Sun of Righteousness
“The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.”—Matthew 4:16 We must pray more, and walk more humbly and more by faith. Christ was perfect in His humanity, and the more faith we have in Him as our sufficiency, the more humbly we walk with God, and the more entire our consecration, the […]
King of Kings and Lord of Lords
“Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!”—Matthew 25:6 The coming of Christ as our high priest to the most holy place, for the cleansing of the sanctuary, brought to view in Daniel 8:14; the coming of the Son of man to the Ancient of Days, as presented in Daniel 7:13; and the […]
Unseen One
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.—Hebrews 11:27 The education that Moses had received in Egypt was a help to him in many respects; but the most valuable preparation for his lifework was that which he received while employed as a […]
Rest-Giver
“Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”—Mark 6:31 Christ spoke no words revealing His importance, or showing His superiority; He did not ignore His fellow beings. He made no assumptions of authority because of His relation to God, but His words and actions showed Him to be possessed of a […]
Great Center
And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.—Colossians 1:17 All the disciples had serious faults when Jesus called them to His service. Even John, who came into closest association with the meek and lowly One, was not himself naturally meek and yielding. He and his brother were called “the sons of […]
Example
“And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him?”—Luke 18:7 “Judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey” (Isaiah 59:14, 15). This […]
