10/23/2026 – Morning devotion – 1 of 2 today -“Will ye also go away?” John 6:67
“Many have forsaken Christ, and have walked no more with him; but what reason have you to make a change? Has there been any reason for it in the past? Has not Jesus proved himself all-sufficient? He appeals to you this morning–“Have I been a wilderness unto you?” When your soul has simply trusted Jesus, have you ever been confounded? Have you not up till now found your Lord to be a compassionate and generous friend to you, and has not simple faith in him given you all the peace your spirit could desire? Can you so much as dream of a better friend than he has been to you? Then change not the old and tried for new and false. As for the present, can that compel you to leave Christ? When we are hard beset with this world, or with the severer trials within the Church, we find it a most blessed thing to pillow our head upon the bosom of our Saviour. This is the joy we have today that we are saved in him; and if this joy be satisfying, wherefore should we think of changing? Who barters gold for dross? We will not forswear the sun till we find a better light, nor leave our Lord until a brighter lover shall appear; and, since this can never be, we will hold him with a grasp immortal, and bind his name as a seal upon our arm. As for the future, can you suggest anything which can arise that shall render it necessary for you to mutiny, or desert the old flag to serve under another captain? We think not. If life be long–he changes not. If we are poor, what better than to have Christ who can make us rich? When we are sick, what more do we want than Jesus to make our bed in our sickness? When we die, is it not written that “neither death, nor life, nor things present, nor things to come, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord!” We say with Peter, “Lord, to whom shall we go?”
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Soli Deo Gloria!
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” Isaiah 5:20. This speaks to our day globally does it not. I have heard so many self-professed christians spewing the Devil’s hate. And I am not talking about actively perpetuating violence and mayhem necessarily, also evident in our day. But…: “If you direct them to God’s Word, they come back with: “That may be true for you, but it is not true for me.” (Is not God’s Truth absolute?) or “I believe all people worship the same god.” (even including Islam specifically).
Biblical illiteracy is rampant in the church. Isaiah was prophet, the Lord spoke directly to him. Moving from Chapter 5, he goes on to to pronounce “The Immanuel Prophecy” in chapter 7; “The Lord of Host, the Only Refuge” in Chapter 8 ; “Birth of the Prince of Peace” in Chapter 9; Israel Regathered” along with “The Remnant Will Return” in Chapter 10; … “Salvation and Judgment on That Day” in Chapter 25; the Judgment of the Nations in Chapter 34; “Future Glory for Israel in Chapter 54; “The Lord’s Glory in Zion in Chapter 60; and, “Final Judgment and Joyous Restoration” in Chapter 66.
Original sin, our natural bent: We all want to be our own god.
Thoughts? / Reflections?