January 31
“There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). Not in empty words do Christians testify to the sufficiency of their Savior and the supremacy of His Name. They tell us that He is far better than even His own promises…In Him all the longings of the soul find their fruition, all losses have their compensation, all the ills and griefs of life have their cure. To the worshippers of Jesus Christ, His Name is far above every name that is named in this world or in that which is to come. Because His life is above every life, and His love above every love,...
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While coming across Texas, I was given a ride by a Seventh Day Adventist. I said, “My friend, do you know why God gave the law?’ He looked at me a little puzzled. “First I want to read Romans 3:19, “We know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” I continued, “If you try to get to heaven by keeping the law, God says your mouth will be shut. But if you plead guilty, God will deal with you in mercy. For the Scripture says, ‘By the law came the knowledge of sin,’ not the knowledge of...
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Christian Science: founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879, now lists 2,000 congregations in 80 countries. Eddy was raised Congregationalist but reacted against the Calvinistic view of predestination. In 1866, she fell on ice and reportedly was severely injured (denied by her doctor under oath), but attributed her recovery to “spiritual healing.” She determined to introduce a new church that emphasized this. In 1875, she published the textbook for Christian Science, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures—a book heavily plagiarized. They reject the Trinity (God is a divine principle) and...
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In the beginning God made man in His own image, so close is grandeur to our dust. Before the beginning of the Christian era, minds like Plato’s felt that man was made to be intimate with God. But Jesus revealed a move from the other side. He expressed God’s great desire to be intimate with man, to enter into the life of man and transform his world from within. The Old Testament celebrates the glory of creation when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy. The New Testament heralds the music of an infinitely sweeter song: “There is joy in the presence of the...
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Shortly after my salvation, I witnessed to my mother. Not so politely, she asked me never to speak to her again about the Lord. Then ten years later, she was told she had only three months to live. Here was a millionaire who had everything in the world’s eyes, but deep inside she was empty. Six weeks before she died, my wife and I went to visit her. I asked if I could talk to her about Jesus. Finally, after almost eleven years, she said Yes. When I asked her if she knew where she was going to spend eternity, she wept; she said she wanted to know. I read several scriptures that showed how she...
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