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November 3 A Bondservant of Jesus “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me …” (Galatians 2:20). These words mean the breaking and collapse of my independence brought about by my own hands, and the surrendering of my life to the supremacy of the Lord […]
Read MoreNovember 2 Obedience or Independence? “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Our Lord never insists on our obedience. He stresses very definitely what we ought to do, but He never forces us to do it. We have to obey Him out of a oneness of spirit with Him. That is why whenever our Lord […]
Read MoreNovember 1 You Are Not Your Own “Do you not know that … you are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19). There is no such thing as a private life, or a place to hide in this world, for a man or woman who is intimately aware of and shares in the sufferings of […]
Read MoreOctober 31 The Trial of Faith “If you have faith as a mustard seed … nothing will be impossible for you” (Matthew 17:20). We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, and it may be so in the initial stages. But we do not earn anything through faith— faith brings us into […]
Read MoreOctober 30 Faith “Without faith it is impossible to please Him …” (Hebrews 11:6). Faith in active opposition to common sense is mistaken enthusiasm and narrow-mindedness, and common sense in opposition to faith demonstrates a mistaken reliance on reason as the basis for truth. The life of faith brings the two of these into the […]
Read MoreOctober 29 Substitution “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). The modern view of the death of Jesus is that He died for our sins out of sympathy for us. Yet the New Testament view is that […]
Read MoreOctober 28 Justification by Faith “If when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life” (Romans 5:10). I am not saved by believing—I simply realize I am saved by believing. And it is not repentance that saves […]
Read MoreOctober 26 What is a Missionary? “Jesus said to them again, ‘… As the Father has sent Me, I also send you’ ” (John 20:21). A missionary is someone sent by Jesus Christ just as He was sent by God. The great controlling factor is not the needs of people, but the command of Jesus. […]
Read MoreOctober 25 Submitting to God’s Purpose “I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22). A Christian worker has to learn how to be God’s man or woman of great worth and excellence in the midst of a multitude of meager and worthless things. Never […]
Read MoreOctober 23 Nothing of the Old Life! “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Our Lord never tolerates our prejudices—He is directly opposed to them and puts them to death. We tend to think that God has some […]
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