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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Jeremiah 9:17-24

A minister speaking at a recent conference of a well-known denomination said: "The reason why there is so much depletion of spiritual energy in people nowadays is due to the rush of modern-day life." But is this really true? If it is then it puts the blame for our condition outside of us rather than inside us - the...

Bible Verses: Jeremiah 9:17-24Jeremiah 2:1-13Jeremiah 17:13Isaiah 53:6

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Hosea 6:1-11

A danger that we must acquaint ourselves with as we discuss the need to contemplate God more deeply is that of becoming more interested in godliness than in God Himself. Theologian Jim Packer puts the point effectively when he says that "moving in evangelical circles as I do I am often troubled by what I find. While my...

Bible Verses: Hosea 6:1-112 Timothy 3:1-52 Chronicles 25:1-2Isaiah 29:13

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Hebrews 11:17-28

What is it that prompts some people to take more interest in the principles of godliness than in God Himself? I think one reason could be that we are more comfortable dealing in the realm of the visible than the invisible. We prefer to work with things we can touch or handle and apply so that we feel an immediate...

Bible Verses: Hebrews 11:17-28Romans 1:16-23Hebrews 11:1-21 Timothy 1:17

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Galatians 3:1-25

The Christian Church has always struggled to get the balance right between faith and works. Romans is the great book on "faith" while James is the great book on "works." I know some Christians who never read the book of James, taking sides with Martin Luther who called it a "book of straw." Martin Luther may have been...

Bible Verses: Galatians 3:1-25Ephesians 2:1-9Galatians 2:16Romans 9:32

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Philippians 3:1-14

We spend one more day setting the stage before lifting the curtains on this most important subject of the nature and character of God. It must not be assumed from what has been said over the past couple of days that the study of Scripture and contemplation of the principles which God has built into His Word are...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:1-14Revelation 2:1-72 Corinthians 5:14

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Isaiah 42:10-17

We are ready now to close in on our subject and contemplate as far as we are able the nature and character of the God we worship. Most of what we know about God is from His self-revelation in the Scriptures. We know something about Him as we look out through the lattice of nature, but because the world of nature has...

Bible Verses: Isaiah 42:10-17Exodus 20:1-7Deuteronomy 11:161 John 5:21

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Isaiah 42:1-9

What is the first thing we learn about God as we open up the Scriptures? It is His might and omnipotence. The Bible never argues that there is a God; everywhere it assumes and asserts the fact. Majestically the opening verse of Scripture says: "In the beginning God –" Its paramount concern is not to persuade us that God...

Bible Verses: Isaiah 42:1-9Genesis 1:1Acts 14:8-15Nehemiah 9:5-6Psalms 102:25Hebrews 11:3

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Psalm 33:1-22

Today, the idea that God created the world is scoffed at by many. Modern astronomers probing into outer space with their gigantic telescopes favor two theories as to the origin of the universe. One is the so-called Big Bang Theory, according to which "The cosmos started with a titanic explosion and as a consequence has...

Bible Verses: Psalms 33:1-22Psalms 33:1-22Matthew 19:16-261 Chronicles 29:12Psalms 62:11Isaiah 43:12-13

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Psalm 104:1-35

Now we consider God's might and power in the act of preservation. No creature has power to preserve itself. "Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?" asked Job (Job 8:11). Both man and beast would perish if there were no food, and there would be no food if the earth...

Bible Verses: Psalms 104:1-35Job 8:11Daniel 5:23Isaiah 46:1-13Psalms 18:35Psalms 147:6

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Ezekiel 22:1-16

God is powerful in judgment. When He smites none can resist Him, as our text for today so clearly shows. The Flood of Noah's day is one such example, when the entire race - with the exception of eight people - was swept away (Genesis 6:1-9:18). A shower of fire and...

Bible Verses: Ezekiel 22:1-16Genesis 6:1-9:18Genesis 19:1-29Exodus 14:1-31Psalms 2:12Exodus 15:11Psalms 114:1-81 Chronicles 16:30-31Isaiah 66:1-3

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Isaiah 55:1-13

After seeing in Genesis 1 that God is all-powerful, the next thing we observe about God is that He is personal.But what does it mean to be a person? What predicates personality? The best definition of personality I know is the one given to me by the tutor who taught me...

Bible Verses: Isaiah 55:1-13Genesis 1Genesis 1:1-31Job 33:13-141 Kings 19:12Ezekiel 43:2

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Psalm 139:1-24

We continue exploring the fact that God is not only powerful, but personal. The constituent parts of personality are predicated of God on almost every page of the Bible. "I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind," said the Lord to Eli in

Bible Verses: Psalms 139:1-241 Samuel 2:35Psalms 2:12Zechariah 1:14-15Psalms 78:38Deuteronomy 30:9Genesis 6:6-7Hebrews 4:12-16Psalms 2:12Zechariah 1:14-15Psalms 78:38Deuteronomy 30:9

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Luke 12:13-21

Why is it that so many in our day and age are attracted to the notion of a God who is impersonal? New Age theories seem to be infiltrating all parts of society in almost every country of the world. I think there is a very subtle reason why men and women prefer to think of God as a power rather than as a Person. If God...

Bible Verses: Luke 12:13-21Genesis 1:26-30Genesis 5:11 Corinthians 11:7James 3:9Ecclesiastes 3:11

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Psalm 14:1-7

The idea of a living personal God gives men and women the jitters. They sense deep within that they are accountable to Him but they don't know just what to do about it. C. S. Lewis put it like this: "The Pantheist's God does nothing, demands nothing. He is there if you wish for Him, like a book on a shelf. He will not...

Bible Verses: Psalms 14:1-7Psalms 10:1-4Psalms 36:1-41 John 2:22

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