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January 18
CHRIST UNSEEN yet SEEN: “The world will see Me no more, but you will see Me” (Jn 14:19). F.B. Meyer writes, “We may enjoy the perpetual recognition of the presence of Christ. Nothing makes men so humble yet so strong as the vision of Christ. When Isaiah beheld His glory more resplendent than the sheen…
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January 18 Petition Mission
“And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him…But He answered her not a word” (Mt 15:22-23). It is evident that at no time in the progress of this experience did Jesus mean to refuse this woman’s plea. His cold silence was not denial. His apparent refusal was not…
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January 18
Didn’t Jesus receive a sinful nature through His mother Mary? Mary was not “immaculately conceived” in her mother’s womb. The Bible does not teach this; Mary knew she needed a Savior (Lk 1:47). Besides, this doesn’t solve the problem—it only moves it back one generation. Human reasoning will always leave us with Job’s question: “Who…
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January 17
CHRIST the ALTOGETHER LOVELY ONE (Song of Sol 5:16): This world, though fallen, still catches us by surprise with its beauty. Who can capture in words the blazing hues of the autumn foliage somehow painted on the leaves by the pale fingers of the frost? But surely there are more beautiful sights than this! Earth is…
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January 17 Petition Mission
“Making mention of you always in my prayers…that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus” (Phm vv 4-6). Rodney (Gypsy) Smith was born in a Romani tent in Epping Forest, northeast of London. He never attended one day of school,…
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January 17
When I look over an audience and think of the misery that you and I do not see, that He does see, I think I understand what it means, “When He saw the multitude, He was moved with compassion” (Mt 9:36). We ought to have more compassion. How many times I have had to upbraid…