July 20
CHRIST the FINISHER: “I have finished the work which You have given Me to do” (Jn 17:4). Christ’s saving work for you is complete; His work in you is ongoing. Believer, you are “the elect of God” (Col 3:12); but...
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July 19
CHRIST the LIGHT: “A light to lighten to the Gentiles” (Lk 2:32). In Gospel Reminiscences, Leonard Strong tells of visiting the last of the 16 plantations in British Guiana opened to him. To his surprise, Strong found an old man...
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July 18
CHRIST the SOVEREIGN: “The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand” (Jn 3:35). Leonard Strong (1797-1874), after attending Oxford, settled in British Guiana. Although sent to pastor an English church, he was deeply moved by...
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July 17
JESUS OUR INTIMATE: “At my first defense no one stood with me.…But the Lord stood with me” (2 Tim 4:16-17). Paul could only find one person to stand by him in his hour of need. Who? The Lord Himself! That’s...
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July 16
CHRIST the WORD: “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life” (1 Jn 1:1). According to...
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July 15
CHRIST the PROVIDER of “ALL THINGS”: “All things are yours…And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s” (1 Cor 3:21-23), for “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not...
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July 14
JESUS is “THIS MAN.” The officers sent to arrest Jesus said, “No man ever spoke like this Man!” (Jn 7:46). The crowd observed, “All the things that John spoke about this Man were true” (Jn 10:41). The Jews marvelled, “Where...
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