<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="2co+13:1-14">2 Corinthians 13:1-14</span></span></p><p>That great Christian, Francis Schaeffer, said that he would have remained an agnostic if it weren't for the doctrine of the Trinity. It was this, he claimed, that gave him the answer - the only answer - to the theme of unity and diversity. The question I have been asked most often about the Trinity is this: Why did not God make clear the truth of the Trinity in the Old Testament and not leave it as something to be deduced in the New Testament? I usually answer like this: Before God could entrust His people with the knowledge of His essential Threeness, He had to lay deep in their minds a piercing conviction of His Oneness. The Bible begins in monotheism (belief in one God), but soon after the Fall comes polytheism (belief in many gods) - which god is the real God. Not until belief in one God was laid deep in the consciousness of the Jewish nation was God ready to reveal more clearly to mankind the sublime truth of the Trinity. Dr. George Smeaton says: "The biblical idea of the Trinity is the heart of the unique message of Christianity. To explain this mystery is not our province  ours is simply to conserve the mystery." In my experience, those who call themselves Christians but yet reject the doctrine of the Trinity will soon latch onto some other error. It is a strange thing but I have observed it as a fact of the Christian life that when this truth is modified or pushed aside, it is as if the door is opened to the inrush of all kinds of absurd ideas, bizarre theories, and half-truths.</p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">Father, help me hold fast to this sublime truth, and enable me to see that though something is above reason, it is not necessarily against reason. Blessed Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I worship You. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+14:8-21">John 14:8-21</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+17:22">John 17:22</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>How did Jesus depict the Trinity?</li><li>What did Jesus confirm?</li></ul></div></div>

Let a little light into your soul every day with this wonderful devotional from English pastor Selwyn Hughes.

Every Day Light with Selwyn Hughes

" the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ  the love of God  the fellowship of the Holy Spirit " (v. 14)

<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+20:19-30">John 20:19-30</span></span></p><p>Dr. W. E. Sangster tells the story of following three children out of church. One remarked to the others: "I can't understand all this 'Three in One and One in Three' business." "I can't either," said another child, "but I think of it like this: my mother is Mummy to me, she is Mabel to Daddy, and Mrs. Douglas to lots of other people." Is that the answer? Is it just a question of names? Are we right in finding the doctrine of the Trinity in the text we looked at three days ago  (<span class="scriptRef" ref="mt+28:19">Matthew 28:19</span>), where the word "name" is singular but three names are given - Father, Son and Holy Spirit? No, that is just part of it; there is much more to it than that. God, we know, is one God. But there stepped into the world one day someone who claimed also to be God. His name was Jesus. He forgave sins, claimed to have existence before Abraham, and accepted worship as His right. Worship, remember, is for God alone. After Jesus was resurrected and returned to heaven He sent back the Holy Spirit, who was also seen as God  (<span class="scriptRef" ref="2co+13:14">2 Corinthians 13:14</span>). He - the Holy Spirit - came into the disciples and brought with him the resources of the Godhead, breaking the sin in their nature, pleading in prayer, and exalting the Savior. Thus we see God is One but also Three in One: God above us, God among us, God within us. The Father in majesty, the Son in suffering, the Spirit in striving. This is the central mystery of our most holy faith. Together, and with all our hearts, let us adore the great triune God.</p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, though I cannot comprehend Your essential oneness and unity, I can worship You nevertheless. This I do now, in humble adoration. Glory, honor, and power be unto Your Name forever and ever. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+1:1-14">John 1:1-14</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+8:58">John 8:58</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+10:30">John 10:30</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+17:5">John 17:5</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>How did John describe Jesus?</li><li>What did Jesus declare of Himself?</li></ul></div></div>

"Thomas said to him, 'My Lord and my God!' " (v. 28)

<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="mt+28:1-20">Matthew 28:1-20</span></span></p><p>We ended yesterday with the words of Augustine that if we want to see the Trinity in action then all we have to do is to go to the River Jordan. It was Augustine who pointed out also that the Trinity can be seen in the verse that is before us today, which we call "the baptismal formula." Note that we are bidden to baptize in the Name (not "names") of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, indicating their essential unity and oneness. I know there are many in the Christian Church who do not accept the doctrine of the Trinity and this makes me very sad. I just wish they would look at the matter again, for I have found it to be one of the most satisfying of doctrines as it meets the greatest needs of my soul. George Matheson spoke for me and millions of other Christians when he said: Some seek a Father in the heavens above, Some ask a human figure to adore, Some crave a Spirit vast as life and love, Within thy mansions we have all and more. Alfred Tennyson, a man with an incisive mind who saw deep into the creation, put it like this: "Though nothing is such a distress of soul to me as to hear the divinity of Christ assailed, yet I feel I must never lose the unity of the Godhead, the three persons being like three candles giving together one light." Note his words: "I must never lose the unity of the Godhead." I would simply add: neither must we. Neither must we.</p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I freely confess my mind finds it difficult to comprehend how You can be Three in One, and One in Three. Yet this is the teaching of Scripture. So I believe; help Thou mine unbelief. In Jesus' Name. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="2co+13:1-14">2 Corinthians 13:1-14</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="1th+5:19-24">1 Thessalonians 5:19-24</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>How does Paul affirm the truth of the Trinity?</li><li>How does he illustrate it?</li></ul></div></div>

