• Matthew 4:4 (KJV)
    But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
    Matthew 4:4 (KJV) But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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  • I do everyday! Thank you, Matthew and Michelle!


    25-165 Covering Your Family in Prayer
    TODAY’S FOCUS IS: Becoming the intercessor who stands in the gap for your household
    https://myr2b.substack.com/p/25-165-covering-your-family-in-prayer?publication_id=1361476&post_id=163564813&isFreemail=false&r=1maoyr&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
    I do everyday! Thank you, Matthew and Michelle! 25-165 Covering Your Family in Prayer TODAY’S FOCUS IS: Becoming the intercessor who stands in the gap for your household https://myr2b.substack.com/p/25-165-covering-your-family-in-prayer?publication_id=1361476&post_id=163564813&isFreemail=false&r=1maoyr&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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  • Matthew 10:34
    “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."
    #MondayMeditation
    Matthew 10:34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." #MondayMeditation
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  • The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.
    ~Matthew Henry
    The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it. ~Matthew Henry
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  • Bad men will do more to serve their sinful passions than good men will to serve their just affections, and are more vehement in their anger than in their love.
    ~Matthew Henry
    #SundaySentiments
    Bad men will do more to serve their sinful passions than good men will to serve their just affections, and are more vehement in their anger than in their love. ~Matthew Henry #SundaySentiments
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  • “Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’
    ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭4‬:‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
    Jesus was not interfaith. He delivered one faith, faith in Him. Ephesians 4:5. A faith delivered to the saints once and for all. Jude 3
    “Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭4‬:‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Jesus was not interfaith. He delivered one faith, faith in Him. Ephesians 4:5. A faith delivered to the saints once and for all. Jude 3
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  • Matthew 7:21 (LSB)
    Not everyone who says to Me, ‘LORD, LORD,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
    #MondayMeditation
    Matthew 7:21 (LSB) Not everyone who says to Me, ‘LORD, LORD,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. #MondayMeditation
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  • Matthew 5:16
    Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
    #MondayMeditation
    Matthew 5:16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. #MondayMeditation
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  • Matthew 9:13
    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
    #MondayMeditation
    Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” #MondayMeditation
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  • The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.
    ~Matthew Henry
    #MondayMeditation
    The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it. ~Matthew Henry #MondayMeditation
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  • https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-seck/2025/05/23/psaki-delivers-painfully-false-narratives-during-wh-briefing
    https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-seck/2025/05/23/psaki-delivers-painfully-false-narratives-during-wh-briefing
    NEWSBUSTERS.ORG
    Psaki Delivers Painfully False Narratives During WH Briefing Segment
    Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki started her attempted rebuttal to Thursday’s White House briefing segment following White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's answers to reporters' questions. Psaki began the segment by saying that she’s going to answer the reporters’ questions, “but with the actual truth,” which included allegations that a video of murdered South African farmers are a “White supremacist dog whistle” and falsely claiming that the Make America Healthy Again commission's report was “devoid” of “science and data and facts.”
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  • It's Monday. Thank You LORD for another opportunity to let our light shine before men...(Matthew 5:16)
    #MondayMeditation
    It's Monday. Thank You LORD for another opportunity to let our light shine before men...(Matthew 5:16) #MondayMeditation
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  • YES!!! ALWAYS BE YOURSELF!! GOD CREATED YOU TO BE WHO YOU ARE!!! Thank you, Matthew and Michelle!

    25-118 You Be You
    TODAY’S FOCUS IS: Walking Boldly in the Identity God Gave You
    https://myr2b.substack.com/p/25-118-you-be-you?publication_id=1361476&post_id=161801086&r=1maoyr&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
    YES!!! ALWAYS BE YOURSELF!! GOD CREATED YOU TO BE WHO YOU ARE!!! Thank you, Matthew and Michelle! 25-118 You Be You TODAY’S FOCUS IS: Walking Boldly in the Identity God Gave You https://myr2b.substack.com/p/25-118-you-be-you?publication_id=1361476&post_id=161801086&r=1maoyr&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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  • Globalism is an Evil Agenda:
    DO NOT be Fooled: Russia and China are Both Influential in One Fashion or Another in that Globalist Agenda
    https://johnhouk.substack.com/p/globalism-is-an-evil-agenda

