September 24
CHRIST the FORGIVING ONE: “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you” (Mt 9:2). What is the payment made so that God can forgive us? “In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Col...
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September 23
CHRIST the MOTIVATOR: “For the love of Christ compels us” (2 Cor 5:14). Dr Helen Roseveare, medical missionary to the Congo, met the Lord personally at the age of 20 during a student retreat. She gave her testimony on the...
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September 22
THE LOWLY JESUS: “I am…lowly” (Mt 11:29). Here are statements made by and about the Lord Jesus during His earthly sojourn that show His amazing humility. As to His career path, they said with derision, “Is this not the carpenter?”...
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September 21
CHRIST the TIME REDEEMER: “The hour has come” (Jn 12:23). No one did as much in life as the Lord Jesus. Born in a stable, He opened heaven’s palaces to us. Rejected by His own people, He provided salvation sufficient...
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September 20
CHRIST the CREDIT HOLDER: “We are debtors” (Rom 8:12). In Luke 7, the Lord told a story that declares every sinner in debt to God. Wonderfully, our debt can be paid by the Savior’s death. But Paul explains that there...
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September 19
CHRIST the CONNECTOR: “For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God…Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?” (2 Cor 13:4-5). Through Christ, we have been brought...
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September 18
CHRIST the BANNER: “There shall be a Root of Jesse, who shall stand as a banner (or rallying point) to the people; for the Gentiles shall seek Him, and His resting place shall be glorious” (Isa 11:10). When Paul Freed...
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September 17
JESUS the MEEK ONE: “Learn from Me, for I am meek…” (Mt 11:29). Meekness is not weakness, but strength in control. How do we learn meekness? We first must be ready to “receive with meekness the engrafted word” (Jas 1:21),...
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September 16
CHRIST the GRAIN of WHEAT: “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain” (Jn 12:24). Who can tell how one faithful witness can bring in a...
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