October 12
CHRIST the MERCIFUL: “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance” (Mt 9:13). “It comes to this, my dear friends: He is...
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October 11
JESUS the GIFT of GOD: “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor 9:15). Adoniram Judson laid the foundation for a remarkable work of God in Burma. But as a young man he fell into Deism (God as...
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October 10
CHRIST the WILLINGLY POOR ONE: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery (harpagmos, a thing to be seized) to be equal with God,...
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October 9
CHRIST BEGOTTEN: “The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You’” (Ps 2:7). This is the first occasion where our Lord is spoken of as begotten of the Father. Christ’s “begottenness” is a matter...
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October 8
JESUS the PATIENT FARMER: “Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors” (Jn 4:38). Almost every Christian has heard about Hudson Taylor, who blazed a trail for God through China. China Inland Mission brought over 800 missionaries to...
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October 7
CHRIST DESERVES OUR LOVE: “Do you love Me?” (Jn 21:17). This is the story of an assembly immersed in love. Paul reports: “I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints” (Eph 1:15)....
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October 6
CHRIST the COMMISSIONER: As our Lord prepared to leave the planet, He sent His own on a mission of ultimate historical significance. The eternal destiny of the human race hangs in the balance. His commission, called “Great” for obvious reasons,...
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