    SUMMARY: I just read a lengthy post by Matthew Ehret at Substack Badlands Media posted on May 1 entitled: “Defeating the Depopulation Agenda: The Sovereign Alliance vs. the Gaia Cult”. The only part of Ehret’s post I disagree with is his admiration for Russia & China as a part of the Anti-Globalist paradigm. I show Putin’s history and the CCP Global Domination history which I believe IS NOT admirable. …TAKE A LOOK!
    #Putin #CCP
    Globalism is an Evil Agenda: DO NOT be Fooled: Russia and China are Both Influential in One Fashion or Another in that Globalist Agenda https://johnhouk.substack.com/p/globalism-is-an-evil-agenda SUMMARY: I just read a lengthy post by Matthew Ehret at Substack Badlands Media posted on May 1 entitled: “Defeating the Depopulation Agenda: The Sovereign Alliance vs. the Gaia Cult”. The only part of Ehret’s post I disagree with is his admiration for Russia & China as a part of the Anti-Globalist paradigm. I show Putin’s history and the CCP Global Domination history which I believe IS NOT admirable. …TAKE A LOOK! #Putin #CCP
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  • Real ID, Fake Freedoms: Ken Matthews Exposes the Control Grid
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-id-fake-freedoms-ken-matthews-exposes-the-control-grid/id1559799362?i=1000705878961
    Real ID, Fake Freedoms: Ken Matthews Exposes the Control Grid https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-id-fake-freedoms-ken-matthews-exposes-the-control-grid/id1559799362?i=1000705878961
    PODCASTS.APPLE.COM
    Real ID, Fake Freedoms: Ken Matthews Exposes the Control Grid
    Podcast Episode · The Rob Carson Show · 05/02/2025 · 2h 1m
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  • Have you ever wondered, "why doesn't God just bring believers home?" or "why, when Jesus came to save us, did He leave us in this world?" We are here as His proxies, to spread His gospel, to make disciples, to show forth His glory. He told us we will have trials, but He also told us we should take heart, because He had already overcome the world (John 16:33). We are not alone; He is with us as He promised (Matthew 28:20), and He asked the Father to keep us from evil (John 17:15). While we are yet here, let us stand strong in His word, and the Spirit He gave us, that we might accomplish our mission of glorifying Him. When the time is right, He will take us home.

    Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotions

    Morning, May 2

    "I pray not that Thou shouldst take them out of the world." John 17:15

    It is a sweet and blessed event which will occur to all believers in God's own time- the going home to be with Jesus. In a few more years the Lord's soldiers, who are now fighting "the good fight of faith" will have done with conflict, and have entered into the joy of their Lord. But although Christ prays that His people may eventually be with Him where He is, He does not ask that they may be taken at once away from this world to heaven. He wishes them to stay here. Yet how frequently does the wearied pilgrim put up the prayer, "O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest;" but Christ does not pray like that, He leaves us in His Father's hands, until, like shocks of corn fully ripe, we shall each be gathered into our Master's garner. Jesus does not plead for our instant removal by death, for to abide in the flesh is needful for others if not profitable for ourselves. He asks that we may be kept from evil, but He never asks for us to be admitted to the inheritance in glory till we are of full age. Christians often want to die when they have any trouble. Ask them why, and they tell you, "Because we would be with the Lord." We fear it is not so much because they are longing to be with the Lord, as because they desire to get rid of their troubles; else they would feel the same wish to die at other times when not under the pressure of trial. They want to go home, not so much for the Saviour's company, as to be at rest. Now it is quite right to desire to depart if we can do it in the same spirit that Paul did, because to be with Christ is far better, but the wish to escape from trouble is a selfish one. Rather let your care and wish be to glorify God by your life here as long as He pleases, even though it be in the midst of toil, and conflict, and suffering, and leave Him to say when "it is enough."
    Have you ever wondered, "why doesn't God just bring believers home?" or "why, when Jesus came to save us, did He leave us in this world?" We are here as His proxies, to spread His gospel, to make disciples, to show forth His glory. He told us we will have trials, but He also told us we should take heart, because He had already overcome the world (John 16:33). We are not alone; He is with us as He promised (Matthew 28:20), and He asked the Father to keep us from evil (John 17:15). While we are yet here, let us stand strong in His word, and the Spirit He gave us, that we might accomplish our mission of glorifying Him. When the time is right, He will take us home. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotions Morning, May 2 "I pray not that Thou shouldst take them out of the world." John 17:15 It is a sweet and blessed event which will occur to all believers in God's own time- the going home to be with Jesus. In a few more years the Lord's soldiers, who are now fighting "the good fight of faith" will have done with conflict, and have entered into the joy of their Lord. But although Christ prays that His people may eventually be with Him where He is, He does not ask that they may be taken at once away from this world to heaven. He wishes them to stay here. Yet how frequently does the wearied pilgrim put up the prayer, "O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away and be at rest;" but Christ does not pray like that, He leaves us in His Father's hands, until, like shocks of corn fully ripe, we shall each be gathered into our Master's garner. Jesus does not plead for our instant removal by death, for to abide in the flesh is needful for others if not profitable for ourselves. He asks that we may be kept from evil, but He never asks for us to be admitted to the inheritance in glory till we are of full age. Christians often want to die when they have any trouble. Ask them why, and they tell you, "Because we would be with the Lord." We fear it is not so much because they are longing to be with the Lord, as because they desire to get rid of their troubles; else they would feel the same wish to die at other times when not under the pressure of trial. They want to go home, not so much for the Saviour's company, as to be at rest. Now it is quite right to desire to depart if we can do it in the same spirit that Paul did, because to be with Christ is far better, but the wish to escape from trouble is a selfish one. Rather let your care and wish be to glorify God by your life here as long as He pleases, even though it be in the midst of toil, and conflict, and suffering, and leave Him to say when "it is enough."
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  • Memoirs of a Psychopath David Rockefeller
    https://scottmatthews289.substack.com/p/memoirs-of-a-psychopath-david-rockefeller?publication_id=2337518&post_id=161777863&isFreemail=true&r=1maoyr&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
    Memoirs of a Psychopath David Rockefeller https://scottmatthews289.substack.com/p/memoirs-of-a-psychopath-david-rockefeller?publication_id=2337518&post_id=161777863&isFreemail=true&r=1maoyr&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
    SCOTTMATTHEWS289.SUBSTACK.COM
    Memoirs of a Psychopath David Rockefeller
    A quick reminder to anyone who gives any credibility to MSM outlets.
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  • Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.” - Matthew 28:1-7

