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JANUARY 12 Saved and Separated “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it” (1 Thess. 5:24). Because God required His people to be holy, He made a special provision for their purification. Whether we speak o f the de filement that comes from within, or that which arises from without, God had pro vided means by which all uncleanness might be ceremonially removed. And this provision God made with this view, that His people might walk before Him in close and abiding fellowship. Now, if such privileges were real under the Old Testa ment dispensation, how much more real are they under the New ! As it is our privilege to know that we are reconciled to God by the death o f His Son, so it is our privilege to see that by the same atoning death we are separated from the defile ment o f sinH-EvAN H. H o p k in s . JANUARY 13 Brightening the Commonplace "Looking for that blessed hope” (Titus 2:13). We find this blessed hope introduced in connection with the most commonplace re lations and duties o f domestic life; suchj for example, as servants “not answering again; nor purloining.” This teaches us that the coming of the Lord is not a matter of mere speculation for the learned, but that it is a “blessed hope,” to animate the heart of a poor servant, amid the wear and tear, the weariness and drudgery, of daily life. Such a one can, in his measure, “adorn the doctrine o f God our Saviour” just as much as an apostle. And at the same time he can cherish “that blessed hope o f the glorious appearing o f the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” — T h in g s N e w a n d O ld . JANUARY 14 Divine Help for Human Weakness “I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not” (Lk. 22:32). Why did Christ single Simon out from among His disciples for this peculiar dis tinction? What was there in him that kindled such special tenderness of love? Why was such marked favor shown to the disciple who was the most rash and in consistent, the most hot-headed and ill- controlled, the one who was so weak and capable of such cowardice, such craven disloyalty and denial? It is just here that we have a disclosure of our Lord’s char acter, and o f the special feature o f His love, that to some of us ought to give great encouragement and help. This pecu liar interest in Simon was shown because he was the weakest, the most in danger, the most likely to fall. . . . His rash ness and impulsiveness would expose him to the fiercest assaults and render him least able to resist. And for this very reason, our Lord made a distinction in his favor, offering special prayer for him. —J. R. M il l e r . JANUARY 15 Bent-Knee Time “Men ought always to pray, and not to faint” (Lk. 18:1). Pray believingly, pray passionately, in the simplest o f all words, with the simplest of all thoughts. Pray, for the manliest thing a man can do is to pray. It is the fastening o f his life to the Eternal. It is the drinking o f his thirsty soul out o f the great fountain of life. Pray distinctly. Pray upon your knees, if possible. One grows tired of the thought which is per fectly true, that a man can pray anywhere and anyhow. Men have found it good to
make the whole system pray. Kneel if you can, and the very bending of those obstinate and unused knees will make the soul kneel down in the humility in which it can be exalted in the sight o f God. “ Be not afraid to pray—to pray is right; Pray, if thou canst, with hope, Though hope be weak, or sick with long delay; Pray in the darkness, if there be no light, But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then pray to God to cast that wish away.” — P h il l ip s B r o o k s . JANUARY 16 No Cheap Forgiveness “He hath made him to be sin fo r us, who knew no sin” (2 Cor. 5:21). Without shedding o f blood there was no remission, and there is no such thing as forgiveness of sin in your soul, without that action of the knife, without your dying to sin. If you imagine that by going on your knees and asking God to forgive your sin, while at the same time you are deter mined to continue in it, I tell you, in God’s name, you get up from your knees more condemned than if you had never heard the gospel. So subtle is the power of Satan, that I believe there are hundreds of Christians who indulge in sin, because they think they can get a cheap forgive ness. God will not thus be mocked. There is no such thing as forgiveness apart from the crucifixion of sin. God cannot die to sin for y ou ; you must die for yourself. — B is h o p H il l . JANUARY 17 Sonship “ The Spirit of. adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Rom. 8 :15). All the honors of the believer are found in his sonship; all his privileges, all his dignities, all his rights, all his titles, all his qualifications flow from the ineffable grace that has identified him with “ the firstborn from the dead,” the “head over all principalities and powers,” and has thus made him a child of God by virtue of his union with “the Child o f God.” It is fel lowship with Christ which makes us chil dren, and if children, then heirs; it is fel-
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