DAILY READINGS: Deut. 32:15-52; Hosea 2 to 3 ; Luke 17:20 to 18:14
Wherefore remember, that ye in time past…were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:11-13
The phrase “in times past” draws attention to what we were in unsaved days: Christless, Godless, hopeless, and afar off. Those were dark days indeed. Then we have, “But now”. What a change has been wrought in us and for us. We have been brought near, reconciled, become possessors of peace and sharers in a glorious and blessed hope. We remember what we once were and will forever be grateful for what we now are. —Roy Hill
Redeemed and with the price of blood, which thou hast shed for me
I stand, a monument of grace, a witness, Lord, for Thee.—Fanny Crosby