Cleansing the Temple
“My house is a house of prayer,” but you have made it a “den of thieves.” Luke 19:46. Why was it that Christ’s indignation was stirred as He came into the temple courts? His eye swept over the scene, and He saw in it the dishonor of God and the oppression of the people. He […]
The Great Source of Truth
Learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:29. Christ is the author of all truth. Every brilliant conception, every thought of wisdom, every human capacity and talent, is the gift of Christ. He borrowed no new ideas from humanity; for He originated […]
Slow to Learn
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:4, 5. Christ was the foundation of the whole system of Jewish worship, and in it was shadowed forth the living reality—the manifestation of God in Christ. Through […]
Today’s Assignment
Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me. John 17:24. Christ was infinite in wisdom, and yet He thought best to accept of Judas, although He knew what were his imperfections of character. John was […]
Sweet Thoughts
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord. Psalm 104:33, 34. If the mind is molded by the objects with which it has most to do, then to think of Jesus, to talk of Him, will enable […]
Strong in Christ
That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man. Ephesians 3:16. Our Savior represents His requirements as a yoke and the Christian life as one of burden-bearing. Yet, contrasting these with the cruel power of Satan and the burdens imposed […]
