Moffatt: by popular demand

Saturday, March 16, 2019
Meditation:
    And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
    —Revelation 5:9-10 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The popular craving [for an English Bible] could not be stifled, and the sixteenth century saw the pioneering works of Tyndale and Coverdale; then, two years after Coverdale, the real “authorized version” appeared in 1537, when a mysterious translator called “Thomas Matthew” had his works not only dedicated to but licensed by Henry VIII. In the long run, what put the Bible into the hands of the common people was the influence exerted on public opinion and authority by the reformation of the church.
    ... James Moffatt (1870-1944), A New Translation of the Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935, New York: Harper, 1935, Introduction, p. xxxviii (see the book)
    See also Rev. 5:9-10; Rom. 10:14-17; Eph. 4:15; 1 Thess. 2:13; 1 Tim. 4:13
Quiet time reflection:
    We desire You, O God. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Ironside: knowledge

Friday, March 15, 2019
Meditation:
    See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.
    —Colossians 2:8 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Scripture nowhere condemns the acquisition of knowledge. It is the wisdom of this world, not its knowledge, that is foolishness with God... The history of philosophy is a story of contradictory, discarded hypotheses... Many of them have failed to avail themselves of that which would unravel every knot and solve every problem, namely, the revelation of God in Christ as given in the Holy Scriptures.
    ... Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951), Philippians and Colossians, [reprint] Kregel Publications, 2007, p. 147-148 (see the book)
    See also Col. 2:8-10; Matt. 16:17; 1 Cor. 1:19-27; Rev. 1:10-11
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, grant me confidence in Your wisdom. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Jerome: a bulwark

Thursday, March 14, 2019
Meditation:
    But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
    —Galatians 3:22 (NIV)
Quotation:
    A man who is well-grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
    ... St. Jerome (340?-420)
    See also Gal. 3:22; Ps. 119:97,163-165; Matt. 22:29; Mark 12:24; John 5:39-40; Rom. 5:20-21; Gal. 3:8-10,23
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, fill my mind with Your word. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Augustine: hidden grace

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.”
    —John 15:9-10 (NIV)
Quotation:
    It is not that we keep His commandments first, and that then He loves; but that He loves us, and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace, which is revealed to the humble, but hidden from the proud.
    ... St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430), Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel according to St. John, vol. ii, Marcus Dods, ed., as vol. xi of The Works of Aurelius Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Edinbugh: T & T Clark, 1884, tract. LXXXII.3, p. 308 (see the book)
    See also John 15:8-11; Matt. 11:25-26; John 3:16; Rom. 5:8; Eph. 2:3-5; Tit. 3:3-5; 1 John 4:10,19
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I am not worthy, but You have granted me Your grace. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Taylor: evening prayer

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Meditation:
    The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.
    —Isaiah 9:2 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Visit, I beseech Thee, O Lord, this habitation with Thy mercy, and me with Thy grace and salvation. Let Thy holy angels pitch their tents round about and dwell here, that no illusion of the night may abuse me, the spirits of darkness may not come near to hurt me, no evil or sad accident oppress me; and let the eternal Spirit of the Father dwell in my soul and body, filling every corner of my heart with light and grace. Let no deed of darkness overtake me; and let Thy blessing, most blessed God, be upon me for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
    ... Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), Holy Living [1650], in The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., v. III, London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1847, p. 40 (see the book)
    See also Isa. 9:2; Ps. 4:8; 46:1-3; 91:1; Pr. 18:10; John 3:19-21; Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:11; 1 Thess. 5:1-8
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You are filling my life with light. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Wesley: Come, Holy Ghost

Monday, March 11, 2019
Meditation:
    [Jesus:] “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
    —Acts 1:8 (NIV)
Quotation:
Come, Holy Ghost (for moved by thee
The prophets wrote and spoke);
Unlock the truth, thyself the key,
Unseal the sacred book.
    ... Charles Wesley (1707-1788), [1740], The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, v. I, John Wesley, London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868, p. 239 (see the book)
    See also Acts 1:8; Matt. 22:43; Mark 12:36; Luke 22:45; John 14:16-17; 15:26; 16:13; Acts 2:30-31; 2 Cor. 4:3-5; 2 Pet. 1:19-21
Quiet time reflection:
    Your people are listening, Lord. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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Henry: celebrating the resurrection

Sunday, March 10, 2019
Meditation:
    And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
    —Luke 24:33-34 (KJV)
Quotation:
    [My father’s] common salutation of his family or friends, on the Lord’s day in the morning, was that of the primitive Christians:—The Lord is risen; He is risen indeed; making it his chief business on that day to celebrate the memory of Christ’s resurrection.
    ... Matthew Henry (1662-1714), The life of the Rev. Philip Henry, A.M. [1697], London: B. J. Holdsworth, 1825, p. 50 (see the book)
    See also Luke 24:33-34; Matt. 28:5-7; Mark 16:6-7; 1 Cor. 15:3-8,14
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your people await Your return. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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