November 29
CHRIST the PERFECTIONIST: “Assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled” (Mt 5:18). F.B. Cowl tells the story of a...
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November 28
CHRIST the LORD: Both Mark’s and Luke’s accounts include the story of a widow of whom the Lord said: “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the...
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November 27
CHRIST the REAPER: “He who reaps…gathers fruit for eternal life” (Jn 4:36). This the Lord told His disciples just after the harvesting of the woman at Sychar. When Dr. A.T. Pierson asked George Müller if he had ever asked God...
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November 26
JESUS CHRIST the GREATER: “Who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves” (Lk 22:27). Only the...
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November 25
The KEEN-EYED CHRIST: “So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put...
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November 24
JESUS the KING: “Behold your King!” (Jn 19:14). When Pilate said these words, the mockery of the Lord Jesus’ claim to be king was almost complete. He wore a crown of long Judean thorns. A second-hand purple coat had been...
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November 23
CHRIST the GRACE DISPENSER (Heb 4:16): W.A. Cornaby tells of riding with a Chinese boatman on the river Han: The current was strong so, in spite of much poling, we made little headway. Then, having performed a simple operation, we...
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November 22
JESUS the I AM: “If you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins” (Jn 8:24). Fifteen hundred years before, Moses inquired as to the name he should use to identify to Pharoah the God he...
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November 21
CHRIST the SUPREME RULER: “Jesus Christ,…the ruler over the kings of the earth” (Rev 1:5). Buried in Aachen Cathedral in Germany the same day as his death, January 18, 814, Charlemagne, the father of Europe, has not really rested in...
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