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To Be Like Jesus — Day 60 of 365 March—Investing Time and Other Talents Time to Study Revelation, March 1 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near. Revelation 1:3 , NRSV. As we near the close of this world's history, the prophecies relating to the last days especially demand our study. The last book of the New Testament is full of truth that we need to understand. Satan has blinded the minds of many, so that they have been glad of any excuse for ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 59 of 365 Genuine Sanctification Involves Obedience, February 28 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. Romans 16:19 , NKJV. Adam and Eve dared to transgress the Lord's requirements, and the terrible result of their sin should be a warning to us not to follow their example of disobedience. Christ prayed for His disciples in these words: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” ( John 17:17 ). There is no ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 58 of 365 Obedience Has Immediate and Eternal Rewards, February 27 Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 11:18 , NKJV. These words [ Deuteronomy 11:13-28 and 7:6-11 ] should be as distinctly stamped upon every soul as though written with a pen of iron. Obedience brings its reward, disobedience its retribution. God has given His people positive instruction, and has laid upon them positive restrictions, ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 57 of 365 Our Obedience Enables God to Fulfill Promises, February 26 Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. Deuteronomy 26:17 , NKJV. Let us be loyal and true to every precept of the law of God. The Lord declares that if we will obey the principles of His law, these principles will be our life.... The precepts of God's law were not the production of any human mind, nor were they enacted by Moses. T...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 56 of 365 Jesus, the Perfect Pattern of Obedience, February 25 Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. Luke 2:51 , NKJV. When Christ was twelve years old, He went with His parents to Jerusalem to attend the feast of the Passover, and on their return He was lost in the multitude. After Joseph and Mary had searched for Him for three days, they found Him in the court of the Temple, “sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them qu...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 55 of 365 God's Law Is Perfect, February 24 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. Psalm 19:7, 8 , NKJV. The very same Jesus, who, veiled in the cloudy pillar, led the Hebrew hosts, is our leader. He who gave wise and righteous and good laws to Israel has spoken to us as verily as to them. Our prosperity and happiness depend upon our unwavering obedien...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 54 of 365 Make Obedience Attractive, February 23 Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today. Deuteronomy 11:26-28 , NKJV. Men and women are not to presume to put aside God's great moral standard and erect a standard according to their own finite judgment. It is because they are measuring themselves among themselv...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 53 of 365 Obey God, the Supreme Authority, February 22 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29 , NKJV. The principle for which the disciples stood so fearlessly when, in answer to the command not to speak any more in the name of Jesus, they declared, “Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye,” is the same that the adherents of the gospel struggled to maintain in the days of the Reformation. When in 1529 the Ger...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 52 of 365 Even Nature Obeys Divine Commands, February 21 And the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” Matthew 8:27 , NKJV. The savior was wearied from His long and arduous labors, and being now for a time relieved from the claims of the multitude, He stretched Himself upon the hard plank of the fishermen's boat and fell asleep. Soon after, the weather, which had been calm and pleasant, changed. The clouds gathered darkly over the sky, and a furious storm, such as frequently visited...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 51 of 365 Obedience Results in Happiness, February 20 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked ...; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. Psalm 1:1, 2 , NRSV. It is essential that every subject of the kingdom of God should be obedient to the law of Jehovah, in order that His infinite glory may have a perfect establishment. The professed followers of Christ are tested in this life to see whether or not they will be obedient to God. Obedience will result in happiness, and will ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 50 of 365 Disobedience Indicates Rebellion, February 19 Whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19 , NRSV. Any person who willfully breaks one commandment does not, in spirit and truth, keep any of them. “Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all” ( James 2:10 ). It is not the greatness of the act ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 49 of 365 God's Law Important for All Time, February 18 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Exodus 19:5, 6 , NKJV. This covenant [ Exodus 19:1-6 ] is a revelation of God's goodness. The people had not sought for it. They were not reaching out their hands after God; but He Himself graciously extended His almighty arm, inviting them to link their arm wit...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 48 of 365 Abraham's Great Example of Obedience, February 17 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice. Genesis 22:18 , NKJV. On Mount Moriah, God again renewed His covenant, confirming with a solemn oath the blessing to Abraham and to his seed through all coming generations: “By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as th...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 47 of 365 Jesus Gives Power to Obey, February 16 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:15, 16 , NKJV. Satan represents God's law of love as a law of selfishness. He declares that it is impossible for us to obey its precepts. The fall of our first parents, with all the woe that has resulted, he charges upon the Creator,...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 46 of 365 Joy in Loving Obedience, February 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, till iniquity was found in you.... You became filled with violence within, and you sinned. Ezekiel 28:15, 16 , NKJV. So long as all created beings acknowledged the allegiance of love, there was perfect harmony throughout the universe of God. It was the joy of the heavenly host to fulfill the purpose of their Creator. They delighted in reflecting His glory and showing forth His praise. And while love to God was supreme, love for one anoth...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 45 of 365 Obedience Brings Peace and Happiness, February 14 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Philippians 2:8 , NKJV. Before us is held out the wonderful possibility of being like Christ—obedient to all the principles of the law of God. But of ourselves we are utterly powerless to attain to this condition. All that is good in human beings comes to them through Christ. The holiness that God's Word declares we must have before we can be sa...