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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:4-5 false, fine-sounding arguments
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 2:4-5 4 I tell you this so that no one may lead you astray with false, fine-sounding arguments. Paul uses two similar words as warnings here. The verb paralogizomai (παραλογίζoμαι) is to lead someone astray. Its noun form, parology (παραλογία), is an argument that is “beside the truth,” based on […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:3 all the treasures
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 2:3 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Paul criticizes those who cling to human “wisdom” and “knowledge” in 1 Corinthians: “The foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom” (1 Cor. 1:25), and “Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up” (1 Cor. 8:1). Here […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:1-2 the mystery of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 2:1-2 2:1 I want you to know how great a struggle I have been having on your behalf and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me personally, 2 with the purpose that their hearts may be encouraged and that they would be united in love […]
God’s Word for You – Proverbs 23:4-5 Know when to stop
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PROVERS 23:4-5 4 Do not work hard to acquire wealth. Know when to stop. 5 When your eyes see riches, they are gone, for suddenly they sprout wings, flying like an eagle into the sky. Just as we should avoid being slaves to our appetite, we should also run from the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:40-43 I want to see
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:40-43 40 Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, I want to see.” After the blind man said, “Have mercy on me,” Jesus’ question is wide […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:35-39 Son of David
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:35-39 Blind Bartimaeus 35 As Jesus approached Jericho, Matthew says that Jesus was “leaving Jericho” (Καὶ ἐκπορευομένων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ ᾽Ιεριχὼ, Matt. 20:29). Mark also says that Jesus was “leaving the city” (ἐκπορευομένoυ, Mark 10:46), but Luke says that Jesus was approaching. Is Luke in error? Was Jesus leaving the city, […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:31-34 the meaning was hidden
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:31-34 Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection Again 31 Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Watch! We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written in the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32 He will be handed over to the Gentiles. […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:28-30 eternal life
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:28-30 28 Peter said, “Look, we have left our possessions and followed you.” This is one of those moments when Jesus’ disciples (in this case, Peter, perhaps speaking what many if not all of them were thinking) asked a question that stepped backward into worldliness. It’s a very human question, […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:26-27 possible for God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:26-27 26 Those who heard this said, “Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible for people is possible for God.” The disciples are responding to what they’ve seen. A rich and powerful young man, a ruler among the Jews, thought that he was close to the […]
God’s Word for You – Proverbs 23:1-3 when you sit down to eat
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU We will return to Jonah and finish the book in the first weeks of the New Year. PROVERBS 23:1-3 23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is in front of you. 2 Put a knife to your throat if you are a man given […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:24-25 the eye of a needle
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:24-25 24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:21-23 still one thing
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:21-23 21 He replied, “I have kept all these since my boyhood.” 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing you lack. Sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” […]
