October 1-15 DAILY DEVOTIONALS - EVENING

October 01 – Ever Learning, Never Able to Come to the Knowledge of the Truth

October 02 – Though Our Feelings Come And Go

October 03 – All Authority Has Been Given to Me

October 04 – This Generation Believers   

October 05 – The Incarnation, God Himself Became a Man

October 06 – Trafficking in the Souls of Men 

October 07 – Keep Seeking the Things Above  

October 08 – Run the Race Marked Out For Us 

October 09 – Feast of Tabernacles

October 10 - And Great Signs Shall There be From Heaven

October 11 – He Has Become My Salvation

October 12 – Counted Worthy to Escape All These Things

October 13 – There Will Be Wars and Rumors of Wars

October 14 – To Be Spiritually Minded is Life and Peace

October 15 – Wicked Flee When No One Persueth

"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." - 2 Timothy 7

TAKE MY YOKE UPON ME, AND LEARN FROM ME

"Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."

- Matthew 11:29

GO AND LEARN WHAT THIS MEANS

"Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

- Matthew 9:13

WE ARE A LONG TIME IN LEARNING

"We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God."

- David Brainard (1718-1747) American Missionary to Native Indians 

FOR I HAVE LEARNED IN WHATEVER SITUATION

"Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content."

- Philippians 4:11

LET THE WISE LEARN AND INCREASE IN LEARNING  

"Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance."

- Proverbs 1:5

UNTIL YOU LEARN HOW THE MATTER TURNS OUT  

"She replied, “Wait, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out, for the man will not rest but will settle the matter today.”

- Ruth 3:18

UNDERSTANDING THAT I MAY LEARN YOUR COMMANDMENTS  

"Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments."

- Psalm 119:73

AND HE WILL INCREASE IN LEARNING

"Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning."

- Proverbs 9:9

HE LEARNED OBEDIENCE THROUGH WHAT HE SUFFERED   

"Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered."

- Hebrews 5:8

IN THE DEEPEST DARKNESS MEN LEARN HOW

"It is in the deepest darkness of the starless midnight that men learn how to hold on to the hidden Hand most tightly and how that Hand holds them; that He sees where we do not, and knows the way He takes; and though the way be to us a roundabout way, it is the right way."

- A. T. Pierson (1837–1911) American Presbyterian Pastor

EVERYONE WHO HAS HEARD AND LEARNED  

"It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me."

- John 6:45 

I LEARN FROM THE SCRIPTURES

"I learn from the Scriptures that repentance is just as necessary to salvation as faith is, and the faith that has not repentance going with it will have to be repented of."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

FROM THE FIG TREE LEARN ITS LESON

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near."

- Mark 13:28

WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE ON THE HEAVENLY SIDE

"We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees them, as Christ beholds them, overcomes sin, defies Satan, dissolves perplexities, lifts us above trials, separates us from the world and conquers fear of death."

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

LEARN TO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO GOOD WORKS  

"And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful."

- Titus 3:14

LET US LEARN TO ABIDE IN CHRIST

"Let each of us learn to abide in Christ with the heart open to Him on the one hand, and open to men, women and children on the other."

- F. B. Meyer (1847-1929) Baptist Pastor and Evangelist 

LEARN THIS LESSON

"Learn this lesson: not to trust Christ because you repent, but trust Christ to make you repent; not to come to Christ because you have a broken heart, but to come to Him that He may give you a broken heart; not to come to Him because you are fit to come, but to come to Him because you are unfit to come. Your fitness is your unfitness. Your qualification is your lack of qualification."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

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"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth." - Matthew 28:18

FAR ABOVE ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY  

"That he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come."  

 Ephesians 1:20–21

AUTHORITY WHICH GOD HAS ESTABLISHED  

"Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God."  

- Romans 13:1

AUTHORITY OVER ALL POWER OF THE ENEMY 

"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you."  

- Luke 10:19

HAS AUTHORITY TO CAST INTO HELL 

"But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!"  

- Luke 12:5

UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST 

"Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship."  

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

ON THE AUTHORITY OF ALL  

"I can safely say, on the authority of all that is revealed in the Word of God, that any man or woman on this earth who is bored and turned off by worship is not ready for heaven."  

