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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August 8
JESUS “FAITHFUL and TRUE” (Rev 19:11). “Faithful” (pistos) refers to one who “can be relied on…in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties”; while “true” (alethinos) speaks of “that which has not only...
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August 7
CHRIST the RESTORER: Of the Good Shepherd it says, “He restores my soul” (Ps 23:3). Wilbur Smith, in his Treasury of Books for Bible Study, spoke of G. Campbell Morgan’s preaching as “the greatest Biblical preaching of the twentieth century.”...
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August 6
CHRIST the GREAT DIVIDE: The word “shed” meaning “poured out” is rarely used today. One exception is the term “watershed,” referring to the line separating drainage basins. The most famous is the Great Divide, determining the rainfall that flows to...
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