JULY 22 I am your master. (Jeremiah 3:14) Christ Jesus is joined unto His people in marriage-union. In love He espoused His Church as a chaste virgin, long before she fell under the yoke of bondage. Full of burning affection He toiled, like Jacob for Rachel, until the whole of her purchase—money had been paid;…
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JULY 21 She wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem. (Isaiah 37:22) Reassured by the Word of the Lord, the poor trembling citizens of Zion grew bold and shook their heads at Sennacherib’s boastful threats. Strong faith enables the servants of God to look with calm contempt upon their most haughty foes. We know…
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JULY 20 The guarantee of our inheritance. (Ephesians 1:14) Oh, what enlightenment, what joys, what consolation, what delight of heart is experienced by that man who has learned to feed on Jesus, and on Jesus alone. Yet the realization that we have of Christ’s preciousness is, in this life, imperfect at best. As an old…
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JULY 19 The Lord our God has shown us his glory. (Deuteronomy 5:24) God’s great design in all His works is the manifestation of His own glory. Any aim less than this would be unworthy of Himself. But how shall the glory of God be manifested to such fallen creatures as we are? Man’s eye…
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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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