a blow which made him lame, yet would not give over wrestling (Gen. 32:25) till he had obtained the blessing. So let us never give up, but, in our thoughts knit the beginning, progress and end together, and then we shall see ourselves in heaven out of the reach of all enemies."

- Richard Sibbes (1577–1635) Anglican Theologian and Minister

WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.”

- Romans 10:11

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEFEATED AND VICTORIOUS 

"Daily living by faith on Christ is what makes the difference between the sickly and the healthy Christian, between the defeated and the victorious saint."

- A. W. Pink (1886-1952) English Bible Teacher 

MY PRINCIPLE METHOD FOR DEFEATING ERROR

My principal method for defeating error and heresy, is, by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares; but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts."

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian 

WHO IS THE ONE THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD

"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"

- 1 John 5:4-5

WE ALWAYS DEFEAT OUR OBJECT WHEN WE LOOK

"Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united."

- A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) Canadian Preacher, Theologian

HE WHO BELIEVES WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED

For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, and he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”

- 1 Peter 2:6

IN ALL THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERERS

"Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."

- Romans 8:37

WILL KEEP YOU IN PERFECT PEACE

“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You."

- Isaiah 26:3

IN ALL THINGS, WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERERS

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."

- Romans 8:37

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And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” - Matthew 4:19

SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY WILL FOLLOW ME

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever."

- Psalm 23:6

YOU WILL HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN, AND COME, FOLLOW ME   

"And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

- Mark 10:21

HE WHO FOLLOW ME WILL NOT WALK IN DARKNSS

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

- John 8:12

A LIFE THAT CONSISTS OF FOLLOWING JESUS

"The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus."

- A. W. Pink (1886-1952) English Bible Teacher

TAKE UP HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME

"Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."

- Matthew 16:24

IT IS YOUR BUSINESS TO OBEY, FOLLOW

"Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call or whatever you want to call it. It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond, or what have you."

- Jim Elliot (1927-1956) American Christian Missionary Killed in Ecuador

GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” 

- Matthew 28:19-20

THE PATH THE SHEEP ARE TO FOLLOW

"Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to follow. He is endlessly merciful, patient, tender, and loving. If we, His stupid and wayward sheep, really want to be led, we will without fail be led. Of that I am sure."

- Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Christian Missionary and Writer

IF ANYONE SERVES ME, HE MUST FOLLOW ME 

"If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."

- John 12:26

HE FOUND PHILIP AND SAID TO HIM, "FOLLOW ME"

"The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”

- John 1:43

THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS ARE CHILDREN OF GOD

"God bestows His blessings without discrimination. The followers of Jesus are children of God, and they should manifest the family likeness by doing good to all, even to those who deserve the opposite."

- F. F. Bruce (1910-1990) English Biblical Scholar

WHO LOVE AND FOLLOW OF OUR LORD JESUS

"What can this world offer comparable with that insight into spiritual things, that keen faith, that heavenly peace, that high sanctity, that everlasting righteousness, that hope of glory, which they have, who in sincerity love and follow our Lord Jesus Christ?"

- John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English Theologian and Scholar

WILL FOLLOW HIS PROVIDENCE 

"I will charge my soul to believe and wait for Him, and will follow His providence, and not go before it, nor stay behind it."

- Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) Scottish Presbyterian Pastor, Theologian

OUR LORD SAID, FOLLOW ME

Our Lord said, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." It is evident, then, that a true disciple is a soul-winner. It is possible to sit on the shore discussing the signs of the times when we ought to be driven by the signs of the times to launch out into the deep and let down our nets for a draught."

- Vance Havner (1901-1986) American Country Preacher

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"Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires." - 2 Peter 3:3

N THE LAST TIME THERE WILL BE SCOFFERS  

They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”  

- Jude 1:18  

NOR SITS AT THE SEAT OF THE SCOFFERS   

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers."  

- Psalm 1:1  

THE FOOL SAYS IN HIS HEART  

"The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good."  

- Psalm 14:1  

GOD IS NOT AT ALL IN HIS THOUGHTS  

"The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity."  

- Psalm 10:4-7 

THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE  

"And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."  

- 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 

SCOFFERS DO NOT LIKE TO BE REPROVED     

"A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise."  

- Proverbs 15:12 

A SCOFFER DOES NOT LISTEN TO REBUKE    

"A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke."  

- Proverbs 13:1 

THE THING FORMED, SAYS THAT NOTHING FORMED IT  

"To see rare effects, and no cause; a motion, without a mover; a circle, without a centre; a time, without an eternity; a second, without a first: these are things so against philosophy and natural reason, that he must be a beast in understanding who can believe in them. The thing formed, says that nothing formed it; and that which is made, is, while that which made it is not! This folly is infinite." 

