JULY 18 They shall set out last, standard by standard. (Numbers 2:31) The camp of Dan brought up the rear when the armies of Israel were on the march. The Danites occupied the hindmost place, but their position wasn’t unimportant, since they were as truly part of the company as were the foremost tribes. They followed…
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JULY 17 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you. (1 Thessalonians 1:4) Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but that is not possible; it is only to be discovered by “looking to Jesus.”1 If you desire to ascertain your own election, after the following manner…
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JULY 16 Morning by morning they gathered it. (Exodus 16:21) Work hard to maintain a sense of your entire dependence upon the Lord’s good will and pleasure for the continuance of your richest enjoyments. Never try to live on the old manna, nor seek to find help in Egypt. All must come from Jesus or…
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JULY 14 If you wield your tool on it you profane it. (Exodus 20:25) God’s altar was to be built of unhewn stones, that no trace of human skill or labor might be seen upon it. Human wisdom delights to trim and arrange the doctrines of the cross into a system more artificial and more…
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JULY 13 God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry … ? (Jonah 4:9) Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this inquiry, “Do you do well to be…
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Beloved in God the Father… . Sanctified in Christ Jesus… . In the sanctification of the Spirit. Sanctified in Christ Jesus. Through sanctification of the Spirit (Jude 1:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Peter 1:2) Consider the union of the three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely do those believers talk who make…
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JULY 11 After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace … will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10 You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: Glorious are its colors, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, sadly, it passes away, and…
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JULY 8 Tell me where your great strength lies. (Judges 16:6) Where does the secret strength of faith lie? It lies in the food it feeds on; for faith studies what the promise is-an emanation of divine grace, an overflowing of the great heart of God. And faith says, “My God could not have given…
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JULY 5 Called to be saints. (Romans 1:7) We are very apt to regard the apostolic saints as if they were “saints” in a more special manner than the other children of God. All are “saints” whom God has called by His grace and sanctified by His Spirit; but we are apt to look upon…
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JULY 4 Sanctify them in the truth. (John 17:17) Sanctification begins in regeneration. The Spirit of God implants in man that new living principle by which he becomes “a new creation”1 in Christ Jesus. This work, which begins in the new birth, is carried on in two ways – mortification, whereby the lusts of the flesh…
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