Daily Devotionals

Devotional: May 29th

"He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the witness in himself." - 1 John 5:10.

There is much evidence given anterior to faith; abundant evidence; far more than men care to gather up, concerning anything of worldly interest. Yet the greatest and most surprising testimonies are reserved for the satisfaction of believers. If unbelief has its necessities, faith has its privileges. Some would like to have, without any figure, a white stone thrown down to them from heaven, with their name upon it, beside the name of God - something that they can clutch in their hand. But believers are content with a testimony more appropriate to faith.

Christ promised his Spirit; he promised himself; he promised the indwelling of the Father in the heart of the believer, who then has the witness in himself; even the faithful and true witness, him that cannot lie, him that guideth into all truth.

But how manifold is the testimony of this witness - even as many as are his operations. The fruits of the Spirit are so many expressions of this testimony. Consider the offices of the Spirit as set forth by Christ to his disciples (John 14 and John 16) The eighth chapter of Romans also describes this testimony. The seventh shows the misery of being without it. There is no witness in the world more worthy of all acceptation. For who will venture to say that the spirit of man, with the best aid of Satan, is able to counterfeit perfectly the sublimest and blessedest operations of the Godhead?

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