March 2
CHRIST is NEAR: “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (Deut 30:14). Henry Law writes: “Here the gospel beams forth brightly. This is a picture with Christ in the foreground…For the Spirit, who...
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March 1
CHRIST the DISPENSER of LIVING WATER: “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst” (Jn 4:14). The story is told of a man who “was greatly misunderstood. It was known that he had a large...
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February 28
CHRIST the CARPENTER: “Is this not the carpenter’s son?” (Mt 13:55). “Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary” (Mk 6:3). Adam Clarke explains: “Among the ancient Jews, every father was bound to do four things for his son....
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February 27
CHRIST the SEED of the WOMAN: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel” (Gen 3:15). Consider the glorious achievements of...
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February 26
CHRIST the AMEN: “These things says the Amen…” (Rev 3:14). “For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us” (2 Cor 1:20). Paul has just explained to the...
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February 25
CHRIST our SYMPATHIZER: “For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses” (Heb 4:15). Blessed double negative! Yes, He can, and does, sympathize with His struggling people. Never is this seen more clearly than in...
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February 23
CHRIST our SHEPHERD: “I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own” (Jn 10:14). David, who well knew the characteristics of a good shepherd, describes in Psalm 23 the most convincing proof of...
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February 22
CHRIST the PLANNER of the AGES: “God…in these last days did speak to us in the Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages" (Heb 1:1-2, Young’s Literal Translation). Paul speaks of...
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February 21
CHRIST the TRUE VINE: “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (Jn 15:1). Christian service can be either overwork or...
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