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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
"They Had Been With Jesus"
“And they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.”
Acts 4:13
(This devotion is taken from Charles Spurgeon’s Morning & Evening.)
A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus
Christ. You have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently
written, but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written
out in words and actions of His people. If we were what we
profess to be, and what we should be, we should be pictures of Christ;
yea, such striking likenesses of Him, that the world would not have to
hold us up by the hour together, and say, “Well, it seems somewhat of a
likeness;” but they would, when they once beheld us, exclaim, “He has
been with Jesus; he has been taught of Him; he is like Him; he has
caught the very idea of the holy Man of Nazareth, and he works it out
in his life and everyday actions.” A Christian should be like
Christ in his boldness. Never blush to own your religion; your
profession will never disgrace you: take care you never disgrace
that. Be like Jesus, very valiant for your God. Imitate Him
in your loving spirit; think kindly, speak kindly, and do kindly, that
men may say of you, “He has been with Jesus.” Imitate Jesus in
His holiness. Was He zealous for His Master? So be you;
ever go about doing good. Let not time be wasted: it is too
precious. Was He self-denying, never looking to His own
interest? Be the same. Was He devout? Be you fervent
in your prayers. Had He deference to His Father’s will? So
submit yourselves to Him. Was He patient? So learn to
endure. And best of all, as the highest portraiture of Jesus, try
to forgive your enemies, as He did; and let those sublime words of your
Master, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do,” always
ring in your ears. Forgive, as you hope to be forgiven.
Heap coals of fire on the head of your foe by your kindness to
him. Good for evil, recollect, is godlike. Be godlike,
then; and in all ways and by all means, so live that all may say of
you, “He has been with Jesus.”
Study verses: Acts 11:25, 26; Acts
4:13; John 13:34, 35; I Peter 1:15, 16; James 4:6-17
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"He
Healed Them All" - July 21, 2010
"Faith
In America" - July 7, 2010
"Slow
To Anger; Great In Power" - June 30, 2010
"He
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"The
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"The
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"In
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"Cast
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"God,
That Comforteth Those That Are Cast Down" - May 19, 2010
"The
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"A
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- May 5, 2010
"Criticism"
- April 28, 2010
"Six
Principles For Daily Living" - April 21, 2010
"Faith
Through Trial" - April 14, 2010
"We
Admire" - April 8, 2010
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