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Title: Daily Devotional March 25th Post by: ricky023 on March 25, 2011, 10:45:44 AM “Betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?”
— Luke 22:48 “The kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face, for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. Whenever a man is about to stab religion, he usually professes very great reverence for it. Let me beware of the sleek-faced hypocrisy which is armour-bearer to heresy and infidelity. Knowing the deceivableness of unrighteousness, let me be wise as a serpent to detect and avoid the designs of the enemy. The young man, void of understanding, was led astray by the kiss of the strange woman: may my soul be so graciously instructed all this day, that “the much fair speech” of the world may have no effect upon me. Holy Spirit, let me not, a poor frail son of man, be betrayed with a kiss! But what if I should be guilty of the same accursed sin as Judas, that son of perdition? I have been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus; I am a member of his visible Church; I sit at the communion table: all these are so many kisses of my lips. Am I sincere in them? If not, I am a base traitor. Do I live in the world as carelessly as others do, and yet make a profession of being a follower of Jesus? Then I must expose religion to ridicule, and lead men to speak evil of the holy name by which I am called. Surely if I act thus inconsistently I am a Judas, and it were better for me that I had never been born. Dare I hope that I am clear in this matter? Then, O Lord, keep me so. O Lord, make me sincere and true. Preserve me from every false way. Never let me betray my Saviour. I do love thee, Jesus, and though I often grieve thee, yet I would desire to abide faithful even unto death. O God, forbid that I should be a high-soaring professor, and then fall at last into the lake of fire, because I betrayed my Master with a kiss. Title: Re: Daily Devotional March 25th Post by: SUPERCOACH on March 25, 2011, 10:58:21 AM Another good one.
#+ Title: Re: Daily Devotional March 25th Post by: ricky023 on March 25, 2011, 01:10:33 PM Give God the Glory he shows me what to place for the day. God Bless!
Title: Re: Daily Devotional March 25th Post by: FocusedFan on March 25, 2011, 01:31:16 PM Good one, Ricky! Have you ever heard Alistair Begg on the tv/radio?
As Carl Childers might say, "I like the way he talks". ha. Great Scottish accent and a really good preacher. Keep up the good work! Title: Re: Daily Devotional March 25th Post by: ricky023 on March 25, 2011, 01:51:47 PM Good one, Ricky! Have you ever heard Alistair Begg on the tv/radio? As Carl Childers might say, "I like the way he talks". ha. Great Scottish accent and a really good preacher. Keep up the good work! No but thank you. I will look up his program and check him out. God Bless! Title: Re: Daily Devotional March 25th Post by: FocusedFan on March 25, 2011, 01:59:46 PM I sometimes catch him on Faith radio 89.1 in Montgomery, but I'm sure you could find him on the 'net.
Have a great weekend. Title: Re: Daily Devotional March 25th Post by: XBAMA on March 25, 2011, 10:48:26 PM Give God the Glory he shows me what to place for the day. God Bless! Thank God for giving Ricky the ability to make our day , Amen . |