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OUR DAILY BREAD                     Saturday, May  28,  1994
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READ:  Joshua 24:1-15

                      "IT'S YOUR CHOICE"

                  Choose for yourselves this
                    day whom you will serve.

                        - Joshua  24:15

As Joshua was nearing the end of his life, he  gathered  the
children of Israel together at Shechem.  And there, from the
lips of a man who was close to death, came  an  appeal  that
throughout  the  centuries  has  moved  the  hearts of many.
Joshua said, "Choose for yourselves this day whom  you  will
serve"  (Josh. 24:15).

This challenge, viewed in the light of  the  New  Testament,
suggests  three  outstanding lessons in regard to our salva-
tion.  First, we must make a choice between God and the  de-
vil.   To  refuse  Christ  leaves  us  automatically  on the
devil's side.  Jesus said, "He who is not with Me is against
Me" (Matt. 12:30).

Second, this choice is  a  personal  matter.   Joshua  said,
"Choose  for  yourselves .... whom you will serve."  Through
faith in Jesus Christ, we can be born again and made a child
of God.  But we must do the believing for ourselves.

Third, there is an urgency  in  this  charge.   "Choose  for
yourselves this day," not next month, not a week from today,
not tomorrow, but this day.

Have you made that all-important choice?  Have  you  trusted
the  Lord  Jesus Christ as your Savior?  If not, do so right
now!  Remember, the choice is yours.

Author: Richard W. De Haan

        Salvation  is  available
        For  everyone   to choose;
        But  if we do not take it now,
        That choice we just might lose.   -Sper


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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Now is  the  time to choose the Lord -
   later may never come.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 142-144