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Today’s Manna

Daily Reading for Thursday, February 1, 2024
Scripture: Proverbs 10:2
"Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivered from death."
Meditation:

"When it appeared to Luther that all was lost, God raised up a friend and helper for him. The pious Staupitz opened the word of God to Luther's mind and bade him look away from himself, cease the contemplation of infinite punishment for the violation of God's law, and look to Jesus, his sin-pardoning Saviour. ‘Instead of torturing yourself on account of your sins, throw yourself into the Redeemer's arms. Trust in Him, in the righteousness of His life, in the atonement of His death. . . . Listen to the Son of God. He became man to give you the assurance of divine favor.’ ‘Love Him who first loved you.’ Thus spoke this messenger of mercy. His words made a deep impression upon Luther's mind. After many a struggle with long-cherished errors, he was enabled to grasp the truth, and peace came to his troubled soul." 1

Reference(s):

1. The Great Controversy, pp. 123, 124.