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April 28, 2026 — Let’s Be Real
Early Christians were epistles “known and read by everyone” (2 Cor 3:2, ISV). What says the Epistle by You? You can hardly hurry by such a masterpiece as Psalm 40. It would be like trampling roughshod through a garden of exotic flowers. So far, we’ve heard the Sinner’s Plea (vv 1-3), the Saint’s Praise (vv 4-5), the Savior’s Provision (vv 6-8), and the Salvation…
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April 28
CHRIST the FIRSTBORN: “When He again brings the Firstborn into the world, He says: ‘Let all the angels of God worship Him’” (Heb 1:6). The Lord says of David, Jesse’s youngest son, “I will make him My firstborn” (Ps 89:27). This is not an exception, but the rule in Scripture. The firstborn was never born…
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April 28 Petition Mission
“Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way” (Ps 119:37). It’s the relentless battle for the eyes. Not here those whose “eyes bulge with abundance” (73:7) nor the danger of setting something “wicked before my eyes” (101:3), but merely the seemingly endless distractions of “looking at worthless things.”…
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April 28
It’s good to have some simple ways in mind to present gospel truth. For example, an outline of John 3:16, as follows, can be easily sketched on a paper napkin at a restaurant table as you speak to a friend who is searching but still without Christ. The verse can be arranged as follows: GOD…
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April 27, 2026 — Awl In
“My ears You have opened.” That the King of kings should thus come to be the Servant of servants!” So far, Psalm 40 has presented to us the Sinner’s Plea (vv 1-3), the Saint’s Praise (vv 4-5), and the Savior’s Provision (vv 6-8). Before we leave this sacred section, notice the change between the Hebrew text, “My ears You have opened” (v 6), and…
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April 27
CHRIST the PREPARER of our PLACE: George Henderson points out that the Christian is bound to heaven by eight gold links. Our Father is there: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name” (Mt 6:9). Our Savior is there: “Christ has…entered…into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us” (Heb 9:24).…