" baptizing  in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit " (v. 19)

<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="2co+13:1-14">2 Corinthians 13:1-14</span></span></p><p>As we conclude our study of the Beatitudes it is time for us to take a simple test. Ask yourself the following questions and see how many of Christ's "beautiful attitudes" have been assimilated into your life: 1. Am I trying to grasp things from God's hands or are my hands relaxed and empty so that I might receive? 2. Do I shrink from painful experiences or do I welcome them in the knowledge that they will make me a more sensitive person? 3. Am I so sure of God and His resources that I am free from a spirit of demandingness and over-concern? 4. Is my goal to be happy, or is it to be holy? Am I more taken up with getting pleasure out of God than I am with giving pleasure to God? 5. Do I have a deep compassion and concern for the plight of others? 6. Is my heart clean and pure? Have I experienced an inner cleansing that has reached to the deepest depths? 7. Am I a reconciler - one who seeks to reconcile others to God and, where necessary, to each other? 8. Am I so identified with Christ that I experience the hatred which the world gives to those who remind them of Him? Don't be discouraged if you can't see all of these "beautiful attitudes" at work in your life. Remember, we grow in grace. Ask God, however, to help you absorb more and more of His "beautiful attitudes" day by day. The more you have, the more you are to be envied. Possess them all - and you are truly blessed. </p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">Lord Jesus, I have listened to Your words and I realise now the Word must become flesh - in me. I want the balance of my days here on earth to reflect, not my attitudes, but Yours. Help me, for Your own Name's sake. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="eph+4:1-15">Ephesians 4:1-15</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="heb+6:1">Hebrews 6:1</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="2pe+3:18">2 Peter 3:18</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>What are we to go on to?</li><li>What 'beautiful attitude' will you reflect today?</li></ul></div></div>

"Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves." (v. 5)

<p>Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?<br><br>[He] made peace through the blood of His cross. And, you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and abore reproach in His sight. § In Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.<br><br>If when 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. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ.<br><br>Our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.<br><br>The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.</p>

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Evening Daily Light

 Enoch walked with God. 

<p>I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. § He will not speak on His own authority. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.<br><br>The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.<br><br>He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit … Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?<br><br>Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. § The Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.</p>

 The communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 

<blockquote><strong>  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ" </strong>(<a id="verse_1632877877707210" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Galatians/3/27">Gal. 3:27</a>).</blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">The Holy Spirit baptizes us into the Lord Jesus, and fills us with Him.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"The one spiritual baptism positions the believer in Christ' (<a id="verse_1632877877949291" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/3">Rom. 6:3</a>; <a id="verse_1632877877893115783" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Romans/6/4">4</a>; <a id="verse_1632877877864792" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Galatians/3/27">Gal. 3:27</a>; <a id="verse_1632877877139523" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Colossians/2/12">Col. 2:12</a>), and into His Body (<a id="verse_1632877877855736" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/1-Corinthians/12/13">1 Cor. 12:13</a>). Since this position in the Lord Jesus is unchangeable, and eternal, the baptizing work of the Spirit is not repeatable. One in Christ' positionally, can never again through all eternity be out of Christ' positionally, as that position depends wholly upon the efficacy of the finished redemptive work of the Son, and does not hinge upon human merit or faithfulness.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"The filling with the Spirit, on the other hand, is repeatable (<a id="verse_1632877877851947" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Acts/2/4">Acts 2:4</a>; <a id="verse_1632877877776799829" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Acts/2/4">4</a>:8, 31; 9:17), and is, in fact, a continuous process, as it conditions mutable experience, and has nothing whatever to do with immutable position. Christian position is effected by the baptism of the Spirit at the moment of the new birth. Christian experience is affected by the filling with the Holy Spirit. One effects our position, the other affects our condition." -M.U.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">"The Holy Spirit gives a living knowledge; His light is the light of life; He is the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.' We see the Father and the Son as seeing us. When we behold them by the ministry of the Spirit it is as beholding us with infinite love, and bestowing upon us the blessings of grace. We know because we are known. Thou Father, Thou Son, seest me' is the immediate consciousness of the soul, when there is spiritual perception of the Father. In other words, love, petition, listening to the Father's voice, receiving the love and peace of the Lord Jesus, fellowship, are invoked in this knowledge." -A.S.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>"The communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all"</strong> (<a id="verse_1632877877860911" href="https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/2-Corinthians/13/14">2 Cor. 13:14</a>).</p>

A 365 day devotional that will help you in your Christian growth and walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.  This devotional is a collection of quotes from some of the best authors in the realm of Christian growth that has been organized by Miles J Stanford.  This devotional study is divided into 12 sections each containing 31 daily portions.

None but the Hungry Heart

 Baptized Into-Filled With 

<p><span class="bible-text "> <sup class="verse-num ">14 </sup>May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,   and the love of God,   and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit   be with you all. </span></p>

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,<cr>1</cr>  and the love of God,<cr>2</cr>  and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit<cr>3</cr>  be with you all.

2 Corinthians 13:14

 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,   and the love of God,   and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit   be with you all.

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 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

<p><span class="bible-text ">May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,   and the love of God,   and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit   be with you all. </span></p>

 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,   and the love of God,   and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit   be with you all.

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