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

"CORAM DUO" UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF GOD 

"We are called to live Coram Deo, defined as: before the presence of God, under the authority of God and to the glory of God."  

- R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) American Reformed Theologian 

GO FORTH AND SPEAK WITH AUTHORITY  

"It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority. 

 - Vance Havner (1901-1986) American Country Preacher

HE GAVE THEM AUTHORITY OVER UNCLEAN SPIRIRTS   

"And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction."  

- Matthew 10:1

I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER NATIONS   

"The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations."  

- Revelation 2:26

FULL AUTHORITY WHICH THEY OUGHT TO POSSESS  

"Since no daily responses are given from heaven, and the Scriptures are the only record in which God has been pleased to consign His truth to perpetual remembrance, the full authority which they ought to possess with the faithful is not recognized unless they are believed to have come from heaven as directly as if God had been heard giving utterance to them."  

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

AUTHORITY OVER DEMONS AND DISEASES   

 "And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases."  

- Luke 9:1

AND THEY WERE ALL AMAZED   

"And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”  

- Luke 4:36  

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"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 

The word "Incarnation" means that HE became flesh, GOD HIMSELF becoming human flesh like us. The Bible teaches that the "Eternal God" became a man in the form of Jesus Christ who lived and walked amongst us. This Incarnation of man would live a sinless life and suffer a cruel death. He would then be raised from the dead for the Salvation of mankind; and ANYONE, who would repent from their sin and accept Him as their Lord and Savior during their lifetime on earth would have Eternal life with Him forever and ever. Amen. 

THE ALMIGHTY APPEARED ON EARTH AS A HELPLESS HUMAN CHILD

“The Almighty appeared on earth as a helpless human baby, needing to be fed and changed and taught to talk like any other child. The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets. Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the Incarnation.”

-  J. I. Packer (1926-2020) English Theologian, Cleric

GOD CAME TO US IN THE INCARNATION

“In Christ and by Christ, God effects complete self-disclosure , although He shows Himself not to reason but to faith and love. Faith is an organ of knowledge, and love an organ of experience. God came to us in the incarnation; in atonement He reconciled us to Himself, and by faith and love we enter and lay hold on Him.”

- A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

AND 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

THE INCARNATION THROUGH THE DEATH OF CHRIST

"The Incarnation through the death of Christ makes it possible for God to be "just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus." If God should be merciful without the satisfaction of justice, He would cease to be a God of justice and would thus forfeit His throne of righteousness. In a word, He would cease to be God."

- A. C. Dixon (1854–1925) Baptist pastor, Bible Expositor, and Evangelist 

THE INCARNATION IS UNFATHOMABLE MYSTERY

“The incarnation is in itself an unfathomable mystery, but it makes sense of everything else that the New Testament contains.” 

- J. I. Packer (1926-2020) English Theologian, Cleric

JESUS CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SAVE SINNERS

"The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."

- 1 Timothy 1:15-17

THE INCARNATION IS THE ULTIMATE REASON

“The Incarnation is the ultimate reason why the service of God cannot be divorced from the service of man.” 

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1900-1945) German Christian Executed by Nazis 

NOTHING IN FICTION IS SO FANTASTIC AS THE INCARNATION

"It is here, in the thing that happened at the first Christmas, that the most profound unfathomable depths of the Christian revelation lie. God became man; Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this truth of the incarnation."

- J. I. Packer (1926-2020) English Theologian, Cleric

THAT BEING JUSTIFIED THROUGH HIS GRACE

"But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

- Titus 3:4-7

THE INCARNATION WAS EVERLASTING

"To achieve the divine purpose of becoming the Savior, the divine glory needed to be veiled. Christ voluntarily, moment by moment, submitted to human limitations apart from sin. The humiliation was temporary. The incarnation was everlasting."

- John F. Walvoord (1910-2002) Christian Theologian, Pastor

THE ULTIMATE REVELATION CAME BY INCARNATION 

“Disguise is central to God’s way of dealing with us human beings. Not because God is playing games with us but because the God who is beyond our knowing makes himself known in the disguise of what we can know. The Christian word for this is revelation, and the ultimate revelation came by incarnation. … God is the master of disguises, in order that we might see.” 