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric  

BEWARE LEST ANY MAN SPOIL YOU THOUGH PHILOSPHY  

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." 

 - Colossians 2:8 

WHEN I WAS AN ATHEIST   

"Now that I am a Christian I do not have moods in which the whole thing looks very improbable: but when I was an atheist I had moods in which Christianity looked terribly probable."  

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

I GAVE IN, AND ADMITTED THAT GOD WAS GOD 

"I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England."  

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

FOR THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD IS FOOLISHNESS  

"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."  

- 1 Corinthians 3:19-20 

WHO HOLD THE TRUTH IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS

"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;  1Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them."

- Romans 1:18-19 

THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD  

"The heavens are declaring the glory of God, and their expanse shows the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they reveal knowledge. There is no speech nor are there words, their voice is not heard yet their message goes out into all the world, and their words to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent for the sun in the heavens."  

- Psalm 19:1-4

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"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils." - 1 Timothy 4:1

BELOVED, DO NOT BELIEVE EVERY SPIRIT  

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world."  

- 1 John 4:1  

DEVOTING THEMSELVES TO DECEITFUL SPIRITS  

"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer."  

- 1 Timothy 4:1-16

SPEEDY RESTAINT OF LICENTIOUS SPIRITS  

"The moment any mention is made of Christian liberty lust begins to boil, or insane commotions arise, if a speedy restraint is not laid on those licentious spirits by whom the best things are perverted into the worst."  

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

FOR EVEN SATAN DISCGUISES HIMSELF  

"And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light." 

- 2 Corinthians 11:14

THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HAS BLINDED THEM  

"In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."  

- 2 Corinthians 4:4 

THE SPIRIT HELPS US IN OUR WEAKNESS    

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words."  

- Romans 8:26

EVERY SPIRIT THAT DOES NOT CONFESS JESUS  

"And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already."  

- 1 John 4:3 

TO DISCERN SPIRITS WE MUST DWELL WITH HIM  

"To discern spirits we must dwell with Him who is holy, and He will give the revelation and unveil the mask of Satanic power on all lines."  

- Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947) British Evangelist

WE HAVE NO NEED OF OUR WANDERING SPIRIT   

"If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, connected prayer, As lives of some, perhaps, have been and are; If, never leaving Thee, we have no need Our wandering spirits back again to lead Into Thy presence, but continued there Like angels standing on the highest stair Of the Sapphire Throne: this were to pray indeed! "

- Richard Chenevix Trench (1873-1807) Anglican archbishop 

SEEKS TO CONTROL SPIRITS RATHER THAN BODIES  

"I saw that the kingdom must be interior before it can be exterior, that it is a kingdom of ideas, and not one of brute force; that His rule is over hearts, not over places; that His victories must be inward before they can be outward; that He seeks to control spirits rather than bodies; that no triumph could satisfy Him but a triumph that gains the heart; that in short, where God really reigns, the surrender must be the interior surrender of the convicted free men, and not merely the outward surrender of the conquered slave."  

- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) American Evangelist and Reformer 

WHEN A CHRISTIAN DOES NOT REPEL EVIL SPIRITS  

"When a Christian does not repel the thoughts which originate with evil spirits he affords them a base for working."  

- Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader 

WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD  

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."  

- Ephesians 6:12

BUT I HAVE THIS AGAINST YOU    

"But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols."    

- Revelation 2:20

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"And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first."  - Matthew 20:8

AND THERE WAS EVENING, THE SIXTH DAY

"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day."   

- Genesis 1:31 

IN THE NIGHT MY HEART INSTRUCTS ME  

"I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me."  

- Psalm 16:7 

AND THE DARKNESS HE CALLED NIGHT  

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light, and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day." 

- Genesis 1:1-31

YOU MAKE THE EVENING TO SHOUT FOR JOY  

"So that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy."  

- Psalm 65:8

IF YOU LIE DOWN DOWN, YOU WILL NOT BE AFRAID  

"If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet."  

- Proverbs 3:24   

YOU WILL NOT FEEL TERROR IN THE NIGHT  

"He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday." 

- Psalm 91:4-6 

READY TO MEET GOD FACE TO FACE TONIGHT  

"I am ready to meet God face to face tonight and look into those eyes of infinite holiness, for all my sins are covered by the atoning blood."

- R. A. Torrey (1856-1928) American Evangelist. Educator, Writer

THIS VERY NIGHT YOUR SOUL IS REQUIRED  

"But God said to him, you fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?"

