Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me?”
John 14:9
There seems to be pain in the Master’s question. This disciple had been with Him for three years. He had seen His beautiful and gentle life. He had witnessed His works of power. Surely by this time, after such long [...]
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Knowledge of Christ {Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 28/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our Every-Day Life {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 10/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“He answereth and saith unto them.”
Luke. 3:11
In John’s several answers to the different inquiries made of him we see that religion is not something entirely apart from our every-day life. He did not tell these men to fast for a week, or to leave their business and retire to a monastery, or to enter upon [...]
The Spirit Like a Dove {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 28/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“He saw & the Spirit like a dove desending upon him.”
Mark 1:10
Even Christ with all His divine power needed the anointing of the Holy Spirit to set Him apart for His life-work, and to make Him ready for it. How much more do we, His disciples, need the same anointing before we are truly set [...]
Self-Renounciation {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 15/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“John answered & one mightier than I cometh.”
Luke. 3:11
There is somthing very fine in John’s behaviour on this occasion. The people were expecting Christ, and when John rose up in such brightness they were ready to accept him as the Messiah. So intense was the excitement, so wild was the enthusiasm, that almost the whole [...]
The Test of Life {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 31/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“And they were both righteous before God.”
Luke 1:6
This is a beautiful thing to have said of them. Yet, after all, that is the test which every life must endure. It is not enough to have human commendation: how do we stand before God? how does our life appear to Him? No matter how men praise [...]
The Incarnation {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 27/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Word was made flesh, Christ Jesus and dwelt among us.”
John 1:14
We must notice that it is the same Person who was in the beginning, who was God, and who made all things, who is here said to have become flesh. The Jesus of the gospel story is the God of eternity, the Jehovah of the [...]
Bearing Witness of Christ {J.R. Miller}
Posted in Come Ye Apart, Devotions, J.R. Miller on 24/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“He was not that light, light but was sent to bear witness of that Light.”
John 1:8
The mission of every Christian is likewise to bear witness of the Light. The Bible says that the spirit of man is the candle of the Lord; but in our natural, unregenerate state the candle is unlighted. It is capable [...]