- Richard John Neuhaus (1936–2009) Prominent Christian Cleric Lutheran Church 

THE SPIRIT OF THE INCARNATION AND THE CROSS

“The missionary spirit is the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of the incarnation and the cross.”

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China 

THE PURPOSE AND CAUSE OF THE INCARNATION 

“The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.” 

- Peter Abelard (1079-1142) French Twelfth Century Theologian 

THE STERN DEMANDS OF THE INCARNATION

“Jesus loved the will of His Father. He embraced the limitations, the necessities, the conditions, the very chains of His humanity as He walked and worked here on earth, fulfilling moment by moment His divine commission and the stern demands of His incarnation. Never was there a word or even a look of complaint.”

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

THE SACRAFICE OF THE INCARNATION

“Christianity is, above all other religions ever known, a religion of sacrifice. It is a religion founded on the greatest of all sacrifices, the sacrifice of the Incarnation, culminating in the sacrifice on Calvary.”  

- Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 1815–1881) English Anglican Priest and Ecclesiastical Historian

THE LORD, BEFORE HIS INCARNATION

“The Lord, before His Incarnation, let mankind experience all the bitterness of sin, all their powerlessness to eradicate it; and when all longed for a Deliverer, then He appeared, the most wise, all-powerful Physician and Helper. When men hungered and thirsted after righteousness, as it grew weaker, then the everlasting righteousness came.” 

- John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) Russian Orthodox Archpriest 

LONG AGO, AT MANY TIMES IN MANY WAYS

"Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world."

- Hebrews 1:1-2

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"Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth." - Colossians 3:1-2

YOU KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE

"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you."

- Isaiah 26:3

THOSE WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD

"Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus."

- Revelation 14:12

KEEP YOURSELVES IN LOVE OF GOD  

"Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life."

- Jude 1:21

THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN 

"The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

KEEP WATCH OVER THE DOOR OF MY LIPS 

"Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!"

- Psalm 141:3  

NOTHING CAN KEEP YOU FROM THE CLEARNESS OF SPIRIT

"Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace... If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you know what His will is."

- Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) Irish Christian Missionary in India 

THE LORD WILL KEEP YOUR GOING OUT AND COMING IN 

"The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore."

- Psalm 121:8

KEEP ME AS THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE

"Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings."

- Psalm 17:8

GOD HAS BEEN PLEASED TO KEEP MY SOUL HUNGRY 

"Of late God has been pleased to keep my soul hungry almost continually, so that I have been filled with a kind of pleasing pain. When I really enjoy God, I feel my desires of Him the more insatiable and my thirstings after holiness more unquenchable."

- David Brainard (1718-1747) American Missionary to Native Indians 

KEEP A FIRM STANCE ON THE PROMISE

"However far you have gone from God and however stiff may be the tempest that blows about you, if you get this promise under your feet all the storms that hell can let loose against a human soul will leave you unshaken. But you must keep a firm stand on the promise."

- Clovis G. Chappell (1882-1972) Tennessee Methodist Clergyman

THE FAITHFUL GOD WHO KEEPS HIM AND HIS COVENANT  

"Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations."

- Deuteronomy 7:9

KEEP ME AS THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE 

"Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings."

- Psalm 17:8

KEEP GOD'S COVENANT IN YOUR TRIALS

"Keep God's covenant in your trials; hold you by His blessed word, and sin not; flee anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting; forgive a hundred pence to your fellow-servant, because your Lord hath forgiven you ten thousand talents: for, I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings."

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

WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDEMNTS AND KEEPS THEM  

"Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

- John 14:21

BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT MY WORD

"Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth."

- Revelation 3:10

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A Psalm of David. The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” - Psalm 110:1

MY ENEMY WILL NOT TRIUMPH OVER ME 

"By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever."  

- Psalm 41:11-12

THE ENEMY USES ALL POWER  

"The enemy uses all his power to lead the Christian, and above all the minister, to neglect prayer. He knows that however admirable the sermon may be, however attractive the service, however faithful the pastoral visitation, none of these things can damage him or his kingdom if prayer is neglected."  

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer

BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN PEOPLE INSULT YOU  

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."  

