February 4,
The MYSTERY of CHRIST’S GLORIFIED BODY: Christ’s earthly humiliation and eternal glories are mysteriously bound together (Phil 2:5-11; Rom 8:17). “The first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Lord from heaven…And as we have borne...
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February 3
The MYSTERY of CHRIST’S MYSTICAL BODY: Christ’s singular Headship and His many-membered Body are mysteriously bound together. Ephesians 5:25-32 says, “…Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing...
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February 2
The MYSTERY of CHRIST INDWELLING OUR BODIES: Christ’s redemptive death for me and resurrection life in me are mysteriously bound together. “…I became a minister…to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from...
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February 1
The MYSTERY of CHRIST’S INCARNATION BODY: Christ’s co-eternal deity and sinless humanity are mysteriously bound together. He became what He never was (truly human) without ceasing to be what He always was (fully divine). He is one Person with two...
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January 31
CHRIST the ROOT from DRY GROUND. “He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him” (Isa 53:2). James Culross writes: “The heart of the thing is, that men did...
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January 30
CHRIST our FORERUNNER (Heb 6:19-20): A forerunner (prod’-rom-os) is “one who comes in advance to prepare for those who follow.” Even today world leaders send an emmisary on ahead to see how they will be received; if the forerunner is...
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January 29
CHRIST the MAKER: “Behold I make all things new” (Rev 21:5). To create all things new is one of His most famous achievements.…In the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, all things are new. To the wisest mind, if unrenewed,...
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January 28
CHRIST the COMPASSIONATE: “When He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them” (Mt 9:36). D.L. Moody tells of visiting, with his daughter, a poor woman whose little girl had drowned. Her drunkard husband sat insensible in the...
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January 27
CHRIST the WAY (Jn 14:6). T.H. Darlow writes: In the Acts of the Apostles we find that the earliest Christians often spoke of their faith simply as “the Way.” Our Lord had set them an example when He said, “Narrow...
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