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Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Devotional: August 2nd

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Matthew 16:1-12

Once again the Pharisees ask for a sign (Matthew 12:38 . . .); once again the Lord refers them to the sign of Jonah: His death which He is going to accomplish. In our own day, Christians on the eve of the return of the Lord Jesus have no further signs to expect before His coming. Their faith rests on His promise, and not on visible proofs, without which it would no longer be faith. And yet, how many indications there are which convince us that we are coming to the end of the history of the Church down here! The pride of man is inflated as never before; the Christianised world is showing the characteristics foretold in 2 Timothy 3:1-5. There are outward signs also: the Jewish people is returning to its land; the nations are striving to unite together within the framework of the old Roman Empire. Let us open our eyes and raise them towards the skies: the Lord Jesus is coming back.

The Lord leaves these unbelievers and departs (v. 4). But it is now His own disciples who sadden Him by their lack of confidence, and their forgetfulness as to how they had grieved Him in Matthew 15:16-17 by their lack of understanding. Alas! Do we not sometimes resemble them? Let us take heed to the exhortation which God gives us by the mouth of Peter himself: to cast all our care upon Him, for He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7).

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