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December 28 Continuous Conversion “Except ye be converted, and become as little children. . . .” Matthew 18:3 These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually to turn to God as children. If we trust to our […] Evening, December 28 Scripture: “I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword.”(Matthew 10:34) The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if to do the right, and to believe the true, should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will […] Morning, December 28 “The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God.” Galatians 2:20 When the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood, he first of all said, “Live;” and this he did first, because life is one of the absolutely […] Absolute Assurance He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (Hebrews 13:5) Several times in the Scriptures the Lord hath said this. He has often repeated it to make our assurance doubly sure. Let us never harbor a doubt about it. In itself the promise is specially emphatic. In the Greek it […] December 28 Abundantly Able “And being absolutely certain that whatever promise He is bound by, He is able to make good” (Rom. 4:20). We are told that Abraham could look at his own body and consider it as good as dead without being discouraged, because he was not looking at himself but […] |
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