- Matthew 5:11

HE MAKES ENEMIES TO BE AT PEACE  

"When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him."  

- Proverbs 16:7

THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS  

"Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation." 

- 1 Peter 2:12

THE STRONGER THE ENEMIES TEMPTATIONS 

"The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations."  

- John Wycliffe (c.1328-1384) English Theologian and Biblical Translator

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND DO GOOD   

"But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men." 

- Luke 6:35

WHILE WE WERE ENEMIES  

"For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."  

- Romans 5:10

THE ENEMY WILL NOT SEE YOU VANISH  

"The enemy will not see you vanish into God's company without an effort to reclaim you."  

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

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO MISTREAT YOU  

"Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."  

- 2 Samuel 22:38

DO NOT REJOICE WHEN YOUR ENEMY FALLS   

"Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles."  

- Proverbs 24:17

THE ENEMY OF OUR SALVATION  

"The enemy of our salvation especially strives to draw our heart and mind away from God when we are about to serve Him, and endeavours to adulterously attach our heart to something irrelevant. Be always, every moment, with God, especially when you pray to Him. If you are inconstant, you will fall away from life, and will cast yourself into sorrow and straitness."  

- John of Kronstadt (1829–1909) Russian Orthodox archpriest 

IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES   

"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows."  

- Psalm 23:5

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"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation." - Isaiah 12:2

THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

"For our sake He made HIm to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God."

- 2 Corinthians 5:21

THEY SHALL BECOME WHITE LIKE WOOL 

“Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."

- Isaiah 1:18

TO BECOME PARTAKERS OF HIS DIVINE NATURE

"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

THE SON OF GOD BECAME MAN

"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

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

HE GAVE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD

"But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God."

- John 1:12

JESUS CHRIST BECAME INCARNATE FOR ONE REASON

"Jesus Christ became Incarnate for one purpose, to make a way back to God that man might stand before Him as He was created to do, the friend and lover of God Himself."

- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) Scottish Evangelist and Teacher

BEHOLD, MAN HAS BECOME LIKE ONE OF US

"Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

- Genesis 3:22

HE BECAME WHAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN BEFORE

"When He took on Him the form of a servant in our nature, He became what He had never been before, but He did not cease to be what He always had been in His divine nature. He who is God cannot ever cease to be God."

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

I HAVE BECOME ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE 

"To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some."

- 1 Corinthians 9:22

AND 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

THERBY RECONCILED TO GOD AND BECAME COMPLETELY RIGHTEOUS

"Christ took our sins and the sins of the whole world as well as the Father's wrath on his shoulders, and He has drowned them both in Himself so that we are thereby reconciled to God and become completely righteous."

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest and Theology Professor 

THEY BECAME FUTILE IN THEIR THINKING  

"For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened."

- Romans 1:21

UNLESS YOU TURN AND BECOME LIKE CHILDREN  

And said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

- Matthew 18:3

IF HE LEANS ON GOD, HE BECOMES POWERFUL

"When a man has no strength, if he leans on God, he becomes powerful."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

THE KINGDOM OF THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD  

"Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever.”

- Revelation 11:15

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"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." - Matthew 17:20

HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY

"He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

- John 3:18-19

YET THEY WERE NOT BELEIVING IN HIM

"But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him."

- John 12:37

AND DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIS WONDERFUL WORKS

"In spite of all this they still sinned and did not believe in His wonderful works."

- Psalm 78:32

THERE IS NO ACCOUNTING FOR THE IGNORANCE OF UNBELIEF

"There is no accounting for the ignorance of unbelief, as any minister of Christ knows by painful experience."

- Henry Alford (1810–1871) English Churchman, Theologian, Textual Critic, Scholar

THE UNBELIEVING HEART THAT FALLS AWAY

"Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God."

- Hebrews 3:12

THERE IS NO STRENGTH IN UNBELIEF

"There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve."

- George MacDonald (1824-1905 Scottish Christian Minister, Author

BUT OUR OWN UNBELIEF

"Since no man is excluded from calling upon God the gate of salvation is open to all. There is nothing else to hinder us from entering, but our own unbelief."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT SHALL BE DAMNED

"He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."

