Revelation 12:7 Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels.
Spurgeon's Daily Devotional, this is a good one, it may seem old fashened but it applies today just as it did in his time.
Spurgeon's Daily Devotional, this is a good one, it may seem old fashened but it applies today just as it did in his time.
"The spot of His children."
Deuteronomy 32:5
What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were
vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God's word reveals it
to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to be our guide. Now, we
are told concerning our Lord, "to as many as received Him, to them gave
He power to become the sons of God, even to as many as believed on His name."
Then, if I have received Christ Jesus into my heart, I am a child of God. That
reception is described in the same verse as believing on the name of Jesus
Christ. If, then, I believe on Jesus Christ's name--that is, simply from my
heart trust myself with the crucified, but now exalted, Redeemer, I am a member
of the family of the Most High. Whatever else I may not have, if I have this, I
have the privilege to become a child of God. Our Lord Jesus puts it in another
shape. "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." Here is
the matter in a nutshell. Christ appears as a shepherd to His own sheep, not to
others. As soon as He appears, His own sheep perceive Him--they trust Him, they
are prepared to follow Him; He knows them, and they know Him--there is a mutual
knowledge--there is a constant connection between them. Thus the one mark, the
sure mark, the infallible mark of regeneration and adoption is a hearty faith in
the appointed Redeemer. Reader, are you in doubt, are you uncertain whether you
bear the secret mark of God's children? Then let not an hour pass over your head
till you have said, "Search me, O God, and know my heart." Trifle not here, I
adjure you! If you must trifle anywhere, let it be about some secondary matter:
your health, if you will, or the title deeds of your estate; but about your
soul, your never-dying soul and its eternal destinies, I beseech you to be in
earnest. Make sure work for eternity. Deuteronomy 32:5
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