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OUR DAILY BREAD                      Friday, September 2, 1994
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READ: Romans 10:1-13



                       "CALL ON HIS NAME"

              Whoever calls on the name of the Lord 
                         shall be saved.
  
                          Romans 10:13


Bible teacher Gary Burge stood at one end of a long, empty Gaza
street. He was in Israel to do research for a book about
Palestinian believers, and he wanted to talk to a Dr. Hassan at
the Ali Arab hospital. The hospital was at the other end of the
street, so he started walking. He soon discovered why the street
was empty. On one side was the Israeli militia; on the other were
Palestinian youths. 

Halfway up the street, the calm was shattered by angry shouts, the
chaotic clatter of rocks bouncing off plastic military shields,
and the pop of rifles firing rubber bul- lets. Burge broke into a
run. As he reached the hospital, he shouted desperately, "Dr.
Hassan! I have come to see Dr. Hassan!" The door opened slightly,
and a hand pulled him inside. Burge had called the name of the one
who could save his life.

For sinners, "there is no other name under heaven given among men
by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). Jesus is that name, "The
name which is above every name" (Phil. 2:9). We are all born in
sin. We have no hope of every saving ourselves (Eph. 2:8-9). Our
situation is desperate. The only way of escape is to call on
Jesus, who promises to save us from all our sin. But we must ask
Him. 

How about you? Have you called on His name? 

Author: David C. Egner

                 No other name can save me,
                   No other name beside,
              But Jesus Christ the risen Lord,
                  The One they crucified.

                          - Brandt

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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To get into heaven,
it's Who you know that counts.

The Bible in One Year: 2 Chronicles 7-9

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