    Yes, He is risen, and now we have hope that we too will one day rise again!

    Happy resurrection day!
    Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.” - Matthew 28:1-7 Yes, He is risen, and now we have hope that we too will one day rise again! Happy resurrection day!
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  • When Jesus Christ died in the cross, the veil in the temple separating the rest of the temple from the holiest space was torn in two from top to bottom. God Himself tore the veil signifying that it was no longer dos the people need to rely on priests as mediators, but direct access to God was now open to all through Jesus Christ. Won’t you receive Jesus today and gain this access yourself?

    Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

    Morning, April 19

    "Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom." Matthew 27:51

    No mean miracle was wrought in the rending of so strong and thick a veil; but it was not intended merely as a display of power- many lessons were herein taught us. The old law of ordinances was put away, and like a worn-out vesture, rent and laid aside. When Jesus died, the sacrifices were all finished, because all fulfilled in Him, and therefore the place of their presentation was marked with an evident token of decay. That rent also revealed all the hidden things of the old dispensation: the mercy-seat could now be seen, and the glory of God gleamed forth above it. By the death of our Lord Jesus we have a clear revelation of God, for He was "not as Moses, who put a veil over his face." Life and immortality are now brought to light, and things which have been hidden since the foundation of the world are manifest in Him. The annual ceremony of atonement was thus abolished. The atoning blood which was once every year sprinkled within the veil, was now offered once for all by the great High Priest, and therefore the place of the symbolical rite was broken up. No blood of bullocks or of lambs is needed now, for Jesus has entered within the veil with his own blood. Hence access to God is now permitted, and is the privilege of every believer in Christ Jesus. There is no small space laid open through which we may peer at the mercy-seat, but the rent reaches from the top to the bottom. We may come with boldness to the throne of the heavenly grace. Shall we err if we say that the opening of the Holy of Holies in this marvellous manner by our Lord's expiring cry was the type of the opening of the gates of paradise to all the saints by virtue of the Passion? Our bleeding Lord hath the key of heaven; He openeth and no man shutteth; let us enter in with Him into the heavenly places, and sit with Him there till our common enemies shall be made His footstool.
    When Jesus Christ died in the cross, the veil in the temple separating the rest of the temple from the holiest space was torn in two from top to bottom. God Himself tore the veil signifying that it was no longer dos the people need to rely on priests as mediators, but direct access to God was now open to all through Jesus Christ. Won’t you receive Jesus today and gain this access yourself? Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions Morning, April 19 "Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom." Matthew 27:51 No mean miracle was wrought in the rending of so strong and thick a veil; but it was not intended merely as a display of power- many lessons were herein taught us. The old law of ordinances was put away, and like a worn-out vesture, rent and laid aside. When Jesus died, the sacrifices were all finished, because all fulfilled in Him, and therefore the place of their presentation was marked with an evident token of decay. That rent also revealed all the hidden things of the old dispensation: the mercy-seat could now be seen, and the glory of God gleamed forth above it. By the death of our Lord Jesus we have a clear revelation of God, for He was "not as Moses, who put a veil over his face." Life and immortality are now brought to light, and things which have been hidden since the foundation of the world are manifest in Him. The annual ceremony of atonement was thus abolished. The atoning blood which was once every year sprinkled within the veil, was now offered once for all by the great High Priest, and therefore the place of the symbolical rite was broken up. No blood of bullocks or of lambs is needed now, for Jesus has entered within the veil with his own blood. Hence access to God is now permitted, and is the privilege of every believer in Christ Jesus. There is no small space laid open through which we may peer at the mercy-seat, but the rent reaches from the top to the bottom. We may come with boldness to the throne of the heavenly grace. Shall we err if we say that the opening of the Holy of Holies in this marvellous manner by our Lord's expiring cry was the type of the opening of the gates of paradise to all the saints by virtue of the Passion? Our bleeding Lord hath the key of heaven; He openeth and no man shutteth; let us enter in with Him into the heavenly places, and sit with Him there till our common enemies shall be made His footstool.
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  • God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer.
    ~Matthew Henry
    God's promises are to be our pleas in prayer. ~Matthew Henry
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  • Matthew 21:9
    And the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were crying out, saying,
    “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD; Hosanna in the highest!”
    #HolyWeek