- Mark 16:16 

UNBELIEF STARVES THE SOUL    

"Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf, unbelief starves the soul; faith finds food in famine, and a table in the wilderness. In the greatest danger, faith says, "I have a great God." When outward strength is broken, faith rests on the promises. In the midst of sorrow, faith draws the sting out of every trouble, and takes out the bitterness from every affliction."    

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Clergyman

HE REBUKED THEM FOR THEIR UNBELIEF 

"Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen."

- Mark 16:14

LIMITING GOD, NOT ONLY WITH UNBELIEF

"Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do."

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer 

THE CURSE OF THIS AGE IS UNBELIEF

"The curse, of this age especially, is unbelief, frittering the real meaning of God's word away, and making it all figure and fiction."

- Catherine Booth (1829-1890) Co-Founder Salvation Army

NOT WAVER IN UNBLIEF BUT GREW STRONG IN FAITH

"Yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God."

- Romans 4:20

UNBELIEF AND A THOUSAND EVILS

"Unbelief, and a thousand evils, are still in our hearts: though their reign and dominion is at an end, they are not slain or eradicated; their efforts will be felt more or less sensibly, as the Lord is pleased more or less to afford or abate His gracious influence."

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

BE NOT FAITHLESS, BUT BELIEVING

"Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing."

- John 20:27-29 

NO SIN MORE HORRIBLE THAN UNBELIEF

"For no sin whereof men can be guilty in this world is of so horrible a nature, and so dreadful an aspect, as is this unbelief, where a clear view of it is obtained in evangelical light.

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

BE NOT UNEQUALLY YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBLEIEVERS

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"

- 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVETH

"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."

- Romans 10:4

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THE SUM OF THE CHRISTIAN MAN

"The person who bears and suffers evils with meekness and silence, is the sum of a Christian man."

- Charles Wesley (1707–1788) English Minister and Hymnwriter

TAKE NOTICE OF THE SAYINGS OF A DYING MAN

"You have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men. This is mine: that a life spent in the service of God, and communion with Him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that anyone can live in this world."

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer 

THE STEPS OF A MAN ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE LORD

"The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way."

- Psalm 37:23

WHEN A MAN BECOMES A CHRISTIAN

"When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!"

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

FOR HE WAS A GOOD MAN

"for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord.

- Acts 11:24

HE WHO IS ONE IN WILL AND HEART WITH GOD IS A CHRISTIAN

"The sum of the whole matter is this: He who is one in will and heart with God is a Christian. He who loves God is one in will and heart with Him. He who trusts Christ loves God. That is Christianity in its ultimate purpose and result. That is Christianity in its means and working forces. That is Christianity in its starting point and foundation.

- Alexander MacLaren (1826-1919) President Baptist World Congress

THE LORD HAS SET APART THE GODLY MAN FOR HIMSELF

"But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself; the Lord hears when I call to Him."

- Psalm 4:3

DAILY DEATHS WILL DESTROY THE POWER OF THE FINAL DYING

"The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying."

- Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop

 GOD MEANS EVERY CHRISTIAN TO EFFECTIVE

"God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to."

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

IF I HAVE OBSERVED ANYTHING BY EXPERIENCE

"If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to his thoughts and meditations upon the person of Christ, and the glory of Christ's Kingdom, and of His love."

- John Owen (1616-1683) English Nonconformist Church Leader

A MAN OUGHT TO LIVE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS

"A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

WHEN CHRISTIANS FIND THEMSELVES EXPOSED TO TEMPTATION

"When Christians find themselves exposed to temptation they should pray to God to uphold them, and when they are tempted they should not be discouraged. It is not a sin to be tempted; the sin is to fall into temptation."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

IN THE DEEPEST DARKNESS MEN LEARN HOW

"It is in the deepest darkness of the starless midnight that men learn how to hold on to the hidden Hand most tightly and how that Hand holds them; that He sees where we do not, and knows the way He takes; and though the way be to us a roundabout way, it is the right way."

- A. T. Pierson (1837–1911) American Presbyterian Pastor 

MANY PLANS ARE IN A MAN'S HEART

"Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the counsel of the Lord will stand."

- Proverbs 19:21

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