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          OUR DAILY BREAD                            Sunday, March 27, 1994
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          Read:  Matthew 21:1-11

                                  MAN OF CONTRASTS

                  Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
                                   --Matthew 21:9

          On that first Palm Sunday, one might have expected Jesus the King
          to  enter  Jerusalem on a mighty steed.  But He chose  instead  a
          lowly donkey.  Before He could come as a King to reign, He had to
          come as a Savior to die.  Throughout His life on earth, Jesus was
          a  man  of  striking contrasts --  reflecting  both  His  genuine
          humanity and His full deity.

          Someone has written of Jesus, "He who is the Bread of Life  began
          His  ministry hungering.  He who is the Water of Life  ended  His
          ministry thirsting.  Christ hungered as a man, yet fed the hungry
          as God.  He was weary, yet He is our rest.  He paid tribute,  yet
          He  is the King.  He was called a devil, but He cast out  demons.
          He prayed, yet He hears prayer.  He wept, and He dries our tears.
          He was sold for 30 pieces of silver, yet He redeems  sinners.  He
          was led as a lamb to the slaughter, yet He is the Good  Shepherd.
          He gave His life, and by dying He destroyed death."

          We would expect to find such contrasts in the life of one who was
          fully  God  and  fully man.  Jesus, the  sovereign  Lord  of  the
          universe,  became a man to provide for our  redemption.  But  one
          day He will return as King of kings.

          Jesus, the God-man, deserves our praise.

          Author:  Richard W. De Haan

                        All glory to Jesus, begotten of God,
                                The great I AM is He;
                      Creator, sustainer -- but wonder of all,
                                The Lamb of Calvary.
                                     --Peterson

          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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          The lowly Carpenter  of Nazareth was also the Mighty Architect of
          the universe.

          THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:   1 Samuel 4-7






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