    Matthew 21:9 And the crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were crying out, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD; Hosanna in the highest!” #HolyWeek
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  • Fear is a powerful motivator. It is for this reason it is used by governments for control and by terrorists for leverage. But the one who is in Jesus Christ has nothing to fear from man nor devil. Evil may claim a Christian’s life, but it can never claim a Christian’s spirit; for the Christian belongs to God and God alone. God is the One who should be feared above all, because those who reject Him will face far more dire consequences than they can fathom. This is why Jesus tells His followers, “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” - Matthew 10:28

    Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

    Evening, April 8

    "I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me." Psalm 23:4

    Behold, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a bright light may shine within us when it is all dark without! How firm, how happy, how calm, how peaceful we may be, when the world shakes to and fro, and the pillars of the earth are removed! Even death itself, with all its terrible influences, has no power to suspend the music of a Christian's heart, but rather makes that music become more sweet, more clear, more heavenly, till the last kind act which death can do is to let the earthly strain melt into the heavenly chorus, the temporal joy into the eternal bliss! Let us have confidence, then, in the blessed Spirit's power to comfort us. Dear reader, are you looking forward to poverty? Fear not; the divine Spirit can give you, in your want, a greater plenty than the rich have in their abundance. You know not what joys may be stored up for you in the cottage around which grace will plant the roses of content. Are you conscious of a growing failure of your bodily powers? Do you expect to suffer long nights of languishing and days of pain? O be not sad! That bed may become a throne to you. You little know how every pang that shoots through your body may be a refining fire to consume your dross- a beam of glory to light up the secret parts of your soul. Are the eyes growing dim? Jesus will be your light. Do the ears fail you? Jesus' name will be your soul's best music, and His person your dear delight. Socrates used to say, "Philosophers can be happy without music;" and Christians can be happier than philosophers when all outward causes of rejoicing are withdrawn. In Thee, my God, my heart shall triumph, come what may of ills without! By thy power, O blessed Spirit, my heart shall be exceeding glad, though all things should fail me here below.
    Fear is a powerful motivator. It is for this reason it is used by governments for control and by terrorists for leverage. But the one who is in Jesus Christ has nothing to fear from man nor devil. Evil may claim a Christian’s life, but it can never claim a Christian’s spirit; for the Christian belongs to God and God alone. God is the One who should be feared above all, because those who reject Him will face far more dire consequences than they can fathom. This is why Jesus tells His followers, “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” - Matthew 10:28 Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions Evening, April 8 "I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me." Psalm 23:4 Behold, how independent of outward circumstances the Holy Ghost can make the Christian! What a bright light may shine within us when it is all dark without! How firm, how happy, how calm, how peaceful we may be, when the world shakes to and fro, and the pillars of the earth are removed! Even death itself, with all its terrible influences, has no power to suspend the music of a Christian's heart, but rather makes that music become more sweet, more clear, more heavenly, till the last kind act which death can do is to let the earthly strain melt into the heavenly chorus, the temporal joy into the eternal bliss! Let us have confidence, then, in the blessed Spirit's power to comfort us. Dear reader, are you looking forward to poverty? Fear not; the divine Spirit can give you, in your want, a greater plenty than the rich have in their abundance. You know not what joys may be stored up for you in the cottage around which grace will plant the roses of content. Are you conscious of a growing failure of your bodily powers? Do you expect to suffer long nights of languishing and days of pain? O be not sad! That bed may become a throne to you. You little know how every pang that shoots through your body may be a refining fire to consume your dross- a beam of glory to light up the secret parts of your soul. Are the eyes growing dim? Jesus will be your light. Do the ears fail you? Jesus' name will be your soul's best music, and His person your dear delight. Socrates used to say, "Philosophers can be happy without music;" and Christians can be happier than philosophers when all outward causes of rejoicing are withdrawn. In Thee, my God, my heart shall triumph, come what may of ills without! By thy power, O blessed Spirit, my heart shall be exceeding glad, though all things should fail me here below.
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  • Jesus had every right to defend Himself, He was without blame. Yet He remained silent on the cross, taking a punishment He did not deserve so that we would not face the punishment we do deserve. He deserves our faith and allegiance. He not only earned it, He bought it at a price higher than any other - His own blood.

    Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotions

    Morning, April 2

    "He answered him to never a word." Matthew 27:14

    He had never been slow of speech when He could bless the sons of men, but He would not say a single word for Himself. "Never man spake like this Man," and never man was silent like Him. Was this singular silence the index of His perfect self-sacrifice? Did it show that He would not utter a word to stay the slaughter of His sacred person, which He had dedicated as an offering for us? Had He so entirely surrendered Himself that He would not interfere in His own behalf, even in the minutest degree, but be bound and slain an unstruggling, uncomplaining victim? Was this silence a type of the defenselessness of sin? Nothing can be said in palliation or excuse of human guilt; and, therefore, He who bore its whole weight stood speechless before His judge. Is not patient silence the best reply to a gainsaying world? Calm endurance answers some questions infinitely more conclusively than the loftiest eloquence. The best apologists for Christianity in the early days were its martyrs. The anvil breaks a host of hammers by quietly bearing their blows. Did not the silent Lamb of God furnish us with a grand example of wisdom? Where every word was occasion for new blasphemy, it was the line of duty to afford no fuel for the flame of sin. The ambiguous and the false, the unworthy and mean, will ere long overthrow and confute themselves, and therefore the true can afford to be quiet, and finds silence to be its wisdom. Evidently our Lord, by His silence, furnished a remarkable fulfillment of prophecy. A long defence of Himself would have been contrary to Isaiah's prediction. "He is led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth." By His quiet He conclusively proved Himself to be the true Lamb of God. As such we salute Him this morning. Be with us, Jesus, and in the silence of our heart, let us hear the voice of Thy love.
    Jesus had every right to defend Himself, He was without blame. Yet He remained silent on the cross, taking a punishment He did not deserve so that we would not face the punishment we do deserve. He deserves our faith and allegiance. He not only earned it, He bought it at a price higher than any other - His own blood. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotions Morning, April 2 "He answered him to never a word." Matthew 27:14 He had never been slow of speech when He could bless the sons of men, but He would not say a single word for Himself. "Never man spake like this Man," and never man was silent like Him. Was this singular silence the index of His perfect self-sacrifice? Did it show that He would not utter a word to stay the slaughter of His sacred person, which He had dedicated as an offering for us? Had He so entirely surrendered Himself that He would not interfere in His own behalf, even in the minutest degree, but be bound and slain an unstruggling, uncomplaining victim? Was this silence a type of the defenselessness of sin? Nothing can be said in palliation or excuse of human guilt; and, therefore, He who bore its whole weight stood speechless before His judge. Is not patient silence the best reply to a gainsaying world? Calm endurance answers some questions infinitely more conclusively than the loftiest eloquence. The best apologists for Christianity in the early days were its martyrs. The anvil breaks a host of hammers by quietly bearing their blows. Did not the silent Lamb of God furnish us with a grand example of wisdom? Where every word was occasion for new blasphemy, it was the line of duty to afford no fuel for the flame of sin. The ambiguous and the false, the unworthy and mean, will ere long overthrow and confute themselves, and therefore the true can afford to be quiet, and finds silence to be its wisdom. Evidently our Lord, by His silence, furnished a remarkable fulfillment of prophecy. A long defence of Himself would have been contrary to Isaiah's prediction. "He is led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth." By His quiet He conclusively proved Himself to be the true Lamb of God. As such we salute Him this morning. Be with us, Jesus, and in the silence of our heart, let us hear the voice of Thy love.
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  • Great faith was found in a woman who sought not riches, but even the mere crumbs that fell from the Master’s table. She recognized how great Jesus was, and that the favor she asked was a mere pittance. Such humility in seeking not self-sufficiency not great wealth, but the Master Himself. Oh that we all would have such pure and simple desires and let our worldly pursuits melt away.

    Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions

    Evening, March 27

    "And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table." Matthew 15:27

    This woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking GREAT THOUGHTS OF CHRIST. The Master had talked about the children's bread: "Now," argued she, "since Thou art the Master of the table of grace, I know that Thou art a generous housekeeper, and there is sure to be abundance of bread on Thy table; there will be such an abundance for the children that there will be crumbs to throw on the floor for the dogs, and the children will fare none the worse because the dogs are fed." She thought Him one who kept so good a table that all that she needed would only be a crumb in comparison; yet remember, what she wanted was to have the devil cast out of her daughter. It was a very great thing to her, but she had such a high esteem of Christ, that she said, "It is nothing to Him, it is but a crumb for Christ to give." This is the royal road to comfort. Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace. "My sins are many, but oh! it is nothing to Jesus to take them all away. The weight of my guilt presses me down as a giant's foot would crush a worm, but it is no more than a grain of dust to Him, because He has already borne its curse in His own body on the tree. It will be but a small thing for Him to give me full remission, although it will be an infinite blessing for me to receive it." The woman opens her soul's mouth very wide, expecting great things of Jesus, and He fills it with His love. Dear reader, do the same. She confessed what Christ laid at her door, but she laid fast hold upon Him, and drew arguments even out of His hard words; she believed great things of Him, and she thus overcame Him. SHE WON THE VICTORY BY BELIEVING IN HIM. Her case is an instance of prevailing faith; and if we would conquer like her, we must imitate her tactics.
    Great faith was found in a woman who sought not riches, but even the mere crumbs that fell from the Master’s table. She recognized how great Jesus was, and that the favor she asked was a mere pittance. Such humility in seeking not self-sufficiency not great wealth, but the Master Himself. Oh that we all would have such pure and simple desires and let our worldly pursuits melt away. Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotions Evening, March 27 "And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table." Matthew 15:27 This woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking GREAT THOUGHTS OF CHRIST. The Master had talked about the children's bread: "Now," argued she, "since Thou art the Master of the table of grace, I know that Thou art a generous housekeeper, and there is sure to be abundance of bread on Thy table; there will be such an abundance for the children that there will be crumbs to throw on the floor for the dogs, and the children will fare none the worse because the dogs are fed." She thought Him one who kept so good a table that all that she needed would only be a crumb in comparison; yet remember, what she wanted was to have the devil cast out of her daughter. It was a very great thing to her, but she had such a high esteem of Christ, that she said, "It is nothing to Him, it is but a crumb for Christ to give." This is the royal road to comfort. Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace. "My sins are many, but oh! it is nothing to Jesus to take them all away. The weight of my guilt presses me down as a giant's foot would crush a worm, but it is no more than a grain of dust to Him, because He has already borne its curse in His own body on the tree. It will be but a small thing for Him to give me full remission, although it will be an infinite blessing for me to receive it." The woman opens her soul's mouth very wide, expecting great things of Jesus, and He fills it with His love. Dear reader, do the same. She confessed what Christ laid at her door, but she laid fast hold upon Him, and drew arguments even out of His hard words; she believed great things of Him, and she thus overcame Him. SHE WON THE VICTORY BY BELIEVING IN HIM. Her case is an instance of prevailing faith; and if we would conquer like her, we must imitate her tactics.
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