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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Jonah 3:10 true repentance
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 3:10 10 God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways. He had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened. The verb “had compassion” is a study of four of the seven Hebrew verb stems. We learn something about compassion if […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:14 justified
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:14 14 I tell you, this man went home justified rather than that other one. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but anyone who humbles himself will be exalted.” A pastor once said that Paul’s letter to the Romans is a commentary on this verse. Why? Because here […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:13 … and the tax collector
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:13 13 The tax collector stood some distance away. He did not even want to raise his eyes toward heaven, but he beat his breast and said, ‘O God, be merciful to me, the sinner.’ The Pharisee in the parable had claimed he wasn’t like this tax collector, and he […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:9-12 The Pharisee…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:9-12 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 9 Jesus told this parable to some people who put their trust in themselves (that they were righteous) and looked down on everyone else. Luke introduces this parable with the circumstance of an encounter with some self-righteous individuals, probably while […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:8 will he find any faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:8 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice done, and done quickly. But when the Son of man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’ Justice will be done “quickly” (ἐν τάχει, “without delay”). The dilemma faced by some Christians is that what seems quick […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:1-7 pray and pray and pray
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU With this chapter, we make the transition from Jesus journeying toward Jerusalem to the actual approach to the city through Jericho (18:35). Thus the Passion of Jesus begins, but it is seamless; he never stops teaching his followers or encouraging all to turn away from sin, to trust in him for […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 3:8-9 Let everyone urgently call on God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 3:8-9 8 Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone urgently call on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 9 Who knows? God may yet relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.” In the previous verses, we […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:37 the vultures will gather
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:37 37 “Where, Lord?” they asked. He said to them, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.” The aetoi (ἀετοί) could either be eagles or vultures. Both kinds of birds gather where there is a dead body (we would say ‘road kill’ today), so it’s not […]
God’s Word for You – (Luke 17:36, variant reading)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU (LUKE 17:36, variant reading) 36 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Most translations do not have this verse here in Luke. A very similar passage is found in Matthew (Matthew 24:40). What’s going on? Does it belong here, or not? THE INTERNAL […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:35 and the other left
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:35 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.” This verse should be applied in the same way as the previous one, but we have more to say about it. First, Luther pointed out that in Classical literature, to be forced to […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:34 one will be taken
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:34 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. This particular saying is unique to Luke. The first part of the verse does not necessarily mean that the second coming of Jesus will happen at night […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:30-33 whoever loses his life will preserve it
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:30-33 30 “So it will be on the day the Son of man is revealed. 31 On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his possessions inside, should go down to get them. In the same way, no one in the field should go […]
