May 17
JESUS, FRIEND of SINNERS: “The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’” (Lk 7:34). Their bitterest words turned sweet in the presence of...
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May 16
CHRIST the PRAYER INSTRUCTOR: “Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples’” (Lk...
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May 15
CHRIST the CRUCIFIED ONE: “We preach Christ crucified” (1 Cor 1:23). “I am crucified with Christ” (Gal 2:20). Andrew Murray writes: The cross of Christ is His greatest glory. Because He humbled Himself to the death of the cross, therefore...
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May 14
CHRIST the LIFE PRINCIPLE: “Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 6:11). Eternal life was the life which Christ exhibited on the human plane, and it is the same...
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May 13
CHRIST the SIN-OFFERING: “…You make His soul an offering for sin” (Isa 53:10). Years ago, I was leading a tour to Israel and we had arranged to spend a day working with some archeologists excavating a Roman villa at Gilo....
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May 12
CHRIST our INSTRUCTOR: “You call Me Teacher and Lord,” He said as He resumed His place among them at the table; “and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher…” (Jn 13:13-14). We notice...
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May 11
CHRIST the HEART’S OCCUPANT: “That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith” (Eph 3:17). John Tauler, preaching priest in the Roman Catholic Church in Strasbourg, Germany, was converted under the ministry of Nicolas of Basel in 1340. He was...
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