For June 25th, 2026

THURSDAY. 

Morning.

     Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 

For in that he died, he died unto sin once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 

     Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

     Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

     For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Rom. vi. 9, 10, 11, 12, 14. 

Evening. 

     What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace?  God forbid. 

     But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin; but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 

     Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

     I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants of righteousness unto holiness. 

Rom. vi. 15, 17, 18, 19. 

"And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord."

—John xx. 20.

Unbelief had so sealed the eyes of the disciples, that they knew Him not, nor received His word of peace until He shewed them His hands and His side — a token of surpassing condescension to their weakness, equalled only by the surpassing love so plainly written in these cruel scars. Let me gaze with the wondering disciples. By these pierced hands and that wounded side do I recognise Thee, O my Saviour, who didst bleed for me! These are the marks of the dreadful battle, and Thou hast borne them with Thee to the heaven of heavens, where, in the midst of the throne, Thy redeemed ones behold a "Lamb as it had been slain." Let me never forget what sin cost my Lord; what a price He paid for my ransom; what a penalty I would have suffered had He not borne it! for the bodily sufferings represented by these scars were but the smallest and lowest part of His sufferings on earth when He was made "a propitiation for our sins," Therefore may I never think lightly, talk lightly, or feel careless about this evil and abominable thing, sin. "Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord;" and glad also may they be who have not seen, and yet have believed.

"Rock of Ages, cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in Thee!

Let the water and the blood,

From Thy riven side that flow'd,

Be of sin the double cure;

Save me from its guilt and power!