November 17th.
Who is my neighbor? Luke x. 29.
"Who is thy neighbor?" It is the sufferer, wherever, whoever, whatsoever he be. Wherever thou hearest the cry of distress, wherever thou seest anyone brought across thy path by the chances and changes of life (that is, by the Providence of God), whom it is in thy power to help—he, stranger or enemy though he be—he is thy neighbor.—A. P. Stanley.
November 18th.
He which stablisheth us . . . in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Cor. i. 21, 22.
When a Christian is "sealed" by the Holy Ghost, "sealed" as the property of his Master, there will be no need to ask, "Whose image and superscription is this" upon the "sealed" one? The King's, of course. Anyone can see the image.
Of what use is a "seal" if it cannot be seen?
Is the King's image visibly, permanently, stamped upon us? It is on every Spirit-filled, "sealed" believer.—John McNeil.
November 19th.
They shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. Zech. iv. 10.