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Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Devotional: March 5th

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Genesis 40:9-23

In these two servants of the king of Egypt, the butler and the baker, we have a sample of the whole of humanity. "For there is no difference: for all have sinned", declares Scripture (Romans 3:22-23). All have sinned against God, all have deserved His wrath and His punishment. But it is after this that there is a difference. Some receive the good news of salvation by grace through faith; while before others is the prospect of the dreadful second death. In the world no other condition exists but these two: to be saved or lost. To which group do you belong?

Unlike the baker who could no longer escape the king’s judgment, it is still possible today, by receiving the gospel of grace, to pass from the condition of a lost sinner to that of being redeemed by Christ.

The two thieves at the cross illustrate even better these two classes into which humanity is divided. One remains insensitive and dies in his sins. But the other, in reply to his prayer, "Lord, remember me," receives this wonderful answer, "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43). Even as here Joseph is the messenger of sovereign grace, so it is Jesus who is the first to preach salvation and the good news of peace (Ephesians 2:17).

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