August 15
CHRIST’S DRAWING POWER: “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself” (Jn 12:32). It was prophesied by Isaiah concerning Christ: “There shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an...
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August 14
CHRIST the COMFORTER: “May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself…comfort your hearts”(2 Thess 2:16-17). Bob Greene (Chicago Tribune, Aug 1987), tells the following. Douglas Maurer, age 15, of Creve Coeur, MO, was diagnosed with leukemia. The doctors told him that he...
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August 13
CHRIST IS CALLING: “The Master has come and is calling for you” (Jn 11:28). Peter deeply appreciated the Lord’s calling on his life and made it a theme of his letters. He tells us that we have every reason to...
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August 12
JESUS the TRUTH (Jn 14:6): “And the governor asked Him, saying, ‘Are You the King of the Jews?’ So Jesus said to him, ‘It is as you say’” (Mt 27:11). A story is told in Today in the Word (Aug...
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August 11
CHRIST INCORRUPTIBLE: “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible…be honor and glory forever and ever” (1 Tim 1:17). The word aphthartos, here translated “immortal,” is found 7x in the NT, and in all instances should be translated “incorruptible.” Paul records...
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August 10
CHRIST the PARADOX: “As deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing,...
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August 9
OUR ABSENT but RETURNING LORD: “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13). “Blessed” here could be translated “happy,” and—knowing what we know about the promised return of our Champion—we...
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