August 31
JESUS the TENDER-HEARTED: “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd” (Mt 9:36). Deep beneath the city of Rome are the Catacombs, a maze...
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August 30
CHRIST the TRUE: “They said to Him, ‘Teacher, we know that You are true’” (Mk 12:14). The word “true” here means literally “not hidden.” Of course He had nothing to hide: “That was the true Light which gives light to...
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August 29
JESUS HEAVEN’S GREETER: “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” (Acts 7:56). These are the words of martyr Stephen as he approached the moment of his passage Home. But...
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August 28
CHRIST the APPEARING ONE: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed...
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August 27
CHRIST the ESCAPE MASTER: “How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation…?” (Heb 2:3). I recall reading the account of seven prisoners of a Soviet camp near the Arctic Circle. After escaping the camp, they walked to...
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August 26
JESUS RAISED UP: “Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high” (Isa 52:13). The word for “exalted” means to be raised up; the word for “extolled” means to be borne up; but...
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August 25
JESUS the FAMILY MAN: “I and the children whom God has given Me” (Heb 2:13). William Grimshaw (1708–1763) was ordained many years before he was saved. A “blind leader of the blind,” he was eventually brought to Christ through the...
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