January 31
CHRIST the ROOT from DRY GROUND. “He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him” (Isa 53:2). James Culross writes: “The heart of the thing is, that men did...
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January 30
CHRIST our FORERUNNER (Heb 6:19-20): A forerunner (prod’-rom-os) is “one who comes in advance to prepare for those who follow.” Even today world leaders send an emmisary on ahead to see how they will be received; if the forerunner is...
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January 29
CHRIST the MAKER: “Behold I make all things new” (Rev 21:5). To create all things new is one of His most famous achievements.…In the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, all things are new. To the wisest mind, if unrenewed,...
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January 28
CHRIST the COMPASSIONATE: “When He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them” (Mt 9:36). D.L. Moody tells of visiting, with his daughter, a poor woman whose little girl had drowned. Her drunkard husband sat insensible in the...
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January 27
CHRIST the WAY (Jn 14:6). T.H. Darlow writes: In the Acts of the Apostles we find that the earliest Christians often spoke of their faith simply as “the Way.” Our Lord had set them an example when He said, “Narrow...
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January 26
CHRIST the APOSTLE (Heb 3:1). Christ is the ultimate apostle or messenger from God to man. How do we come to know Him? Through the OT types and shadows that point to Him, the prophecies that speak of Him, the...
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January 25
CHRIST is GOD: “‘They shall call His name Immanuel,’ which is translated, ‘God with us’” (Mt 1:23). Griffith Thomas states: “Christ claimed to be the Messiah of the Jews. He claimed to be the Redeemer. He claimed to be the...
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