Posts with the category “devotional-hours-with-the-bible-james-russell-miller”

“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were we...  Read More

John describes his vision most vividly. “Then I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.” We may study this picture with grea...  Read More

Jesus appears here to John in his banishment and reveals to him many things which John was to write and send to the churches. The writer identifies himself with the Christians to whom he sends the mes...  Read More

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love .” One reason why C...  Read More

“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you.” Everyone has a message from God to announce to men. John had heard Christ speak in human words. Christ had come from the Father, with a...  Read More

“Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin.” It was not easy for Christ to be our Redeemer. He ...  Read More

“To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered. .. who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.” It is a sweet pleasure to be chosen to be a friend even by a true and nob...  Read More

The exhortation, “Not many of you should presume to be teachers” is a warning against the spirit which is always giving advice to people, trying to direct their lives and control their opinions and th...  Read More

James was a practical man. He wanted a religion of deeds. “What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?” That is, faith without works, faith w...  Read More

A great deal is said in the Bible about FAITH. We live by faith when we believe in things we cannot see, and then act as if the things were true. That is what the first verse teaches us. “Now faith is...  Read More

The Epistle to the Hebrews was written to those who felt that in giving up Judaism for Christianity, they had lost much that was dear to them. The writer showed them that while the outward form was go...  Read More

Here we have special words of exhortation addressed to five different classes of people aged men, aged women, young women, young men and servants.“You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine....  Read More

This letter to Timothy, the last product of Paul’s pen was written from the prison at Rome. In his desire to encourage the young evangelist, he gave him much counsel counsel which is as valuable for t...  Read More

The Bible touches life at every point. While its great principles cover all moral acts in a general way, it descends to particulars in many cases, giving special instructions of great value. The passa...  Read More

Paul said to The Colossians what to many must have seemed surprising: “If then you were raised together with Christ.” How could these Colossian Christians have been raised with Christ? Of course, it w...  Read More

“Make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.” The people at Philippi had Paul’s happiness in their keeping. They could give pain to his heart or t...  Read More

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.” A great many times in the Bible, we are urged to be strong. It is not mere strength of body that is meant. Of course, we should develop our bo...  Read More

This chapter is a call to Christ like living. “Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children” is its keynote. This means that sin is to be avoided. There are vices that are not even to be n...  Read More

The Christian is to learn Christ. He is to go to school, where the pupils are Christ’s followers. The textbook is Christ Himself. What a wonderful Book it is we have to study! How can we study it? We ...  Read More

Paul states a great principle in spiritual ethics, when he says, “Walk by the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” He prescribes here the true rule of spiritual culture. The way to...  Read More

Paul wanted to stimulate the Corinthian church to give generously, and he told them what other churches had been doing. Giving merely not to be behind other people, is not good giving. At the same tim...  Read More

“For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scr...  Read More

Paul on Christian Love - 1 Corinthians 13Paul was speaking of the spiritual gifts, which were conferred upon Christians, and there flashed upon his mind a vision of something far better, than any powe...  Read More