November 7
CHRIST OUR KEEPER (Ps 121:5). Paul’s first taste of persecution came quickly after his conversion: “In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me” (2 Cor 11:32). The...
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November 6
CHRIST CONSIDERED FOOLISHNESS: “We preach Christ crucified,…to the Greeks foolishness” (1 Cor 1:23). “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing…” (v 18). H.A. Ironside writes: “I was on a ferry going from Oakland to...
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November 5
CHRIST the FATHER of ETERNITY: “And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father…” (Isa 9:6). Certainly one of the most curious titles of the Messiah, the term “Everlasting Father” (Heb, abi ad) is “Father of eternity.”...
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November 4
CHRIST my HELPER: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?” (Heb 13:6). Dr. H. Harrington Lees tells about a textile factory where the following instructions were posted: “If your threads get tangled,...
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November 3
CHRIST the ONE in whom WE STAND: “Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast IN THE LORD, beloved” (Php 4:1). In spite of many adversaries, the Lord “is able to keep you from falling”...
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November 2
CHRIST the FULLNESS (Col 2:9). In his book, In the Arena of Faith, Erich Sauer writes, “About thirty years ago I took part in a Christian conference in England and have never forgotten a Bible exegesis which one of the...
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November 1
CHRIST the BELIEVER’S CENTER of ATTRACTION: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” (Rom 8:35). Frederick Edward (F.E.) Marsh (1858-1931) was a great man of God, an avid student of the Word of God, and a prolific author....
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October 31
CHRIST the MOUNTAIN CLIMBER: “For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire…But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem…to God the...
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October 30
CHRIST the HATER: “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions” (Heb 1:9). They say a good gardener must not only love flowers but hate...
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