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This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 16th sermon based on 2 Cor. 10:5: "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ". Here Flavels opens up the first part of Christ's Kingly office in its spiritual reality in the hearts of God's...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 15th sermon based on Gal. 4:4-5: "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive adoption as sons". As Flavel closes his sermons on the Priesthood of Christ he spends this shorter message meditating on the ...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 14th sermon based on Gal. 3:13: "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us". This was a glorious meditation on the Cross of Calvary and all that Jesus has done in saving his precious people by grace alone. Flavel then applies the text to our minds and hearts, to take refuge in the blood...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 13th sermon based on Hebrews 7:25: "Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them". Flavel warmly meditates on what it is for Christ to pray and plead for us as our Advocate, and how we can grow into the assurance of faith on this b...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 12th sermon based on Hebrews 10:14: "For by one offering he has perfected forever them that are sanctified". Flavel gazes upon the offering of Christ as our Lamb and Priest in this sermon. He shows us what it means for Christ to be our sin-offering, who Christ was offered unto, whom he died for, and then applies the text in pleading with men t...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 11th sermon based on Hebrews 9:23: "It was therefore necessary that the patterns of these things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these". Here Flavel uses the necessity of OT sacrifices which pointed forward to the necessity of the blood of Jesus Christ for the true fo...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 10th sermon based on Luke 24:45 "Then He opened their understandings, that they might understand the Scriptures". Last sermon Flavel shows us the external work of Christ as Prophet through the Word, and here he shows us the internal work of Christ as Prophet through the Spirit. The Word can get in our ears, but only the sovereign grace of the ...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 9th sermon based on Acts 3:22: "A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall you hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you". Flavel unpacks the first part of what it means for Christ to be our saving prophet as the Godman, how Christ speaks to us today through his Word, and why we ough...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 8th sermon based on 1 Tim. 2:5: "There is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus". Flavel here unpacks what it means for Christ to be our Mediator as the Godman, how that is the ground of the Gospel and our peace with God, and how that propels us to enjoy communion with God. May we grow to e...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 7th sermon based on John 17:19: 'And for their sake, I consecrate myself". In this wonderful sermon Flavel spends the first half meditating on the saving love of Christ in setting his heart upon his elect bride with specific intention, and the second half of the sermon focuses on how we should imitate this spirit in our ...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 6th sermon based on John 6:27: "For on him has the Father set his seal". We come to look upon the Father's commission to Christ, the Lord Jesus' sealing by the Father, and the authority in which Jesus acts as our Mediator and Redeemer. May your heart be warmed by the sealing of Christ, and may the Spirit seal yo...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 5th sermon based on John 1:14: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us". The first portion is more technical as we are looking at how both the divine and human natures exist in the one Person of Christ, and then the latter portion focuses on applying these truths to our minds and hearts as we ensure that we are...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 4th sermon based on John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him, might not perish, but have everlasting life". May the electing love of God for the elect that spreads across the whole world, for all who believe, be the chief joy of our hearts this day!

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This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 3rd sermon based on Isaiah 53:12: "Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors." May you find deep joy in know...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 2nd sermon based on Proverbs 8:30: "Then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always". May your heart be warmed as we gaze upon the glory of the eternal Son of God and the magnitude of his love in stepping into our humanity so that we might be saved into joyful commu...

This morning's devotional is from "The Fountain of Life" by John Flavel as we look at the 1st sermon based on 1 Cor. 2:2 which says, "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified". May your soul be warmed by the loveliness of Christ, and encouraged to press on to know Him deeper! He is worthy.

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