November 30 “Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ…For every man shall bear his own burden.” (Gal. 6:2, 5) A casual reading of these two verses might easily convince a person that they present a glaring contradiction. The first says we should bear one another’s burdens, the second that we…
November 29 “I can of mine own self do nothing.” (John 5:30) Twice in John 5 the Lord Jesus says that He can do nothing of Himself. In verse 19, He says, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself…” Then again in verse 30 He says, “I can of…
November 28 “By the grace of God I am what 1 am.” (1 Cor. 15:10) One of the self-inflicted agonies of life is trying to be someone you were never intended to be. Everyone is a unique creation of God. As someone has said, “When He made us, He threw away the pattern.” He never…
November 27 “Surely I come quickly.” (Rev. 22:20) As we approach the end of the age, it is predictable that many will abandon the hope of Christ’s any-moment return. But the truth is still there whether men hold it or not. The fact is that the Lord Jesus may come at any time. We do…
November 26 “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” (Prov. 29:18) The first part of today’s verse is “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” This is usually taken to mean that people must have goals toward which they are working. They must have…
November 25 “…and be ye thankful.” (Col. 3:15) A thankful heart adds sparkle to all of life. At the close of a dinner, one of the children said, “That was a good meal, Mother.” That remark created a new sense of warmth in an already happy house. Too often we fail to express our thanks.…
November 24 “Then began he to curse and to swear.” (Matt. 26:74) A bishop was walking alone in his garden one day, meditating on the activities of the past week. When the memory of a very embarrassing incident flashed across his mind, he let out a string of expletives that were rather salty, to say…
November 23 “…the way of transgressors is hard.” (Prov. 13:15b) If proof were needed that the way of transgressors is hard, we would only need to pick out a daily newspaper at random and we would find plenty of illustrations. I did that just as an experiment and here are the results: A Nazi war…
November 22 “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity (love)…” (1 Cor. 13:1) After a young soprano had made her debut on the opera stage, a critic wrote that her brilliant performance would have been even better if she had ever loved. He detected the absence of…
November 21 “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and…every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:10, 11) What a scene that will be! Every knee in the universe bowing…