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The Good Confession (October 26)
Confessing Christ goes beyond saying the words "I believe that Jesus is the Son of God." Truly believing it, that truth must be confessed in our deeds as well as our w...
Why Saul, the Rabbi, Obeyed the Gospel of Christ (October 25)
Our motivation today needs to like Paul's. My own prayer is that I obeyed the gospel in order "that I may gain Christ and be found in him . . . becoming like him in hi...
What Was Written in the Hebrew Scriptures (October 24)
What Jesus showed His disciples from the Hebrew Scriptures is that (a) the Messiah would suffer, (b) He would rise from the dead, and (c) repentance for the forgivenes...
We Must All Appear (October 23)
There is not one of us who won't have to account for himself or herself before Christ at the judgment. That accounting will be an absolutely accurate assessment of our...
If Faith Does Not Act, It Does Not Save (October 22)
It takes faith to accept whatever the Lord commands in cases where what He requires goes against our preferences. But if we don't trust the Lord enough to comply with ...
Christ in Us, the Hope of Glory (October 21)
There is nothing about our broken relationship with God that Jesus Christ cannot repair, no void in our hearts He cannot fill. He is God, who came from heaven to save ...
Immanuel (October 20)
God, our Creator, loved us and saved us, not from a distance but by becoming one of us. Jesus, as God in the flesh, is our Lord, but He is also our Brother and Friend....
His Wonderful Passion and Purity (October 19)
When we study Jesus, is it not His combination of passion and purity that is so powerful? As with all His other characteristics, the blend of these two in such a harmo...
Jesus Is Fairer, Jesus Is Purer (October 18)
Christ is even more fair than the creation which He has made. And the grandest truth of all is that the One who created all this beauty is able to fix our broken heart...
Accept Forgiveness, Grow in Godliness (October 17)
It is regrettable that so many seem to view salvation as nothing more than being saved from their past sins. In reality, however, it is also being saved from the perso...
Apostasy Was Foretold (October 16)
An apostasy from the faith was predicted. It was a matter of great concern to the apostles. The fact that there would occur a departure from the foundational teachings...
Restoration as an Ongoing Work (October 15)
Both individually and congregationally, restoration requires constant vigilance. We must reassess and return. Reassess and return. If our forebears did this, we are bl...
Restoration as a Principle (October 14)
Local assemblies of Christians must commit themselves to a restoration of the apostolic order. If not, they will descend into greater "entropy" with each passing year ...
The Apostolic Traditions (October 13)
Paul wrote to the Thessalonians: "stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us." Return must be the church's watchword, now as it was back then. Re...
The Apostles (October 12)
As John, one of the apostles, wrote toward the end of the apostolic age, "Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abid...
Everywhere in Every Church (October 11)
Today, if we go back to the teaching of the apostles and use that as our template, the congregations that you and I worship with will resemble congregations in the New...
The Way (October 10)
God can't be other than what He is. He couldn't reconcile Himself to us in simply any way that "felt good" to Him; it would have to be in a way consistent with His div...
A People for God’s Name (October 9)
God's people "bear" His name. In a sense, God has put His reputation in the hands of those who are "a people for his name." Knowing that the world is watching, we live...
I Will Be Their God (October 8)
"I will be their God" had reference in the old covenant to Israel, but in the new it would encompass people from every nation. And amazingly, even this had been antici...
A People for His Own Possession (October 7)
Reconciliation can only be through the atonement of God's Son, Jesus Christ. But in Christ, let us not undervalue what it's possible for us to be: a people set aside f...
And They Will Be His People (October 6)
If God has a people, which He certainly does in Jesus Christ, it was not without purpose that He made them His people. God dwells with us in order that we may know Him...
A Ransomed People (October 5)
Reminiscent of the Passover lamb in Israel, Jesus was a greater sacrifice, enabling God to justify mankind from its sins. John the Baptist said on one occasion as he s...
The Washing of Water with the Word (October 4)
Christ gave Himself up for the church in order that "he might sanctify her." The whole plan by which Christ was able to have a "set apart" people depended on His dying...
The Church in Philippi (October 3)
The church in Philippi had begun in unusual circumstances, and they had been a great encouragement to Paul. The salutation of his letter to them (Philippians 1:1) is a...
The Church in Corinth (October 2)
Let's consider the fascinating group which Paul addressed as "the church of God that is in Corinth." Together, the two letters that we have from Paul to Corinth take u...
A Living Hope (October 1)
Christ's resurrection proves that God can be counted on to help us. His power will guard and keep us until our hope is finally realized. So when discouragement hits us...
The Prospect of Persecution (September 30)
What if you become a Christian? In America, as Christians become a shrinking segment of the population and our views become despised by the mainstream culture, it is l...
Baptism Is for Believers (September 29)
Without faith, baptism accomplishes nothing. It is not a merely ritualistic act, effective regardless of what is going on in the recipient's heart. Rather, its efficac...
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (September 28)
God is one, but His unity is a tri-unity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While this challenges our best efforts to understand, it is clearly what the Scriptures reveal ...
They Shall See His Face (September 27)
Given the tragic consequences of mankind's sin, there is no more precious promise in the Scriptures than the promise of what heaven will be like for those who have bee...
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