- Luke 12:20

NIGHT TO NIGHT REVEALS KNOWLEDGE  

"Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge."  

- Psalm 19:2

CHRIST IS COMING AS A THEIF IN THE NIGHT  

“Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.”   

- Isaac Newton (1642-1726) English Physicist, Astronomer

NO REST DAY OR NIGHT 

"The smoke from their torture goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”  

- Revelation 14:11

MAN WORKS UNTIL THE EVENING  

"Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening."  

- Psalm 104:23

SO SHE GLEANED IN THE FIELD UNTIL EVENING  

"So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley."  

- Ruth 2:17

WEEPING MAY STAY FOR THE NIGHT  

"For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."  

- Psalm 30:5 

AND AT THE EVENING SACRAFICE  

"And at the evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment and my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God."  

- Ezra 9:5

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"Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” - Luke 20:22

DOES YOU TEACHER NOT PAY TAXES?

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”

- Matthew 17:24

THEY CAME TO HIM AND SAID

They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?"

- Mark 12:14

RENDER TO CAESER THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESERS

And Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they were amazed at Him."

- Mark 12:17

COLLECT NO MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO

And He said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.”

- Luke 3:13

LEAVE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE WORLD

Christians, let us leave the government of the world till the King comes; let us leave the civilizing of the world to be the incidental effect of the presence there of the Gospel of Christ, and let us give our time, our strength, our money, our days to the mission distinctively committed to the Church, namely, to make the Lord Jesus Christ known "to every creature!"

- C. I. Scofield (1843-1921) American Theologian, Minister

TAX COLLECTORS HEARD THIS

"When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John."

- Luke 7:29

SHOW ME THE COIN USED FOR POLL-TAX

"Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius."

- Matthew 22:19

WHOSE LIKENESS AND INSCRIPTION IS THIS?

"They brought one. And He *said to them, 'Whose likeness and inscription is this?' And they said to Him, Caesar’s.”

- Mark 12:16

BUT THE TAX COLLECTOR, STANDING SOME DISTANCE AWAY

"But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me, the sinner!"

- Luke 18:13

FROM WHOM DO THE KINGS OF THE EARTH COLLECT TAXES?

He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs or poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers? When Peter said, “from strangers', Jesus said to him, 'Then the sons are exempt."

- Matthew 17:25-26

TAKE THE FIRST FISH THAT COME UP

"However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”

- Matthew 17:27

YOU WILL NOT LIVE IN THEM

"Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor and exact a tribute of grain from them, though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine."

- Amos 5:11

AS IF THERE WERE NO MORE BIG TAXES

"We ought to shout out our thanksgiving as if every war were over; as if there were no more big taxes; as if there were no sickness, no crime."

- John R. Rice (1895– 1980) Baptist Evangelist and Pastor

THE GOVERNMENT SHALL UPON HIS SHOULDER

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

- Isaiah 9:6

OF THE INCREASE OF HIS GOVERNMENT THERE SHALL BE NO END 

"Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this."

- Isaiah 9:7

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"Then he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia. Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.” - Daniel 10:12-14  

WHEN CHRIST DELAYS HIS HELP    

"When Christ delays to help His saints now, you think this is a great mystery, you cannot explain it; but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. Be still, and know that Christ is God."    

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister  

DO NOT DELAY TO KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS    

"I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments." - Psalm 119:60    

OH LORD, DO NOT DELAY!      

"But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay!"    

- Psalm 70:5  

YOU SHOULD NOT DELAY IN FULFILLING IT      

“If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin."    

- Deuteronomy 23:21  

THE GREATEST AND DEAREST BLESSING    

"It is the greatest and dearest blessing that ever God gave to men, that they may repent; and therefore to deny or to delay it is to refuse health when brought by the skill of the physician - to refuse liberty offered to us by our gracious Lord."    

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric  

BY DELAY OF REPENTANCE, SIN STRENGTHENS    

"By delay of repentance, sin strengthens, and the heart hardens. The longer ice freezeth, the harder it is to be broken."    

- Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Puritan Preacher  

THAT THERE WOULD BE NO MORE DELAY     

"And swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay."    

- Revelation 10:6  

THE LORD IS NO SLACK CONCERNING HIS PROMISE    

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."    

- 2 Peter 3:9  

THE LORD WILL NOT DELAY HIS SENTENCE    

"For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”    

- Romans 9:28  

WHEN YOU MAKE A VOW TO GOD 

   
"When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow."   

- Ecclesiastes 5:4  

IT WILL SURELY COME; IT WILL NOT DELAY     

"For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay."     

- Habakkuk 2:3  

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