November 19
CHRIST the BAPTIZER: “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Mt 3:11). William Arthur writes: Suppose we saw an army before a granite fort, and they told us they intended to batter it down. We well might...
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November 18
CHRIST the NOURISHER and CHERISHER: “No one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church” (Eph 5:29). A.C. Price, in his book Fifty Sermons (p 97), tells of a gentleman who...
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November 17
CHRIST the POTENTATE: “He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Tim 6:15). Adam Clarke writes: “The word ‘Potentate’ is applied to secular governors;...
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November 16
JESUS the KINSMAN: “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same” (Heb 2:14). George Stephenson, born in England in 1781, left school at an early age, but returned later to...
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November 15
CHRIST the OVERSEER of our SOULS: “For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer (Bishop, KJV) of your souls” (1 Pet 2:25). The evidence is clear: no one cares for our souls...
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November 14
CHRIST the TRUSTWORTHY ONE: “In His name Gentiles will trust” (Mt 12:21). In a little Perthshire town in Scotland there was a minister of the gospel whose name filled the district like ointment poured forth. A Highland drover sometimes passed...
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November 13
CHRIST our ADVOCATE: “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 Jn 2:1). The word advocate (par-ak’-lay-tos)...
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