January 24
CHRIST our TEACHER: “No man ever spoke like this Man!” (Jn 7:46). Christ’s words, as recorded, are comparatively few. The longest discourse takes fifteen minutes to read aloud. The whole of His words could be printed in a pamphlet of...
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January 23
CHRIST our MEDIATOR: “But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, since as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was based on better promises” (Heb 8:6). A mediator (mes-ee’-tace) at its simplest is a middle man,...
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January 22
CHRIST our JOY: As He passes up to Calvary, we find that from the depths of His joy a stream is flowing which cannot be quenched. Then we understand why He could say to His disciples, as He stood on...
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January 21
CHRIST our DELIGHT: “And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight” (Mal 3:1). Neglect is the parent of desert lives. Only too well do we know...
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January 20
CHRIST the COMING ONE: “For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not tarry” (Heb 10:37). F.E. Marsh writes: There is a pathos-filled incident in the life of Hugh Miller. He tells how, after...
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January 19
“CHRIST is ALL” (Col 3:11). Christ is all in creation and in control: “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers....
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January 18
CHRIST UNSEEN yet SEEN: “The world will see Me no more, but you will see Me” (Jn 14:19). F.B. Meyer writes, “We may enjoy the perpetual recognition of the presence of Christ. Nothing makes men so humble yet so strong...
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January 17
CHRIST the ALTOGETHER LOVELY ONE (Song of Sol 5:16): This world, though fallen, still catches us by surprise with its beauty. Who can capture in words the blazing hues of the autumn foliage somehow painted on the leaves by the pale...
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January 16
CHRIST’S NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME (Php 2:9). Early Christians often referred to “the Name” as though the word stood for the Lord Jesus Himself, as if there was no other name that mattered. We read how they preached concerning the...
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