philippians-2:13

"If the LORD delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey." (Numbers 14:8) INTERESTING and instructive are the circumstances recorded in connection with the portion which I have read for our meditation; but instructive only to those wh... Read More

Jesus Christ claims the incommunicable name-I Am (Ex. 3:14; John 8:58). The name signifies unchangeable essence and everlasting duration. Change is written on everything earthly; Christ is unchangeable (Heb. 13:8), for He is God. The statement, "Before Abraham was, I am" (John 8:58), has no referenc... Read More

“Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.” (Phil. 2:4 NASB) The key word in Philippians 2 is “others.” The Lord Jesus lived for others. Paul lived for others. Timothy lived for others. Epaphroditus lived for others. We too should live for others. ... Read More

A Devotional Commentary on the Gospels Arranged for family devotions, for every day in the year. By Favell Lee Mortimer (1802 - 1878) January 1 John 1:1-5. The Word. Who is the Word spoken of in these verses? He is the Son of God. He is called the WORD, because he makes God his Father known to us. H... Read More

God appointed that his Son should be born six months after John. So six months after the angel had spoken to Zacharias, he came to Mary. She was a poor woman, of a low, poor city, called Nazareth. She was indeed descended from King David, who had lived more than a thousand years before, and she was ... Read More

Reading: Philippians 2:5-13. 5. ‘Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6. who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; 7. but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8. and being fo... Read More

A REPLY TO AN ANSWER OF SOME QUERIES CONCERNING THE GOSPEL-BAPTISM GIVEN FORTH BY ME, I. P. WITH ANSWERS TO SOME QUERIES RETURNED, IN A PAPER SUBSCRIBED N. B. [1679] Query 1. WHICH is the gospel baptism, or of what kind is the baptism in the gospel state? Is it outward or inward? Is it the figure of... Read More

June 1 "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." –Psalm 81:10 When the Lord favors your soul with sweet access at a throne of grace, make the most of it. What would we think of the master of a vessel coming up the river, if, when the wind was favorable and the tide served, he would not heave her a... Read More

August 1 "Let your work appear unto your servants, and your glory unto their children." Psalm 90:16 "Let your work appear unto your servants." Creature works we here read nothing of. They had been long ago cut to the very ground. And what had been their deathblow? What had driven the dagger into the... Read More

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Feb. 17, 1861, by J. C. Philpot "But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust ourselves, but in God who raises the dead– who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver– in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us." 2... Read More