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July 25 Am I Blessed Like This? “Blessed are …” (Matthew 5:3–11). When we first read the statements of Jesus, they seem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unnoticed into our subconscious minds. For instance, the Beatitudes initially seem to be merely soothing and beautiful precepts for overly spiritual and seemingly useless people, but […]
Read MoreJuly 24 His Nature and Our Motives “… unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). https://fromtimetoeternity.com/daily-devotion-188/
Read MoreJuly 23 Sanctification “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us … sanctification …” (1 Corinthians 1:30). The Life Side. The mystery of sanctification is that the perfect qualities of Jesus Christ are imparted as a gift to me, not gradually, but instantly once I enter by faith into the realization […]
Read MoreSERVANTHOOD July 23, 2017 Philippians 2:1-11 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of […]
Read MoreSanctification “This is the will of God, your sanctification …” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). The Death Side. In sanctification God has to deal with us on the death side as well as on the life side. Sanctification requires our coming to the place of death, but many of us spend so much time there that we […]
Read MoreJuly 21 The Doorway to the Kingdom “Blessed are the poor in spirit …” (Matthew 5:3). Beware of thinking of our Lord as only a teacher. If Jesus Christ is only a teacher, then all He can do is frustrate me by setting a standard before me I cannot attain. What is the point of […]
Read MoreJuly 20, 2017 Dependent on God’s Presence “Those who wait on the Lord … shall walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31). There is no thrill for us in walking, yet it is the test for all of our steady and enduring qualities. To “walk and not faint” is the highest stretch possible as a measure of strength. […]
Read MoreJuly 19 The Submission of the Believer “You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am” (John 13:13). Our Lord never insists on having authority over us. He never says, “You will submit to me.” No, He leaves us perfectly free to choose—so free, in fact, that we can spit in […]
Read MoreJuly 18 The Mystery of Believing “He said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ ” (Acts 9:5). Through the miracle of redemption, Saul of Tarsus was instantly changed from a strong-willed and forceful Pharisee into a humble and devoted bondservant of the Lord Jesus. https://fromtimetoeternity.com/a/
Read MoreJuly 17 The Miracle of Belief “My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom …” (1 Corinthians 2:4). Paul was a scholar and an orator of the highest degree; he was not speaking here out of a deep sense of humility, but was saying that when he preached the gospel, […]
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